Recent content by Patadin

I too was looking around for the treasure tables (old habits die hard). It seems that the magic systems are designed to have characters spend a lot of money. Looking at the Divine Magic in the Compendium, if I am a caster of divine spells and I go out adventuring and cast my Heal spell, I have...

I like the penalty because that way there is always a penalty to offset the bonus to wearing armour. Think of two fighters side by side. One wearing simple leather armour and one wearing nothing(we can give him a loin cloth for modests sake). No matter how little, there should be an offset to...

As I am just starting to look into RuneQuest I was asked a very simple question...... why would I be looking at a new system (to our group at least) instead of D&D or others. My answer was that I have had a problem with D&D for a while now because it seems almost more a tabletop mini game. I...

Am I correct in reading the combat rules to say the following- The initial combat roll- if I fail, there is no reaction roll needed. If I succeed in the roll, an reaction is available if the foe has any reactions correct. What if I roll a critical on the initial roll, then have to roll...

Thanks for everyone's insight. Pat

Does anyone use any of the online software to play RuneQuest? My group alreay has its own vent server we use for warcraft. Now I just need something to share maps with and roll dice with. Any ideas? Thanks! Pat

Hello all! I am just starting to look at RuneQuest in hoping to find a viable altenative to d20. My biggest complain about d20 is that it turned into a wargame between me and my players. We would play for five hours and have three encounters at the most. Is combat quicker in RuneQuest...