Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-ee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!ecn-ee!kechkayl From: kechkayl@ecn-ee.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: Runequest - Try It! - (nf) Message-ID: <1602@pur-ee.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 08:20:21 EST Article-I.D.: pur-ee.1602 Posted: Fri Feb 17 08:20:21 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 04:03:44 EST Sender: notes@pur-ee.UUCP Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University Lines: 33 #R:inuxc:-91400:ecn-ee:14500009:000:1473 ecn-ee!kechkayl Feb 17 00:37:00 1984 [Indented text is Ralph Keyser's] As for magic, Runequest is a magic poor world. D&D is a magic rich world. Comparing them is an apples and oranges operation. Why is comparing them apples and oranges? Both games are treatments of fantasy novel that allow role playing. That is like saying that you cannot compare two WWII games. In D&D a character is often made by the items he/she has. These items keep you alive, and *everybody* has them. In RQ your character's wits and skills keep you from the void. Magical items are few and far between, and they take on true value. Magic items are few and far between. That pretty much says it all. BORING. Magic is low grade, and hard to perform. BORING. Sorry, but Runequest is a 'Realistic' game. It includes all the boredom that is sometimes present in real life. I get bored sometimes on my own, I DON'T need a game to help me. In AD&D, yes, there is a lot of magic, but at least there is some magic! The density of magic depends on your DM, but AD&D is playable at all levels of magic. If you want magic to be as scarce as in RuneQuest, it can be. However, if you want magic to be slightly more common, that works also. Lastly, if you want every little kid to have a Staff of the Magi, that will sometimes work, too! With RuneQuest, magic is RARE, period, end of statement. Sorry, I prefer at least a semblance of choice. Thomas Ruschak pur-ee!kechkayl "Aiee! A toy robot!"