And here we are...

How does an outlay of 100 lunars to cover food and equipment for the trip into the Rubble? Means you have everything within reason you might need.

No repeating crossbows, healing potions etc. Though you can possibly buy those.

In reply to GM (msg # 2):

Sounds reasonable.
What's the availability of healing potions, poison and disease cures?

do nightvision things exist?
A way for us to see underground not using earth sense?

They are called Trollkin.

Available. But likely expensive. Tell me what you want. Short notice might be a problem. I will roll a die or two.

Steal some trollkin eyes >)

4 healing potions, a couple of scorpion man anti venoms and 4 disease cures. Are the disease cures general or specific?
He'll also enquire if there are any easily identifiable ingredients that the seller needs, that can be found in the rubble.



That might cause a few issues.

The Ravens can of course try and steal some potions etc. Ask the Rubble Runner gang for help?

In reply to GM (msg # 9):

Melock won't be doing this.

Any chance of a light spell matrix...?  :P



Hahaha

Apologies for my silence. Work has been fierce and I've had issues with my phone net access. The former is an ongoing problem, the latter is sorted. Normal service may be partially resumed.

Great list, Melock. Lightwall might be handy in an emergency. Anyone got it? Potion or matrix time? I'd buy the latter if affordable. And inscribed on something one can hide in the Stronglands.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 13):

Temush got the Pavis Sundome to train him in Lightwall

Or as the spell checker would have it 'Tecumseh got the paves sundae to train him in light wave'

He has a Heal-4 matrix on his shield IFRC

Good to know: that's 2 of us with heal 4 matrices now.

I jinxed myself yesterday - colleagues off sick, I'm very much in the wars work-wise as a result, expect limited posting at best.

I didn't realize we had 2 heal matrixes, maybe we don't need healing potions.

In reply to Melock (msg # 16):

If we invest in a potion, it should be Healing 6 or nothing. We can deal with pretty much anything else ourselves.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 17):

Do we have someone who can cure disease and/or poison?

In reply to Melock (msg # 18):

I'm out of cure disease potions. So I don't think so. Fancy seducing a healer...? ;)

I'm sure the unicorn riders have healers :)

But on a serious note, we should buy some disease and poison cures.
Melock knows heal 2.

Kobal has a Darkwall matrix  ;P



Haha.



Kobal knows Healing 3.  Potions might still be useful if we run out of POW or need to conserve POW...?

In reply to Kobal (msg # 21):

I think trolls can see through darkwall with their sonar.
As I think the potions will be expensive, we are going to be limited on what we can get. Melock isn't keen on trying to steal any, but Ohanzee or Grundar might be.

Ohanzee is gone man, solid gone :)

What's happened to him now! Don't answer that...

*sigh*
Causing trouble....

:)

In reply to GM (msg # 25):

Normal day for him then?

Well, that's one less Raven for us to look after  :P

Good news is that i have 2 weeks holiday starting 1st july. Staying at  home with kids so I will jump start this. Thanks so much for your patience folks.

In reply to GM (msg # 28):

That's great news :)

It's OK if you spare a little time for the kids as well though... ;-)

We will be playing a Black Hack game and going to the beach. With their epic holiday lie ins i have free mornings to do my stuff :)

Nice and warm here. 29degrees on friday last.

Looking forward to it  :)

I didn't know it could get hot in Finland.  I assume that's the inland areas...?

The inland areas are the coldest in the winter.

Im on the coast in the North just below the arctic circle. Summer last year was in the mid 30s for months. It was just like being back in Oz.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:15, Mon 10 June 2019.

Interesting.  I didn't know it could get so hot near the Artic Circle.

Blimey but real life can be more awkward than a Broo up the bum. Think I might just be back in circulation.

In reply to Hoskar Two-Feather (msg # 35):

Glad to hear that things have calmed down a bit.

I see they've confirmed Dragonmeet is at the same venue in Hammersmith on 30th Nov. Anybody thinking of going?

In reply to Temush Blinking-cloud (msg # 37):

More than likely, doubt I'll get there early enough to get in on a game though.

In reply to Temush Blinking-cloud (msg # 37):

If I can extract myself from a work commitment I'd like to be there. If I do, I'll be running Pendragon at some point I expect, but would love to say hello if folks are around.

