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Something I learned about why there's life on Earth and not Mars a few years ago. Sulfur is a pretty common substance in the universe. It is so common, in fact, that it composes a great deal of pretty much every planet in our solar system. NASA once commented that Mars would smell like rotten...

I like that rule too, thanks.

Thank you everyone. After some discussion we decided to go with A. We also decided that a hit with Effect 6+ caused an additional hit which was always internal. Sort of a house rule, but in keeping with the combat rules for PC's.

Then why does the damage table go far beyond 36 damage if 6d6 is the most you can do? Are there ships in other books with larger weapons?

My friend and I just bought the Traveller Core Rules. We're unclear about damage allocation in space combat. If we have a triple beam turret and score three hits on a Far Trader with Armor 4. We are unsure which of three possible things we should do. Do we: A: roll 2d6 and subtract 4 for...

My son plays a Lanbril Thief from Pavis that is also a Trickster. Stole a piece of the cloak of darkness from Subere whilst cheating death, but has managed to become a troll friend. I prefer Basmoli Berserkers or Telmori shamans.

Source, in this context, I take to mean the source for worshipper access. They are the owners of those Runes and thus are the source to worshippers for that Runes magic. That is not the same as being the source OF the Rune itself. This is further defined in their other writing: The Gods are...

They could quit their old cult, and face the consequences of Divine Retribution. However, it wouldn't be good roleplaying unless they went into the cult trying to do what Arkat did, which isn't generally what I encourage. But to answer your question, once they have the Runes tatooed upon...

As for your first question, how do I make it fit with the rules, I pretty much went into those details in my original post. You can see my examples of how to apply the Runic system to Spirit Magic. I basically don't use the MRQ system at all. I stick with the old RQ system but tweak it by...

Wrong? Their experiements proved them correct or they couldn't have pulled them off. They weren't WRONG, they just weren't WISE. They didn't foresee that the forces they were dealing with would strike back forcibly given enough tampering with the natural order of things. Your use of the word...

Actually, it only makes no sense to you. That's okay, no biggie. I'm not being "called" on anything because the system is quite well thought out and workable and I'd only need you to understand it if you were in my gaming group. Considering that by the time you unlocked those secrets it would...

That's another way of looking at it, but then it doesn't explain sorcery or spirit magic the same way. Nor does it explain swapping Goddesses or changing myths. My way does.

His model of the Crimson Bat was awesome. oh, and my favorite creature is the Newtling. How those guys survive in a world like Glorantha, where their tails are a delicacy, makes them my faves.

Yet Arkat did exactly that. And the God Learners would beg to differ. I'm not arguing with you that a Humakti would become even more closely tied to his God after becoming a Rune Lord, in fact, I explain right after the part you clipped that that is certainly the case. But the fact remains...

There's no ignoring of the need for supernatural beings or religion in Glorantha. The religious insights that these being have, however, are of the symbolic meanings of the Runes themselves. Instead of sharing these insights, the supernatural beings allow mundane men to use the powers of the...