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

[Nick.Middleton at wrsl.com]

Steve (and list),

>yes, I originated strike ranks, as I said before.  These days, I just use
DEX. Highest DEX goes first. Spirits and such use INT  instead of DEX.
>Strictly speaking, each point of POW put into a spell reduces  the DEX
rank by one. It is possible to go negative.

A system I increasingly find admirably straightforward and uncomplicated...

>Once Strike Ranks started getting used for movement  as well as when to
attack, I dropped them.
>Of course, I think I also suggested  that implementation of them as
movement control was a good idea.

Having recently re-read both RQII and RQIII's chapters on combat
sequencing, I found it illuminating to be reminded of the significant
difference between the two. RQII is quite explicit that Strike Ranks
primary role is determining strike order between two _engaged_ combatants
(with some notes about how to adjudictae for a combatant who _joins_ an
engagement), where as RQIII explicitly uses SR to time all actions (whether
engaged or not) and I do think that that's where the anomalies start to
stack up. But as I said during the MRQ playtest, I think there is a lot to
commend the RQII system (and bits of the RQIII one), all it needs is a
careful re-think to iron out the glitches. Mind, given that _Stormbringer_
/ _Worlds of Wonder_'s DEX rank system works well and requires no such
work, I increasingly tend to use that (albeit my current post-holocaust
RQIII game IS using SR...)

>I've had lots of ideas that sounded  good...

As I recall, _Stormbringer_ and _Worlds and Wonder_ were some chap called
Perrin... ;-)

Cheers,

Nick Middleton




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