Anyone going to Tabletop Gaming Live at Alexander Palace in September? I'm going to be running Pendragon there for Chaosium I think.

In reply to Grundar (msg # 39):

I didn't know about that one, I may go to that as well.

Details here: https://www.tabletopgaming.co....tabletop-gaming-live

In reply to Grundar (msg # 41):

Thanks for the link, it looks good.

From the darkness near Melock comes no response from Ohanzee... Because he's not with them :D

Temush checks that the cover on is god-touched shield is lashed on good and tight.

Henal has a Dehori spirit if I remember correctly.

He does, his shadow :)

In reply to Ohanzee Shappa (msg # 43):

Melock thought he may have snuck in while no one was looking.

Hahaha.

Okay. I accept we are where we are. I seem to have missed something though. What in the name of all the various Lunar hells are we doing under the Argan Argar temple being inducted as laity? I assume this is a plan to get relevant Uz allies but seem to have lost the plot at some stage.

I'm in the same boat, but assumed that this is something that will become clear in due course  :)

It's all my plan to get my friend back.

Reaching out to the trolls of troll town was suggested earlier.


Bexc has through her Argan Argar contacts done just that.

You are now in the presence of Trolls from a clan who are in conflict with those who kidnapped Delenda.

Ok I am back in.

I have met only one Uz hitherto. Give or take the enlo. Don't suppose he's among those present and I might recognise him...? Vastly improbable, I know, but thought I'd ask.

Is anyone still here? Hoskar hasn't fed me in ages. I might have to sh*t in his helmet.

Whoo?

Looks like just the familiars present  :)

Anyone fancy going rat hunting?

Instead, maybe us familiars should organise an expedition to the Big Rubble.  We could slip in, save Delenda, and slip out again without anyone noticing.

In reply to Haaro (msg # 59):

One of you lot will have to carry me. As long as there'll be rats to eat, I'll come.

I'm ignoring you on purpose!

You're quite safe, I only eat dumb rats. Come closer so I can give you a hug to show you I care.
This message was last updated by the player at 17:31, Fri 23 Aug 2019.

Looks up with a weary eye from where he was sleeping. "Hmmm....whut? Buggrit Millenium hand and shrimp"

"t-wit'

Two-who?

Shall we do so in a PM for Greg during the hiatus of our beloved GM? PM as we'll not then impact on the post limit on this thread. I propose we discuss swearing harmony in order to tap into Issaries' ability to allow us a use of Becx's "levitation" to equalise our Mv. rates on condition no-one eats anyone else (on pain of the Levitation going haywire and dumping the malefactor head-down in a fuller's bucket until fatally and permanently drowned in wee). Premise: Issaries approaches us in our dreams and offers us a POW increase roll (GM to confirm or disconfirm for the real game) if we save a favoured grain merchant from a problem.

Snakes and anyone else has RQ2 rulebook stats rolled for ourselves. Manul cats and others treated like their nearest equivalents with proper HP e.g. Shadow Cats. Rolled for ourselves. Not translated to the real game. Rats like rubble runners (no offence) but less bite damage as no "flip-top head". Whole thing like a dreamquest. Off the cuff idea, not clear on mechanics yet. Initial thought is we have the same number of enemies as us, ability to tap into our binders' spells, and so forth. Abort the whole thing if GM returns to activity while the game is afoot as that will be ipso facto more interesting.

Freeform scenario but in combat we roll dice for ourselves and the enemy. Death = minus one permanent POW to stuff the dream self back into the real body. Any takers on the concept?

If enough of us like the idea, I'll set up the PM and set a scene but am not volunteering to be an ersatz GM. I have neither time nor robustness for that sort of responsibility. Collective storytelling with some dice is the basic idea here.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:36, Thu 12 Sept 2019.

I'd be happy to take part in that  :)

Me too

And me
This message was last updated by the player at 04:20, Fri 13 Sept 2019.

I'm going to leave this here a few days. Know many of us aren't checking in regularly so not everyone might have noticed yet. I'll do a PM planning thread sometime next week.

Woo hoo!

Well. This year has radically sucked, but I'm still breathing and life is improving.

I wish you all a very merry christmas/winter solstice/ whatever you celebrate.

