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Categories
Discussion
Main - Rune Quest
RE: Trying to find a foothold
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Author:
Thomas Nevins
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Time:
10.12.2007 00:41
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Text:
> Answered in the text of the previous message below:
>
> > So lets see here, looks to be a pretty complete world
> you've
> > got going. I like the attention to detail with a map I
> > spotted. Anyway what exactally is the role you're having
> > members play here? Is this a way to get people in
> contact
> > with a new world you've made and form a community of RQ
> > players or is this intended to be a collaberate ideas to
> > form a big world for everyone to do as above? I notice
> the
> > guest articles so I'm guessing its the latter, but I'm
> not
> > really sure.
> >
> Tony - Bit of both actually. The groups of people I role
> play with do contribute, some directly on the site, others
> from ideas and sometimes furious and funny debate on how
> the world should be. We also appreciate "outside"
> contibution, which is to say people like you, Bjorn Stollen
> etc who would like to add something to the community without
> having to go and set up their own site. Of course, being a
> community thing, its really up to the individuial and
> contributors text is usually put into Guest Articles under
> their name. However we would really love some sort of ideas
> eforGaea and could always cross reference such articles from
> Guest Articles to our Gaea section.
Thomas: Sounds cool. Think I'll start reading up on your material in my off time (which I'm about to have alot of during Christmas Break)
>
> > I think I'm catching on here. I'll try to stay pretty
> > active so don't be afraid to show up every day and check
> > the forum anymore :P.
> >
> Tony - Excellent! Wish I could be more active, but work
> takes its toll on my time. Sometimes I long for the days of
> being in a more junior post and being able to update my site
> during lunch break:) However, it is end of year and my work
> at least is slow, so standby for the odd article or
> comment.
Thomas: I know how it is with everyone's scheduels these days. Don't worry I won't have a heart attack over it. ;)
>
> > I hope your article is going well there, I've been
> toying
> > with the new mongoose system and I think I've got a
> pretty
> > good city just about set. Not really sure yet, I'm
> pretty
> > eager to get to the encounter table to make a whole lot
> of
> > ridiculous encounters (If you've never read the Lei
> Tabor
> > encounter table you should it is a riot :P).
>
> Tony - Ha ha, as well as can be expected I suppose. At the
> moment I am actually rehashing/editing a bit of a
> background article on the Knights of Draldeath. One of
> those funny iodisincracies (sp) of Gaea is there are
> knights, but they are rare and have a wierd take on life.
> Hope my finished product kind of explains adequatly how
> knight orders can exist in a bronze/iron age type setting.
>
Thomas: Well my opinion on the nights issue is, why not. :P
> Hmm, encounter tables, someone on the Role Playing Tips
> e-zine submitted a number of Benin urban and rural
> encounters lists - as some nice ideas.
> >
> > Well I guess what I'm trying to say here is there any way
> I
> > could try and contribute to some of the material you
> guys
> > got here or should I just use it for inspiration.
>
> Tony - You are most welcome. In fact only the three
> continents marked on the world map have been detailed at
> all. Likesay, I do have some ideas for the other lands
> though, so maybe discuss any ideas you may have first. then
> again, stand alone plug ins also work well:)
Thomas: Hmm... I do like details... I might have some fun with that. So how does the whole submission system work anyhow?
> >
> > PS: Strange I didn't know RQIII had orcs... then again I
> > never played RQIII... or maybe that's why you're
> writting
> > the article... I'm such a silly. :P
> >
> Tony - Ja, RQIII has orcs in the cratures section. One of
> those moves to make it stand alone from Glroantha at the
> time. They are however the Tolkein, degenerate elf types.
> As a person who never had time for elves and felt the orcs
> always got a bum deal, I have taken it on my shoulders to
> try and rectify this with a (I hope) well thought out,
> details culture, history, physiology etc. I have my doubts
> it will be at the level of Mary Gentle, Stan Nicholls et
> al, but it would be nice if it got a nod from the average
> orc lover:) Check out the orc write up in creatures for an
> idea of where i am hoping to go.
Thomas: I've always been more of a troll person myself. There was a point there in my time where I'm pretty sure I reread Uz Lore.
>
> I would love to start collecting the MRQ stuff, but right
> now its just too expensive. Took me forever to complete my
> RQIII collection, mostly thanks to eBay.
>
>
Thomas: I don't actually have a "collection" of it I just have some of the basic stuff like rule book, companion, and monsters. That's about it.
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Thomas Nevins
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02.12.2007 20:17
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Tony Den
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06.12.2007 08:31
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Thomas Nevins
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08.12.2007 01:59
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Tony Den
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09.12.2007 18:47
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Thomas Nevins
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10.12.2007 00:41
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Tony Den
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10.12.2007 12:37
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Thomas Nevins
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12.12.2007 02:15
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