Recent content by Mark Galeotti

I confess that my entirely selfish niggle about CoG:I -- and another one for which it seems Jeff bears no responsibility -- is the lack of acknowledgements to, say, someone who continuted one of the cult write-ups... All the best Mark

Who said anything about gunpowder or high tech anachronisms? That's certainly not what the Renaissance vibe of Safelster necessarily entails? Mark

So I'm typing in a hurry, merfle merfle, just as well you're not being pedantic, merfle merfle... And a very fine example to use! Yes, the Renaissance Safelster setting is a nice one; I confess I have been working on trying to keep that aspect to it in the canonical Gloranthan material. All...

It's been said already, but it's worth repeating: I think MRQ would be perfect for Conan. All the best Mark

I was playing with two approaches. The first would be a major hack, allowing social combat to work just like its physical counterpart: characters have certain core skills (such as Conversationalist, Orator, Seducer and Bully) which are appropriate for different situations, and instead of...

I confess L&S never really worked for me; I applauded the concept, but there was something about the mechanic which didn't sit well with me. Also, I like a system which can handle both the finesse of a rapier duel and the bloody, sweaty, knife in the side and thumb in the eye backstreets brawl...

I still like the idea of using RQ for Renaissance Italy -- the combat rules should permit the thrust and parry of duelling, while the special abilities could easily be tweaked to allow for social combat and the like. And what a cast of NPCs! Da Vinci, Macchiavelli, Cesare annd Lucrezia Borgia...

I really don't think anyone needs worry about character classes in MRQ. That said, some of the text in the previews has been rather redolent of clunky old D&Dish stereotypes, but I think this is just a prodict of the fact that the core rules both have to give a sufficient taste of Glorantha to...

I confess that I have a fondness for feats and similar special abilities; the slow accretion of an extra few percentiles on a skill here or there may be more realistic, but there's something -- IMO -- simply rather fun about picking up some 'signature move' type abilities along the way. All the...