Rune prices
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Verisimilitude
Mongoose
gran_orco said:
priceless
weasel_fierce
Mongoose
The way I figure it, any rune that comes up for sale will command a pretty decent price. 900-1000 silvers in areas like Jrustela, a small kingdom somewhere in the frontier
Hi guys,
Just to chip in, this was one area we deliberately left vague. The idea was that GM's could adjust such pricing to reflect the relative scarcity of runes in their campaigns, allowing them to be magic rich or magic poor, as they desired.
Just to chip in, this was one area we deliberately left vague. The idea was that GM's could adjust such pricing to reflect the relative scarcity of runes in their campaigns, allowing them to be magic rich or magic poor, as they desired.
frogspawner
Mongoose
And if you want a campaign that's magic-rich (like Glorantha) and Rune-poor (also like Glorantha, IMO), just use the interpretation that cult membership gives enough effective rune integration to learn/cast spells, without the need for physical Runes.
Yes, I agree - "priceless" (Good one, Verisimilitude!)
Or at least so valuable that, if the whereabouts of a physical Rune are discovered, the related cults will launch a 'Rune Quest' to get it. Mere cash doesn't come into it.
Yes, I agree - "priceless" (Good one, Verisimilitude!)
Or at least so valuable that, if the whereabouts of a physical Rune are discovered, the related cults will launch a 'Rune Quest' to get it. Mere cash doesn't come into it.
No. It's just an interesting approach that membership at a particular level (say Initiate) in a cult automatically gives enough association with that god's runes that the Cult's Rune spells can be cast. Some (most, I think) suggest it could be done with Lore(Specific Theology:<Cult in question>), others that it grants the relevant Runecasting skill.gran_orco said:
In general the spells are limited to the Runes of that god and the Rune Spells that are special to the cult.
frogspawner
Mongoose
It's a House Rule. Mr Sprange gave the official line, above: deliberately no prices given.
(But, with a position like that, how Mongoose will ever be able to publish adventures or anything else with any NPC/monster stats, I don't know...)
(But, with a position like that, how Mongoose will ever be able to publish adventures or anything else with any NPC/monster stats, I don't know...)
frogspawner
Mongoose
Mongoose Steele said:
Sure. If a character is published, it will have a certain number of spells and associated integrated runes and abilities to go with them. That would immediately show how common spells and runes are in the official Mongoose world-view, which is what Mr Sprange says will not be done:
msprange said:
Mongoose Gar
Mongoose
Not necessarily. If you're playing a high-magic campaign, then Mr. Boss is nothing out of the ordinary. If you're playing a low-magic campaing, then he's something exceptional.
frogspawner
Mongoose
Yes necessarily. If Mr Boss is supposed to be exceptionally tough in the scenario (as his name implies) then the reward for defeating him should be more than normal - but if he's just ordinary (compared to others in the campaign) then the reward should be ordinary too (and he would be a guard, not a boss).
So any character, in their context, will reveal what the officially normal levels of spells/runes are in MRQ.
So any character, in their context, will reveal what the officially normal levels of spells/runes are in MRQ.
They have in fact published some direction on how common runes should be in the rules for creating experienced characters. But it is certainly something tweakable.
I find most published adventures often require tweaking of NPC's to fit the power level of a game. It is certainly not hard to add or drop a few runes to a NPC to fit your game.
I for one plan on runes being common in Glorantha. Magic is supposed to be common, therefore runes need to be pretty common. I'm not saying everyone is running around with 10+ runes, but that a seasoned adversary can be reasonably expected to have 2-3.
I find most published adventures often require tweaking of NPC's to fit the power level of a game. It is certainly not hard to add or drop a few runes to a NPC to fit your game.
I for one plan on runes being common in Glorantha. Magic is supposed to be common, therefore runes need to be pretty common. I'm not saying everyone is running around with 10+ runes, but that a seasoned adversary can be reasonably expected to have 2-3.
Mongoose Gar
Mongoose
frogspawner said:
I disagree - the reward for defeating the boss will be proportionate to his power, not his rarity. Mr. Boss the Runelord with lots of integrated runes isn't any tougher than Mr. Boss the Master Axewielding Maniac who has no runes, but a really high Axe skill.
Mongoose Gar said:
I disagree. I have cooked an eaten them both and I found Mr. Boss the Runelord with lots of integrated runes was much tougher than Mr. Boss the Master Axewielding Maniac who has no runes, but a really high Axe skill.
Which is odd, I thought he'd be more tender, being all soft and magicky compared to big and axe weilding. But I'm just telling it like it is.
Elemental Runes will be alot more common, and even more common in certain areas. In the Monsters book it says that there is chance equal to the Elementals POW that it will "drop" a Rune of its element.
So in Orlanthi areas plenty of Air runes, Trolls will have lots of Darkness, Dara Happens Fire, Esrolia Earth etc.
There may a higher supply for the Elemental Runes, but I guess there would be high demand for them as they would have cult significance.
So in Orlanthi areas plenty of Air runes, Trolls will have lots of Darkness, Dara Happens Fire, Esrolia Earth etc.
There may a higher supply for the Elemental Runes, but I guess there would be high demand for them as they would have cult significance.
weasel_fierce
Mongoose
I find it a lot more interesting to determine for myself how the wortld looks, than to have some guy in Nottingham or wherever tell me how it looks.
frogspawner
Mongoose
Rurik said:
There's no 'therefore' about it. Until MRQ came along, Glorantha had always been magic-rich without any physical runes at all. And it still can be, even if you want to use the MRQ rules, with interpretations similar to these (lately from the "Seeking opinions..." topic):
frogspawner said:
With these interpretations there is no need for physical Runes at all.
True - but powerful means rare, unless you're running a very-high-powered campaign (Monty Haul?).Mongoose Gar said:
But that is just a distraction. The point is that if a character is published the context would imply it's relative power (tough/weedy, Lay/Initiate/Rune Master, Hero or whatever) from which we would immediately see the 'official' common-ness of spells and (separately) of Runes.
weasel_fierce
Mongoose
Divine magic is available to everyone (which is the core of Glorantha.. you get magic from the cults).
Sorcery is taught to just about anyone, that shows enough interest in the right places
Animism is pretty "matter of fact" to those that live where its practiced.
Rune magic is there for people who stumble across runes.
So there's still a metric f**kton of magic available to any guy that cares to pay a few silvers to the right cult or dude with funny hair, with the rules as written (incidentally, using the above split also mirrors Heroquest, which is pretty much Greg's definitive "this is how Glorantha works")
Sorcery is taught to just about anyone, that shows enough interest in the right places
Animism is pretty "matter of fact" to those that live where its practiced.
Rune magic is there for people who stumble across runes.
So there's still a metric f**kton of magic available to any guy that cares to pay a few silvers to the right cult or dude with funny hair, with the rules as written (incidentally, using the above split also mirrors Heroquest, which is pretty much Greg's definitive "this is how Glorantha works")
