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    Immunity To Trollkin "feature" - any comments

    I'm not ignoring anything :D - my point was that a great sword can do 2-4 times as much damage per round as a longbow - and that is what balances the range and other advantages a longbow has. If i'd ignored the issue then I'd be jumping up and down shouting 'Nerf greatswords' :) Shields can...
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    +100% skill

    With the rulebook system (fail/fail-low wins, success/success-high wins) 25 vs. 5 - Lower wins 46.6% 80 vs. 60 - Lower wins 35.6% Thats why i'll be using high wins for both.
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    Immunity To Trollkin "feature" - any comments

    Think Longbows are overpowered? Think again. City Guard - str 13, dex 11 (min for both weapons) all other stats NPC average (13 for int, siz, 10.5 for rest) -Longbow - 1 attack per round for 2d8 damage (other action spent reloading) -Great sword - 2 attacks per round for 2d8 +1d2 damage. So...
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    Immunity To Trollkin "feature" - any comments

    Bows may have gotten more damagey but they are much slower now - RQ2/3 you could get 2/3 arrows off per round - and only one melee attack (or 2 with 2weapons) MRQ takes 1 action to fire and 1 to load a bow - so 0.5-2 arrows per round when melee's are getting 1-4 attacks.... Think 2d8 is ok...
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    Anti-Theists is Glorantha

    Didn't a 'Cult' of Atheists live on God Forgot Islands south of the Holy Country?
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    MQ: Sequel or Remake?

    I'd think of it more as a sequel - its not trying to remake the old rules (or the old Glorantha) - its trying to take the flavour of RQ's bronze age non-wizard style and give it to a new generation. Much of the substance is feels similar (whether it is or not) but they arent modifying old...
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    Immunity To Trollkin "feature" - any comments

    While we seem to have gone past the initial trollkin subject - it is worth noting that trollkin have gotten weaker (3 less str than RQ2). A RQ2 Trollkin could only get a damage penalty by rolling minimum on both Str and Siz whereas a MRQ trollkin needs to average 5 on his d6's to avoid one...
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    Opposed skill tests

    Which ever method you use it comes down to changing the winner in 2 areas of probability - Area 1 -[both succeed, higher skill rolls > lower skill rating] and Area 2 - [both fail, lower skilled rolls <= highers' skill rating] All other sections of the probability chart give an equal result in...
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    Strontium Dog MRQ

    Who needs sci-fi? - I'm sure I can manage Wulf Sternhammer in straight RQ..... 'I hit them wit der Happy Stick!' p.s. No Gronk's please
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    Runequest What were you thinking

    The GW RQ book was reasonable quality (book-wise, not content-wise) - dont rem anyone copy falling to bits - tho I do rem the awfulness of their Stormbringer book - pages failing out, my cover came off and later the spine..... not sure why the SB one sucked so badly As to font size being too...
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    Runequest What were you thinking

    I dont rem the RQ3 (Games Workshop) hardback being any bigger.... Fairly sure it was a 96 page hardback.....
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    House rule :Combat Actions change

    the breaks in SR were 10 - but each level of wired reflexes gave you an extra d6 - thats probably what you are remembering Dort the slightly hellpful
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    Runequest What were you thinking

    While I didnt start playing RPG's til 1980 but I dont see the 'have played 50 RPGs' comment as odd or over the top By the end of the 80's I owned over 50 RPGs and have played lots more - <insert diety of choice> knows how many by now. If you want a list of the ones I rem (this will be wildly...
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    House rule :Combat Actions change

    Not sure it needs that much changing. Personally I may just split the reactions and offset them but leave the combat actions alone - Dex 0-9 = 1 reaction Dex 10-15 = 2 reaction Dex 16-21 = 3 reaction Dex 22+ = 4 reaction or something similar to break up the choke points If you are using...
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    Opposed skill tests

    While I think the mechanic has a problem - an obvious problem seems to be people not understanding it. They seem to be using an expanded version of Pendragon's (also written by Mr Stafford of RQ/Glorantha fame) opposed roll mechanic - which while simple is very good at confusing gamers who are...
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