[Rq-rules] Sorta OT: Identify RQI Rule Book

[Stephen Posey]

Frank L Filz wrote:
>>OK, in RQ1 Battle Magic, I seem to recall that there was a 
>>1-point spell called Padding that vanished out of succeeding 
>>versions. Invisibility was a regular Battle Magic spell, too, 
>>whereas later it wasn't commonly available.
> 
> Yep, padding and protection used to be non-variable spells. Padding was 2
> points, protection was 4 points. In RQII, they were combined to a standard
> variable spell.

Tweaks like those to the magic system were the MAJOR differences 
between RQ1 and RQ2 as best as I recall.

Pretty much everything else was organization (some sections were 
re-arranged), layout (typeset tables), and typo fixing, plus a 
few wording clarifications here and there.

If these were published nowadays, I'd say RQ2 would probably end 
up being called RQ1.5, as the books and systems are so generally 
similar.

Stephen Posey
slposey at concentric.net