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There could be some weapoons that perhaps will end up less lethal compared to others, but if that rocks your boat, etc...<BR>
I think this set of rules will work well for your style of campagin, where you are helpless as easily as in ordinary RQ-rules, but where there's a bigger chanse of beeing patched up, ready for undelayed campagin-action.<BR>
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No more "After the great battle with Tim the Enchanter, we went to the monastary of Gnyldroch for 2 years, awaiting the regrowing of Argnrolf's leg. Then we went to Arand Dor, where Nils Olofsson lost his right arm AND his left leg..."<BR>
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Perhaps the orginal rules would be very fun in a pirate-setting! :D<BR> <BR>
> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 15:11:57 -0700<BR>> From: royce@efn.org<BR>> To: runequest@rpgreview.net<BR>> Subject: [Runequest] House rule contemplation continued...<BR>> <BR>> Hi, All,<BR>> Thank you very much for your many good responses.<BR>> After further thought, I came to the following house rule:<BR>> <BR>> 1. Except for the head, a hit location is destroyed by triple damage. <BR>> The head continues to be destroyed by double damage.<BR>> <BR>> 2. General hit points reduced to zero incapacitates the being.<BR>> <BR>> 3. General hit points reduced to negative [general hit points] kills the<BR>> being. (Perhaps negatives could be shown with backslashes on the hit<BR>> points box of the character sheet.) Also, destruction of the head, chest<BR>> or abdomen hit location also kills the being, as per RQ3 (avalon hill)<BR>> published rules.<BR>> <BR>> 4. No countdown. Loss of 1 hp per melee round is an already existing<BR>> risk in the published rules, so no need to repeat the risk. So you could<BR>> end up with a battered character that is incapacitated, at negative HP,<BR>> but not dying. Given nursing, this character would have a long recovery<BR>> time without magic, but that's fine.<BR>> <BR>> So, my question is, will this house rule have some consequence which I<BR>> haven't recognized yet? Will it somehow damage the game?<BR>> <BR>> Sincerely,<BR>> Asher Royce<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Runequest mailing list<BR>> Runequest@rpgreview.net<BR>> http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net<BR> </body>
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