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After devouring the Deluxe Rulebook and dipping deep into Glorantha: The Second Age, I have almost finished writing my first scenario and am getting ready to run it. Can anyone offer me any advice or tips on rules that I might need to tweak to ensure my first session runs as smoothly as...

Having now acquired and delved into Glorantha: The Second Age, I am really impressed with the depth of the world. Much seems to have changed since I dabbled as an RPG novice many years ago. I love the 2nd Age setting, with the twin Empires. Almost endless possibilities seem to leap out at me as...

I would suggest that it depends on the statistic affected. STR = 0 (Death) CON = 0 (Death) SIZ = Not Applicable DEX = 0 (Incapable of co-ordinated motor movement; Paralysis or uncontrollable convulsions) INT = 0 (Enters a vegetative state. Maybe require weekly resilience rolls to stay...

Are the Marzeel River Heortlanders independent or under the heel of any Empires? What cultures / allegiances are Karse and Whitewall?

Thanks everyone. I'll sort myself a copy of 'Glorantha: Second Age'. I'd sort of intended to do this anyway. Your comments are, as always, useful. Like the sound of the MArzeel River setting. This should be just what I need. By the way, until I can sort out my copy of G:T2A, can someone tell me...

Truth be told (and, again, this is my experience from competitive fighting rather than RQ rules), in a one-on-multiple fight (God, how I hated those!) you could still dodge to the same effect if you had your wits about you as the aim of the game then is to keep your attackers in a position where...

I fancy writing a campaign for a group starting from an Orlanthi Heortling clan - typical Celtic style culture and flavour to start - but with some contrasting (more civilised) cultures bordering to make foreigners seem much more foreign and strange to the PCs. Long time since I used the...

Seems counter intuitive, doesn't it? For my part, I was lucky enough to spend a few years being professionally trained and fighting competitively using western mediaeval martial arts. I specialised in the hand and a half (bastard) sword and also sword and buckler (my favourite, hence the name)...

Excellent! Thanks again guys! My Deluxe rulebook arrived this morning so I'm going to have a good read tonight. I already feel much clearer on the whole subject and am getting a feel for how the mechanics work. Might be fiftenn+ years since I've last played RQ, but it is all starting to come...

Thanks guys.

Thanks. Further questions... 1) How is the negative HP threshold for a location calculated? E.g. if a character has 6HP for Right Arm, how many negative points could they take to that location before death? 2) What happens when a location reaches ZERO HP? Unconsciousness? Simple lack of use...

RQ was my very first RPG, way back in '87. Haven't played it for years but just found out about MRQ and ordered a copy via mail order. Seems to be lost in the void somewhere (taking far longer than I expected). Can somebody please clarify for me... There are NO total hit points anymore... so...

Please feel free to take ideas if thats what you mean. Yes, I am still continuing with this idea - I'm just a very slow writer as I have to be happy with every scene. If you want to know what I have done so far, please let me know...

The discussion between ‘irredeemable evil’, ‘evil for evil’s sake’ and ‘villains with real motivations / sympathy’ is an interesting one with reference to Howard’s Hyboria and the CONAN RPG. Whilst I agree that many of Howard’s villains are, indeed, irredeemably evil, I am not convinced that...

I use Papyrus for titles. Like the feel. Not quite right but better than most!