Take care everyone

Sorry to hear that Amara.  Hope next year is better for you.
Life for me this past year has been just too busy (as with last year).  I had hoped to reply on the PM story that Hoskar was suggesting but got too busy, and now I'm at the office even though we officially closed for Christmas on Friday.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and hopefully we'll pick up the game again when everyone's ready.

I'm glad that life is improving for you Amara,
Kobal, I hope you that you manage to get some time off over christmas.
Happy Christmas everyone, hope it's a good one.

Happy Sacred Season everyone.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:18, Mon 23 Dec 2019.

Merry Christmas and happy New Years all round, and I hope to be back with you all some time.

(Belated) Happy Holidays and New Year everyone.

Hope 2020 is a better year for all.

Terribly sorry, people. Started something as Four Paws that I proved unable to finish. Issues with the old depressive Black Dog plus geriatric parents being in danger of ending up in a home. "The old folks say there's no place like home, but you try putting them in one..." :)

Bless you all. Should the game never restart, I am Ralph Hayward and Melock has me as a friend on fb. Having known and loved* you all please do drop by. You have given me the best of times, and I hope I too have spread some sweetness and light.

*the ancient Greek is so much more precise than English. Agape is the intent.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:10, Sat 15 Feb 2020.

it's ok about Four Paws's adventure, life does indeed get in the way of these sort of things. I hope your folks are happy wherever they end up.

if anyone wants to add me on facebook, I'm on there as dc rennison.
i agree with Hoskar, this has been a great game and it's been fun gaming with you all.

Don't let it get you down Hoskar, I hope there are other places on the inter-webs where you can get a touch of the RQ medicine.

I'm William O'Neill on Facebook, and I think we may have crossed paths on one of the forum posts. If anybody prefers to go on calling my Temush there, then that's OK too. You should see a friend request from me, if my escalating age is not sufficient bar to technological progress.

That's fine, Hoskar.  IIRC, I had said I was going to post something, but I never got around to it, so I'm the one who should apologise.  The last 2 years have been particularly busy for me.

I hope you and your parents are better now.
I've really enjoyed playing with you all (and hope it'll restart some time).  This game brought me back to role playing after an absence of many, many years.  It's been inspiring to see how creative you all are, which always spurred me to try to lift my own game.

While I've been too busy to join any other PBP game (I'd feel like I was letting down the others if went AWOL for stretches), I have started playing RPGs with friends here in Perth Western Australia (on the odd occasion when we all have the time to meet up).  Not RuneQuest, sadly, since they all mainly play D&D or Pathfinder, but I live in hope of introducing them to RQ sometime...  (they're probably sick of hearing me talk of it.)

I try to avoid social media, so apologies that I don't friend any of you online.  For the same privacy reasons, I prefer not to post my name online, but am happy do so if anyone asks via direct message  :P

Yup, this game has been special. Hopefully when Gm is ready it'll be picked up again, but it has been truly superb to play with you all.

I don't use facebook and in fact my userid on rpol is a "nom du ruse" to avoid people from my past.

However, you can call me Cat :-)

Oh, I know that fantasy and Glorantha are the staples that brought us here together, but if you are interested in a sci-fi game, I'm running one based on the infinity wargame by corvus belli (adaptation is by Modiphius). Let me know if you'd like to play.

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 83):

Thanks for the invite, Amara.  Despite what I wrote above, I'm tempted  :P
It was nice to be part of a PBP game.  But at the moment I don't feel I have time to learn a new rules system...

It has been good being part of this, sadly looks like its not coming back to a live game or at least no time soon.

I tend to be more easily found at RPG.net where I post as Monster Mash.

I am lucky in liking old school D&D games as well as RQ as I can usually play in a couple of those online, but having a job finding another RQ game at the moment.

I'm in one other RPOL RQ(G) game, but it's also been on pause for a month so now.

YE GODS, is this old den of rapscallions still kicking about?!?

I gave up PbP almost overnight about a year ago, not that I'd been prolific in recent years in any case. I just lost my mojo. But once in every red moon something stirs the soul - an accidental PM on Dragonsfoot that was deleted, but remained in my inbox; my best mate buying Gloomhaven which we played for the first time last week; one of Melock's many FB funnies (yes I'm on there too, I can find some of you)...

