D&D General Nostalgia : Thief Percentages

[atanakar]

I randomly came upon a source for my own supposition. I was listening to an interview with Lawrence Whitaker (co-designer of Mythras and other BRP games for many years), and he said RuneQuest came about when Steve Perrin decided to adapt the Thief skill system into a full percentile skill system.

Here it is, if anyone is curious: Lawrence Whitaker interview (YouTube link, queued to the time he mentions it).

Thanks for sharing. The influence seemed obvious in my mind.

 

[jasper]

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There was a reason 3e was adopted with such gusto when it came out, that it......

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Yes us addicts needed our fix. And was buying the stuff.

 

[akr71]

I do miss them for the reason stated in the OP - it allowed me to customize my thief to what I wanted. Secondly, I find that its rare that players need to roll d100 and I miss that too.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

@Voadam - Ah, 1e's organization. I guess I don't feel too badly in past Ralif being more stringent about it now, knowing that he got it from the rules themselves.