Posted by Runeslinger on April 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. Balancing Interests For me, the lure of developing this campaign is to delve deeply into RuneQuest. I hope to develop a believably violent world with mediation, tactical evasion, and strategic forethought as hallmarks of … Continue reading →
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Posted by Runeslinger on January 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
This post continues the exploration and implementation of RuneQuest 6th Edition for the creation of a sword and sorcery campaign setting. Decades ago, when I was running fantasy stories as a matter of course, my worlds were planets circling stars and followed the laws of physics as I understood them. About the only thing that … Continue reading →
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Posted by Runeslinger on January 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
There are many reasons why I selected RuneQuest to support my serious foray back into fantasy gaming after all these years (No, Vampire: The Dark Ages does not count). Chief among these reasons is the basic simplicity of the core mechanics and the enjoyable lethality of the combat system. At this point in time, I … Continue reading →
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Posted by Runeslinger on December 31, 2012 · 17 Comments
This post is an introduction to the series and as such little to no content was harmed in its making. As I mentioned last week, my next series on the blog will focus on RuneQuest. For whatever reason, I have never played it and from what I can see now, I should have. While I … Continue reading →
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Posted by Runeslinger on December 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is a grisly little item for Stormbringer. It is not much more than a rumor, but deployed skillfully, can twist itself into a long-running quest, full of the ambiguity and mystery for which the Elric saga is famed. The seed The seed is nothing more than news that an item known as … Continue reading →
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Casting Shadows 