The road goes ever on, as someone once said, though in Prax it usually leads to an ambush. Here's hoping Malia's latest trick doesn't bite you in the ass too hard, and happy hunting.

Hi folks. Hope you are all keeping well and safe.

If anyone is still checking here and interested in another Prax game, then there is one about to start (RQ Glorantha rules).

If interested check it out here link to another game and mention Mabwe pointed you the way :)

You'll find Norajia somewhat familiar too. Still obsessed with Harmony and Truth, but somewhat taller

Thanks for the tip, Ohanzee/Mabwe, I'll check it out  :)

Getting on for a year, but at least I've been in touch with Hoskar and always see Melock around FB. How is everyone else?

Fine thanks, I'm playing one other RQ game online (on RPol with Ohanze and Kobal). I've almost stopped looking at Facebook though.

My mum was in hospital just after christmas with a badly broken arm, but I hope she's on the mend now. She packed me off to my own place yesterday to pick up my cenus form and arrange my Covid shot. I'm going to pop back at the weekend and do some bulk shopping for her.

I hope everybody else is doing OK

Things are ok here, especially now the boys are back at school! Had my first covid vaccine jab last week, been working at home for exactly 1 year. Getting my RQ fix in a game on here and over on rpg geek, but still miss this one.

Hey everybody!  I’m back around!

Considering starting up a new game on here with the Mythras stuff.

Also got my first vaccine jab today. Not too bad. Hopefully not too much longer and we are out of the Covid woods, at least for the moment.

i'm well. it's good to see I'm not the only one who still gets updates from this game :)

I'm fine.  Not sure when I'm eligible for a COVID vaccine shot.  The rollout of vaccines started just a few weeks ago and now the EU is restricting export of vaccines (including to Australia)...  :P  But I'm lucky that I live in Western Australia, where there has been very little incidence of COVID-19 (though small businesses suffered due to restrictions for several months in early 2020 to stop any outbreak).  Perth was in lockdown for 1 week earlier this year because 1 case of community transmission was found.  No further community transmission since.

As Temush mentioned, I've been playing another RQ game here (but RQ Glorantha rules) with some others from this game.

I've always tried to avoid social media like facebook, sorry.



What setting will your Mythras game be, Akala?
This message was last edited by the player at 10:49, Wed 24 Mar 2021.

I'm getting my first COVID jab this weekend. And FB/social media is garbage - mine is full of gaming (Runequest news appears regularly), film and history feeds. I'm not sure anyone posts any actual information there, other than attention whores. I check it once daily and that's it.

Still have a few games going on here, do miss this one.

Homebrew, kinda inspired by Glorantha, Conan, GoT (less so), and other fantasy backdrops. Heavy on the culture stuff.

Slavery has just been abolished (in the last 20 years) and the heroes are the first generation born “free.”
But something is wrong, and it seems like someone isn’t honoring the treaties.
The party has been asked by the Emperor to help find out what’s going on.
The threat is greater than anyone could have imagined, humanity’s worst sins transformed into its worst nightmares

Or something like that.

It’s a reimagining of an arc I had in mind in a game I ran before, and I’m going to use a variant name “Branneron’s Stone Guard” (the first was “Branneron’s Black Guard”)

It would be a mix of a bunch of scenarios, a lot of them published. A lot of the “Book of Quests” stuff, Monster AND Griffin Island, as culture and source material, and other stuff I’ve bought along the way.  Possibly some Constantinople/Cities stuff down the road. All peppered into an overall arc I have in mind.

If folks are interested, I can invite people when it’s built out more and ready to run.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 03:39, Thu 25 Mar 2021.

Yes, I do miss this Three Feathered Rivals game.  I'd been away from RPGs for a long time until I joined this game.



Yes, let us know when you're ready.  I have the Runequest 6 rules by Design Mechanism, but have never played it.  I assume Mythras is just a change of name.

Glad to see folks are well. It's been an age...or feels like one now. Afraid I'm currently rushed off my gourd at work (lockdown's been a tough old time for the students) and when not at work things are a mite fraught too so I'm in no position to commit to games at the moment. Drattit. Wish it was otherwise. These both sound fun. All's okay with the Better Half, I hasten to add, but "family stuff" more generally plus a friend defending against legal shenannigins.

