Recent content by Cobra

I also thought this section was either not well thought out or not well presented. It says somewhere what some runes can't be co-integrated, but it isn't very specific. The cults sections says that cults can provide all spells up to magnitude 2 to its memebers. This means that all cults have...

Goodbye SteveMND, I'll miss your posts - you are wise beyond your years. Actually, I have no idea how old you are, but you're wise beyond the axe-wielding maniac in the picture that represents you.... I hope. Maybe see you at a Chaosium D100 forum someday soon. If there ever is one. Cobra

I like it too. Nicely done. C.

For me, Tolkien's magic was in the depth of his creation and the sheer amount of detail behind it all that lent it an air of autheticity. I'm not bothered by the elves, orcs, and dwarves in Tolkien - they were not so cliched back then - but I do shun them in current fantasy because they've been...

Forgotten, or just not controversial enough to discuss? Actually this sounds good to me. But how about this as an alternative that doesn't require math: Adjust which dice you roll for opposed tests over 100%. If the highest skill is between up to 200%m use a D20 in the tens column. This will...

It was the 'Changes to BRP' thread. http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18509 The lists started appearing around the end, pages 10, 11, maybe 9, 8? Cobra

Well, alright. The list is entirely subjective and not exaustive (looking on it now, I might also add 11. Ancient Feel, for eg.) Do your own list of what made RQ for you and see how it compares. I did factor those as fails in the 7 rating for the reasons you state. Further, the new SRs are not...

I have noticed that if I take too long to write a post, the system logs me out for perceived inactivity. It's happened a few times where I wrote something, then when I tried to submit it I was brought back to a log-in page and the message I submitted was lost. Not deleted, but lost and never...

Zowie! Who knew there were so many RPGs? Not me! C.

These was an old thread where several of us posted what defined RQ for us. My own list was: Of those definers, MRQ seems to have items 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. MRQ does not have item 3, except in name only. Items 4 and 10 I have yet to evaluate. Although I don't have anything against rune...

Or, runes may be relics of ancient magi who inscribed them for their own purposes/followers. Many of these have since been lost to history and are available to find. If this is a low fantasy setting, limit their availability - perhaps there is only one of each. If this is a high fantasy setting...

Is it really a safe call? There is absolutely no mention of this on Chaosium's website. A release by Halloween? I'm sorry, but that's only two and a half months away. If chaosium was serious about a deluxe BRP they ought to be at least advertising it over the cheapest medium they've got - their...

This, ahhh, give me the creepssss. Cobra

No!!!? Are you suggesting that each poorly paid artist and writer (those jobs are hard enough slogs even when not limited to the RPG market!) should give up a small piece of their income because you proudly bought one copy of their book? That's pretty cheeky! I'm surprised that Mongoose even...

If some guy was swinging a sword at you, you'd be stupid not to try and defend. If you wait to see if the weapon's going to hit, you'd be far too late to defend a successful blow, too. This is some strange kind of metagaming thinking that is very common and, IMO, comes from initiative systems...