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Very good question. The first thing I would like to say is that regardless of our opinion of MRQ, we should be grateful to Mongoose for keeping the brand alive. That said, I must confess that I am not a big fan of the MRQ system. I personally think it is in a big need of a re-write. The...

... yes but you cannot prove that. Ah!

So who could explain why he or she is in favour of maintaining Runequest as a generic system? This has not always been the case.

Lot's of no but very little explanations as to why. Wouldn't this make the system more internally consistent and help low level characters?

Reading all the above, I would like to thank everyone for their contribution. It is great to be able to have such discussion on a board these days without it ending into a flamewar (Page 2 and eveyone is still polite). Bottom line, I am changing my mind. I don't think skills should be capped...

Should a new edition of Runequest be Glorantha specific? In other words, should the game mechanisms found in Runequest reflect specificities of the Gloranthian world or should Runequest rather be a set of rules not tied to a particular setting? Discuss & Argue

One thing I found strange is that the base score in some basic skills is given by adding two characteristics (or 10+characteristic) while in others its simply the score of one characteristic. Why the difference? Basic skills are according to my understanding skills that everyone has picked up...

Should basic skills be capped? I am tempted to cap some of the basic skills (i.e. all those not having to do with social interaction or knowledge) based on a multiple of the underlying characteristic. My argument for this is that, though everyone is proficient with these skills, the drawback...

... because deep down I know you want to

Dear fellow Runequest players, I’ve been playing Runequest since edition 3 and the first thing I would like to do is to thank Mongoose and the greater game community for having kept such a fantastic game alive. Runequest is more than alive, it is striving. Now, I do not know if I am alone but...

regarding Peter's comment on bookeeping, I use a fixed 3 action per round and do not differentiate between actions and reactions (parrying/dodging/free attacks cost one action). An exceptionally fast monster may get a 4th action at the GM's discretion. This simplifies bookeeping greatly...

Excuse me but I will persist and say that variable action rounds and the reaction concept are just plain wrong. I do not like them for the following reasons: 1) they are a nightmare to track. You have to keep for each participants two sets of data (actions and reactions) 2) the round usually do...

I play a pretty narrative game where the Gamemaster (me) has a lot of lattitude. In short, what counts for me is describing the action rather than rolling the dices/following the rules. As such, I assume a variable lenght to the round 6-10 seconds depending on my whim. To answer your questions...

I use 3 fixed actions for everyone. Makes runing the round so much smoother and avoid some of my players sitting iddle while other act. However, I have also made a major modification: Parrying/Dodging or making opportunity attacks now cost you an action. You decide to use those after you know...

am I the only one to read in the state of the mongoose that 2010 could see some very good news for Runequest. Publish a pocket compendium of rules in 2009 followed by a new set of rules in 2010?