Still, at least I got a dose of Pfizer in the arm a few weeks back, so here's to kicking Mallia right up her bony old behind.

Keep safe, one and all.

Hi All

Missed the flurry of updates when they came last week.

I'm still playing in a few online games over at RPG.net mostly Old School D&D clones, though one is Stars Without Number which is an SF game.

I'd be interested in some RQ gaming.

Not a big social media user on FB, though I use other things like twitter a bit.

Been working remotely for the last year with not too many gaps between contracts. Had my first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine a couple of weeks ago and hoping the vaccination programmes really start to pay off.

The guy Ohanze, Kobal and I have been playing with is running a link to another game (as in Ohanze's post above) we have four regulars and a Greek guy who is joining for a 'bonus' uber-scorpionman' hunt. He's talking about a follow on scenario either with the same or fresh characters.

Hello all!

I am going to start taking Players for my new game.

I don’t want to take on too many players (it makes GMing on RPOL much more difficult in my experience), so I’m trying to keep it to 4-5 players.

I’m also going to try to (at least) start with a bang, and a fast posting rate (3-4 times per week), which may calm down after the initial adventure or 3. So if frequent posting isn’t possible, it may not be the game for you. I am always open to letting folks be added lurkers and readers, so if you’d like that, we can do it.

I’m using the Mythras system- a branch of the RQ tree, and as such should be easy for everyone Familiar with this system to pick up. There are some modern gaming wrinkles added to the system though, so it’s probably worth picking up and checking out if you want to join up.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful week.

Here’s the game!

link to another game
This message was last edited by the player at 20:57, Tue 04 May 2021.

Any time I pick up something RQ related, even if its reading some of my really old RQ2 stuff, I come back here. Good to see a few others have poked their feathers in too.

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 104):

Hi Salen, good to hear from you. Are you managing to play much RQ?

Zilch, zero, none. And the games that do appear here all appear to be RQ3, which is just okay. I haven't looked for any RQG anywhere. Starting dedicated nights with two friends last year playing boardgames (and eventually OSR D&D) but have yet to get back into it this year.

You? I do see you and Hoskar appear any time something RQ-related pops up on FB!

In reply to Salen Dustchaser (msg # 106):

no, I haven't even got a local gaming group. i get my rpg fix at the Kraken gaming convention a couple of times a year, though it's mainly Call of Cthulhu. I'm building Apple Lane and Snake Pipe Hollow in Unreal Engine and posting videos on YouTube

I'm  not in any RQ games either since Golden Prax II wound up. My friend who used to GM face to face is talking about running Knives in the Dark, but it's been a few years. We mostly play boardgames online or in the games cafe

Hope everyone has been well  :)

I finally caught COVID-19 in December, but fortunately symptoms were mild (had had 4 vaccines shots by then).  And since then have been way too busy to try to join any games (the one Discord game I did join before getting busy petered out after a couple of sessions cos it became too hard to schedule a convenient time for people).

Technically in 3 real life/face-to-face games at the moment (one Pathfinder 1e, one D&D 5e, one Call of Cthulhu), but sessions are irregular and take place every few months...

Looking forward to the Cults of Runequest/Glorantha books. I understand breaking up the books into 10 but too bad it's going to take longer for them all to be released...

I assume Lightbringers is coming out first because so much of its material is already reviewed and formatted from RQriQ. But really, is it going to tell me anything that wasn't in Cults of Prax 40 years ago? At least Earth Pantheon may have some new content. I'll be interested to see what the Donandar spells are now (I'm guessing the attuned remote playing instruments from Red Book of Magic are his which may mean he has less illusion in his portfolio)

If it really is ten books, then it'll tell you that your wallet will be a lot lighter than just referring to CoP... :)

I too have been gameless for some years, but might just about come back to life at some point. Although I only have RQ6 (not Mythras), I might give Akala a nudge. I've  kept up on the new Chaosium Gloranthan materials, but trying to keep up with the Jonstown Compendium stuff is too rich even for my blood.


