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Categories
Discussion
Main - Rune Quest
RE: What you want
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Author:
Willo van der Merwe
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08.10.2002 09:15
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> Ive been playing RQ over 20 years and I must have missed
> something about spells being difficult to use. My players
> dont seem to have any problems with cranking spells out.
The problem is not using the spells. My concern with the RQ Magic System is that it doesn't seem balanced.
Consider Prectill, a sorcerer by profession. Prectill can't be an active character, since he has to spend 90% of his time in study. What does Prectill get in return for this? Nothing. He can push his POW to 21, push his Magic Points to 18 and with the use Spell Matrices maybe store some more. There is no way, using RQ magic, to model the really powerful mages of old.
Playing a Magic user in RQ is like playing a balista or siege engine. You whip him out, he spends time in rituals and other arcane wierdness, does his stuff and disappears. Going on a quest, he/she is almost guarenteed not to fight, due to their poor fighting skills. Casting spells are useless, since inflicting any real damage takes too long. It doesn't take very long for the rest of the characters to feel the MU is a useless addition to the party.
I don't mind the MU's being scaled down like they are, but if the guy is going to spend half the battle standing still and concentrating, having to be protected by the party, he'd better come up with some damaging stuff, not a mere 1d10 to a random hit location. Qwernoque, the warrior, does more with his halbard each MR.
In short, I'd like to see more playable professional Magic Users. These are, supposedly, the only ones capable of challenging the gods themselves.
Just a thought.... use it... don't use it...
Regards,
Willo
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Willo van der Merwe
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