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Cult of Prax was the first truly innovative suppliment. But it was published ayear or two later. Please note that I'm rellying solely on my memory here -- I lost all relavent material many many moves ago.

As far as the "well Chaosium didn't do this stuff until a few years after RQ came out, so give Mongoose time." argument goes, I don't think it is applicable. Back in the early days, Chaosium wasn't putting out that much stuff. Not much came out from 78 and 79. Even at its peak, Chaosium never...

In addendum to my previous post: Common Runes: The affinity a character has with his runes also a addresses a small problem I had with physical runes, namely given that you may be carrying a pouch with half a dozen runes in it how do you find the one you need? With runic affinity it should be...

My own ruling is as follows: Common Runes are the physical type mentioned in the main rulebook. Once integrated they remain physical and can be lost or stolen; however the character who has integrated them retains a link to them and can find them again by expending a magic point. How much...

1) A Spell Charging enchantment works automatically. How do you determine the Magnitude of a spell without a skill level? 2) Having bound an Intellect spirit and taught it some of my spells, how do I get rid of my own knowledge of said spells? There seems little point in the exercise if I...

It is perhaps worth mentioning that most of the more mature material mentioned was not published until the early to mid eighties -- some years afterthe initial publication of Runequest itself. MRQ has only been around a couple of years and much of the material published has been of broad scope...

What do you want your players to have? Remembering that they will use thier assets, what would thier opponents have? This works for any game.

I also have problems with the maps in Second Age. Not only are there names one requires a magnifng glass to read; but there are names without descriptions and descripions without names. I can live with the former but the later is troublesome. I know where Esrolia is but some people may not...

To change subject slightly, the Rune Sheet really should give the chances for finding runes. Without them I find myelf having to reference the main rulebook far too often.

Um, not what I meant. Free INT was how much INT you had left after your spells, and this is clearly what was meant in the description of Intellect Spirits. If I recall correctly free INT governed how much you could manipulate spells.

Just got Cults of Glorantha and while I haven't thoroughly read them yet I did find a couple of things puzzling: 1) If a cut description does not include an entry for Runelord/Priest does this mean the position is absent? Given the nature of the cults involved I'm guess yes -- I find the...

Is it just me or does starting characters at age fifteen and having a previous profession seem, well, improbable? I suppose you could consider the profession to be those of their parents but still . . . (Son, welcome to your first day of spy training.) This becomes even more peculiar when you...