Representing a few things

[Michael Hopcroft]

I'm trying to figure out how to model certain classic fantasy elements in the new RQ:

1. If you are unlucky enough that a vampire is having you over for dinner (and you're the main course) which of your Atributes does the Vampire drain and what determines whether you survivie the experience? KIs it a drain of Hit Points,m a straing drain of CON or a drain of something else entirely 9such as POW)?

2. Although Glorantha is designed in such a way that half-dragon humaoids are impossible, there may be other worlds in whuich they are. what would be the most effective way to represent a half-dsragons draconic charatceristincs while he keeps a human for (for at least the first few hundred years of his life)?

3. There are also worlds where all intellignt dragons can assume human form when they wish, and many spend most of their time in that form if they are in a psition where they must interact with humans. Usually the human form is highly attractive, while the dragon form is a creature of terrible beuaty and awesome power. How would this be done in MRQ, and are such beings ever viable as PCs even in high-powered campaigns?

 

[Dr. Halflight]

I'm trying to figure out how to model certain classic fantasy elements in the new RQ:

1. If you are unlucky enough that a vampire is having you over for dinner (and you're the main course) which of your Atributes does the Vampire drain and what determines whether you survivie the experience? KIs it a drain of Hit Points,m a straing drain of CON or a drain of something else entirely 9such as POW)?

2. Although Glorantha is designed in such a way that half-dragon humaoids are impossible, there may be other worlds in whuich they are. what would be the most effective way to represent a half-dsragons draconic charatceristincs while he keeps a human for (for at least the first few hundred years of his life)?

3. There are also worlds where all intellignt dragons can assume human form when they wish, and many spend most of their time in that form if they are in a psition where they must interact with humans. Usually the human form is highly attractive, while the dragon form is a creature of terrible beuaty and awesome power. How would this be done in MRQ, and are such beings ever viable as PCs even in high-powered campaigns?

1. Well, you could have their drain effect every hit location. And then use the normal damage rules to determine what happens. Also, you could just give them, IMO, either a Con drain for blood loss or Pow drain for "magic" loss & if they're drained to zero, they die. If not, they recover a point of each attribute per day, until healed.

2. Easy way would be to give him some runes to integrate early on. Otherwise I'd conscider not making a Half Dragon drop a dice for Human attributes so Str is 4D & Size & Int are 3D6+6. Then give them at least one Rune to start off with.

3. Just creat a Metamorph ability, decide if their attributes change (obviously size will) AND decide if can be done x times per day, at will or at will with a Pow cost (say 2 or 3 points)

 

[Michael Hopcroft]

1. Well, you could have their drain effect every hit location. And then use the normal damage rules to determine what happens. Also, you could just give them, IMO, either a Con drain for blood loss or Pow drain for "magic" loss & if they're drained to zero, they die. If not, they recover a point of each attribute per day, until healed.

CON Drain seems most sensible. The neck isn't even a specific Hit location. And a lot of the question will depend on how fatal you want vampire attacks to be and how rapidly. After all, having one's jugular veins and carotid artery pierced is almost instantly fatal to humans ir reality regardless of what happens to the lost blood, but that's never been how it works in fiction.

2. Easy way would be to give him some runes to integrate early on. Otherwise I'd consider not making a Half Dragon drop a dice for Human attributes so Str is 4D & Size & Int are 3D6+6. Then give them at least one Rune to start off with.

This would make the half-dragon powerful, but at least as a starting character not overwhelmingly so. I wonder whether the SIZ increase is appropriate though, but that may be a matter of conception in that I don't see these people as so much larger than Humans that their alien nature is blatantly obvious.

3. Just creat a Metamorph ability, decide if their attributes change (obviously size will) AND decide if can be done x times per day, at will or at will with a Pow cost (say 2 or 3 points)

Not bad.