catsclaw227
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I was wondering if anyone has picked up Mongoose Games' Runequest, and if so, what are you impressions?
Mongoose's Runequest, Anyone have it?
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Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Broo! And Ducks! And Broooooo!
(Eager to hear more, myself.)
(Eager to hear more, myself.)
Rodrigo Istalindir
Explorer
That's high on my list to see at GenCon. If it looks good, I'll pick it up and post about it. Maybe during the Con if I can find a terminal.
catsclaw227
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Rodrigo Istalindir said:
I'm eager to here more about it. It's not that I need another RPG system, but I'm not one of those who's eyes are closed because of love for a different one.
trancejeremy
Adventurer
<sigh> Every time I see the word "Runequest" I start singing the Ducktales theme song. I just can't help it.
catsclaw227
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I haven't read much of the earlier editions, so I'm not getting the duck references [ducking for cover].
If Glorantha and Lankhmar are going to be using the new Runequest rules, I'd like to check them out. I guess Mongoose gave them quite an overhaul, though like I said, that doesn't tell me much.
Can anyone give me a rundown of the good/bad of past editions?
If Glorantha and Lankhmar are going to be using the new Runequest rules, I'd like to check them out. I guess Mongoose gave them quite an overhaul, though like I said, that doesn't tell me much.
Can anyone give me a rundown of the good/bad of past editions?
Huw
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catsclaw227 said:
Ducks are one of the races. They're humanoid ducks. Think beak, feathers and a silly voice. They can't fly, but swim well. Other races are Aldryami (elves, but they're humanoid plants), Mostali (dwarves), Uz (trolls) and Dragonewts (immature dragons who go through more stages of metamorphosis than an insect).
The past systems used the BRPS system (d100), like non-d20 Call of Cthulhu and Strombringer. 3e overhauled some of the clunkier mechanics of 2e (like hit point determination and how POW is used), but threw out a lot of the world flavour, replacing Glorantha with Fantasy Europe. 3e also introduced sorcery, an ambitious but flawed new magic system.
johnsemlak
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can anyone summarize differences between Runequest and D&D/d20
brehobit
Explorer
Runequest is a LOT more deadly/realistic. That's the big one to me. Further, the "Epic" notion of gaming is simply a part of the world. So becoming mained happens fairly often. At higher-power levels getting an arm replaced is quite possible.johnsemlak said:
From a mechanical viewpoint, Runequest is a bit clunky. Lots of d100 rolls, a fair bit of table consulting and/or math to figure out what happened. Not rolemaster clunky (another system I like) but clunky.
Also, all notions of "balanced" and "fair" just aren't found here IME. The characters and their abilities are all over the map. And a crossbow bolt can kill you (even an "epic-ish" PC, though it would be hard). Everyone learns magic. The game has 2-4 magic systems and most PCs know 1 or 2 once you get powerful enough.
The game doesn't lend itself to the dungeon crawl. You'd die.
Mark
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