Perhaps it's because of my fascination with the works of Oliver Dickinson, but I can't wait to see what they make of Vinga: will she be Orlanthsdottir, or an aspect of Orlanth, or both depending on one's myth, or something else perchance? Whatever they come up with, I imagine there'll be a new "Griselda was a Vingan" line of argument to squish.
The other one I'll be looking forward to is the Solar book: what on earth they do with [Y]Elm[al][io] could be fascinating.

In the "real world" my dad passed away (C19) August 2021 and I'm still helping my mum clear out his lifetime of hoarded stuff. Don't waste your sympathies on me on that one though - my current growl is, "Instead of bequeathing me an inheritance he bequeather me a bloomin' job". Oh, and t'missus is fully recovered and cured after spending a year on chemo for Hodgkins. So it's been an "interesting" couple of years but all is merry and bright now.

Hope the Wandering Rangers are doing well; and still keeping my fingers crossed that our beloved GM (who doesn't seem to want to be found and is damn good at hiding any online presence) is OK. Or at least not dead in a ditch.

Hi. Well first I have to apologize for vanishing in to the void. Stuff, lots of it all at once. I'm glad to see so many of you still popping in.

All is good right now. I think I shall go re read the story....

In reply to GM (msg # 114):

welcome back.
it's good to hear from you

Hello! Welcome back, glad things are back to good for you :)
This message was last edited by the player at 15:53, Sun 16 July 2023.

In reply to GM (msg # 114):

Good to hear it sounds like things are under control for you, GM :)

Glad to hear that things are good and you may have a little headspace for this stuff

I've emailed Hoskar, just in case he's not getting email notifications from rpol, but it would appear that he's out of office until next week

Although I must confess to having been a tad worried for you, GM, absolutely no apologies needed this end. As I've said before, you owe us nothing and we owe you much. I rejoice greatly to know that all is good for you at the moment. Long may things continue in that vein.

I don't get Rpol notifications, huge thanks to Melock for letting me know our beloved GM had posted.

By the Sacred Jockstrap of Robert E. Howard! Who would have thought?

Thought I should pop in too. It's been a.....time.

I almost dropped out of rpol completely, partly voluntary, partly involuntary. The good news is that my daughter arrived! Who is now 2 ish and the best thing ever to have happened...ever.

I won't bother sharing the bad news, but life truly sucks sometimes. My head is now mostly together, though I do not have much spare time, and when I do I tend to sleep.

Hope everyone is doing well and look forward to talking to you again, though its been years since I posted in a game.

Sorry it's been an up and down couple of years for you, but truly happy to hear about your baby girl  :D  Congratulations  :)  I guess you won't have much spare time for a number of years now  :P

Congrats Amara! I always say life comes in two stages - the years up until you had kids, and then the years afterwards. My daughters are 21 and 16 now, definitely the best thing ever.

I caught COVID roughly two months ago, would not recommend.

In reply to Amara Brightsky (msg # 122):

congratulations on your good news.

Hope you made a complete recovery, Salen.

I got Covid in December last year (when there was expected to be a spike of infections where I am).  Meant I missed Christmas get-togethers, but I was fortunate I only got a mild version.
And I was very fortunate in that, if I had to get Covid, it was the best time - 2 weddings in November, then got Covid/isolated in December and recovered in time to fly overseas in early January for a 3rd wedding feeling safe that I should have immunity while overseas.
Unfortunately none of the weddings were mine  :(

Yeah, couple of really horrible weeks and still didn't feel great after that, but fine now.

I actually tested positive with my eldest on Christmas Eve 2021 - she had symptoms, I didn't. Meant we had to cancel all our plans for Christmas, but as we were meant to host my wife's family it didn't upset me that much! (They're nice, I'm just having a laugh)

Congratulations Amara, good luck with the sleep

I also had Covid for the first time over Christmas, and then again in August, immunity perhaps shorter than I would have hoped, but both were relatively mild, so all good.

I've ended up with pneumonia 3 times over the last 18 months (was hospitalised once) and each and every time I had a COVID test that returned negative. I think I may be the only person in my work unit or even back home that has not caught COVID. It really sucks and I hope you all feel better and I REALLY hope I don't catch it myself.

Happy new year everyone

Happy New Year!

Happy new year everyone. Hope you're all feeling better, over Covid. Best wishes for 2024 :)