Vedr. [Rq-rules] Signs & Portents

[Styopa]

On 7/26/07, Peter Maranci <pmaranci at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hmm. It would be a pity if a whole new generation of roleplayers got the
> idea that all  RuneQuest sucks just because Mongoose is ruining it and
> producing bad supplements! That would be pretty unfair, considering the
> dubious provenance of Mongoose RQ.
>
> ->Peter


Maybe it's just me, but "ruining" is a bit strong of a word; perhaps you
want to rein back the  Mongoose-hatred-bias leaking in there?

Runequest has been a wonderful game system for a long time, but let's be
honest: "Runequest" and "moribund" have been synonymous since the early
90's.

Certainly one could be one of the orthodox (if not downright Talmudic)
Runequestophiles who believe anything tainting the Sacred Word shall be
apostasy (would that be the Sacred Word 2nd Ed. or 3rd?).  For my money,
it's a worthwhile exercise to have SOMETHING even marginally Runequesty to
be out on the gameshelves again, if only for people to see that there is
SOMETHING other then d20.

Even if I agreed with you that Mongoose was putting out particularly crappy
product (you've apparently forgotten Daughters of Darkness?  Elderad?
Dobyski art? the previous RQ legacy was hardly untainted...) the idea that
people might be just thinking about Runequest again is, IMO, a good thing.

And please, "dubious provenance"? - you've got to be kidding.  Compared to
what?  HQ?  RQ:Slayers?  They both have presumably better "claims" to the
mantle of 'current successor to RQ' than Mongoose's, neh?

-Steve
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