[Rq-rules] [RQIII] Cultures - Nomad vs Barbarian

[Brad Furst]

On Oct 23, 2007, at 12:20 AM, postmaster at runequest.za.org wrote:

> Not to start an arument about whether cultures are restrictive or  
> not and
> what RQII did etc but here goes:
>
> In my session I have some people who are IMO Barbarian. However,  
> they do
> tend to migrate from summer to winter homes and then some. So does  
> that
> make them nomads or barbarians? IMO they remain barbarians, kinda  
> like the
> Helvetai whoe were doing a migration when Caesar gave them a seeing  
> to.
> Some of my group however say that if you don't stay put in one  
> area, you
> are nomadic. I see their point in the purest form.

I agree with them, especially in terms of RQ3. I don't know that RQII  
is different with those terms. Romans frequently called the nomads  
"barbarian" but the Romans didn't write RQ.

> Anyway, just wonderwed
> what other people would consider here? It also comes down to my game
> world, which many people play barbarians from that area and, je  
> well no
> fine, Nomad and Primitive cultures are a bit more restrictive in  
> terms of
> occupations available.
> Tony