Vedr. Re: [Rq-rules] RQ/Glorantha licensing

[Sven Lugar]

I can heartily endorse SPQR. It's a great little system. Admittedly it 
could use some more fleshing out in terms of critters & a world. But the 
basics are really strong.
skal,
Sven

Peter Maranci wrote:
> Perhaps I'm mistaken, Steve, but didn't you ORIGINATE the concept of 
> strike ranks? I'd ask what you use for a replacement, but I should 
> really buy SPQR, since I presume that's where you've implemented 
> whatever you prefer to use instead. :D
>
> ->Peter
>
> On 5/7/07, *Paul Cardwell* <carpgachair at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:carpgachair at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     --- Steve Perrin <steve at perrinworlds.com
>     <mailto:steve at perrinworlds.com>> wrote:
>     [snip]
>     > At Greg's request I joined that group and took a lot
>     > of their concepts to
>     > their ultimate end, thereby creating the classless,
>     > skill-based, XP-less
>     > game system. I also tacked on some concepts like
>     > Strike Ranks that I had
>     > earlier developed for the local version of D&D. I
>     > actually consider that a
>     > mistake, these days, but a lot of people still like
>     > them.
>     [snip]
>     > Steve Perrin
>
>
>     Something has to determine which comes before what.
>     You could use D&D's "roll for initiative" but that
>     does not reflect any basic ability.  Mythworld uses
>     "strike rank" (called action rank) not just for
>     combat, but for a large number of general skills to
>     reflect the time needed to perform certain actions
>     (with ability - or rather disability - adding more);
>     e.g. can your Tie Knots let you bind the captured bad
>     guys and get out of there with them for a reward
>     before their reinforcements arrive?
>
>     It is a very useful concept, regardless of name.
>
>     Paul Cardwell
>
>
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