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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Lev Lafayette <lev@rpgreview.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> RuneQuest Rules <runequest@rpgreview.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, July 2, 2009 10:10:09 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Runequest] RuneQuest stuff on Ebay and Strike Rank variation<BR></FONT><BR>Whilst not wanting to shill too heavily the stuff I have up on Ebay on a<BR>rules list, there is a sufficient quantity of old exotica available it<BR>would probably be wrong of me not to mention it:<BR><BR>http://shop.ebay.com.au/merchant/lev_lafayette<BR><BR>Now, obligatory rules related matter. For some time now our group has<BR>been using a variation on Strike Ranks, and it actually works (no<BR>really). Here's what we do;<BR><BR>Every ten second round a character receives a number of actions equal to<BR>1+(DEX/7)<BR><BR>Characters with the
highest Strike Rank go first and then we work down<BR>through the actions. In general it's set up so Divine Magic is the<BR>quickest, then Spirit Magic and Sorcery, then Missile Weapons, then<BR>Melee weapons. There is just enough variation that a really fast archer<BR>can get a arrow in before a spell, a very fast warrior can strike before<BR>a slow archer and so forth.<BR><BR>Strike Ranks are as follows:<BR><BR>Magic:<BR><BR>Divine Magic 50+POW+INT (these operate at the speed of thought)<BR>Spirit 40+POW+INT (these operate at the speed of incantation)<BR>Sorcery 30+POW+INT (these operate at the speed of gestures and<BR>incantations)<BR><BR>The speed of spells can be boosted with extra MPs at 1 for 1 basis<BR><BR>Missile:<BR><BR>XBow 30+DEX+PER (We have a PERception stat instead of APP/CHA)<BR>Bow 20+DEX+PER<BR>Thrown 15+DEX+STR<BR><BR>Melee:<BR><BR>Long Weapons 10+DEX+SIZ<BR>Medium Weapons 5+DEX+SIZ<BR>Short Weapons
0+DEX+SIZ<BR><BR>Move:<BR><BR>Movement on non-engaged figures occurs at the end of all actions in<BR>order of DEX.<BR><BR>It's pretty quick in actual combat and it retains a sense of<BR>plausibility. I recently ran the Cradles scenario and actually ran the<BR>combat (yes, roughly 100+ characters slugging it out on the top deck).<BR>The system managed to cope without any headaches at all..<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Runequest mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Runequest@rpgreview.net" ymailto="mailto:Runequest@rpgreview.net">Runequest@rpgreview.net</A><BR>http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net<BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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