[Rq-rules] Re: Playing Using MRQ Rules

[David Gordon]

Simon - my comments in the body of your mail after DG>
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Simon Phipp 
  To: rq-rules at crashbox.com 
  Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 10:26 AM
  Subject: [Rq-rules] Re: Playing Using MRQ Rules
  Devin:
  > "Any system that gives an Orlanth cultist the same magic as a Ygg cultist simply because they both have the > Storm Rune doesn't work, in my opinion."
  >
  > I think a runic approach can work if there are synergies developed between the runes. By that I mean powers 
  > for Orlanthi magic derive not so much from his Storm Rune alone, but the interaction of his Storm Rune with the 
  > other runes he has. This makes Orlanthi magic different from another Storm deity unless they happen to have 
  > all the same runes.
  >
  > As far as a system utilizing this concept? Would probably have to be one that uses a god's "major" rune as a 
  > base for powers and then modifies them based on the god's other runic ties.

  But you still have the problem that cults with similar runes have similar spells/abilities. I'm struggling to think of examples, though. Wachaza and Blue Gloom both have Water and Death, I think, but one has Whirlpool, Water Walking and Fang of Wachaza and the other has Drown and Undead capability. Maybe that wasn't a good example. Now look what you've made me do, I've got to go away and list all the RQ cults and all their Runes now. Thanks a lot :-(

  Waha (Death, Beast) and Foundchild (Death, Beast(?)) have different spells - one is a Nomad Khan the other a Hunter. A Runic system would not relfect this. I've got to look these up, I'm afraid.


  DG> Yes - but that doesn't mean that we can't retro-engineer the cults so that a runic system should work?  As I was hinting in my mail - the runic system wasn't expanded to maturity during RQ2 and 3 as it should have been.  The runic associations seemed to have been assigned to gods without a consistant framework.  If somebody wanted a runic system where Air is NOT Storm but just Air, then you could start to look at how spells work and you could begin to provide a Godlearner construction kit to making magic or using the powers of gods.  How else could the Godlearners have managed to do what they did?  


  See Ya

  Simon (Not having quite as bad a day as yesterday)




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