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8/8/2004 Caynreth: Concentrating innate magic (talents)???
Hi all, I decided to use HQ for my games in a setting from a german low-fantasy game (Das Schwarze Auge= The Dark Eye). Now I still have a problem…
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Participants: Caynreth, Peter Nordstrand, Alai, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper.

8/4/2004 MikeSands: HeroQuest for convention games
Hi I'm coming up to running a HeroQuest game at a convention, and I've found my two playtest groups both a bit overwhelmed by the mechanics. I'm trying to keep…
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Participants: MikeSands, simon_hibbs, Mike Holmes.

7/29/2004 Hobbitboy: Increasing undesirable attributes.
The discussion on modeling the effects of the dark side of the force (Is 'modeling' a bad word in non-sim games?) has got me thinking about unconcious attributes or attributes…
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Participants: Hobbitboy, Brand_Robins, newsalor, Mike Holmes, Drastic, ddunham, lightcastle, CCW.

7/29/2004 Negilent: Space Opera HQ, or HQ Star Wars
Hi all, Figured I'd pick your collective brains a bit. ramble part: The situation is that I am running a BW game, and its begun to stumble for different reasons…
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Participants: Negilent, tupalosa, Christopher Weeks, Sparky, Mike Holmes, simon_hibbs, Valamir, soru, KingOfFarPoint, soviet.

7/27/2004 Sean: No-BS Heroquest
What attracted me to HQ initially was the character generation and mechanics: description gets turned into open-ended traits with numbers determine opposed die rolls. Beautiful, elegantly simple. I don't like…
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Participants: Sean, Mike Holmes, Thor Olavsrud, Tim Ellis, Nick Brooke, buserian.

7/23/2004 Hobbitboy: Essential references?
If I was going to (attempt to) run a HQ campaign centered around the region just to the south of the Dragon Pass (Sartar?) what HQ/HW books would be either…
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Participants: Hobbitboy, Thor Olavsrud, Donald, Nick Brooke.

7/19/2004 bluegargantua: Loose Canon
Hey, The following comes from Ron's original review of Hero Wars which can be found at http://www.indie-rpgs.com/reviews/16/ My most major concern is whether the story will be told for us…
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Participants: bluegargantua, Thor Olavsrud, Invain, pete_darby, Ron Edwards, Jere, Bankuei, Donald, jrichard, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, Nick Brooke, ErrathofKosh, Wulf, simon_hibbs, soru, Tim Ellis, Valamir, Ian Cooper, Hobbitboy.

7/17/2004 Hobbitboy: Ratings vs In-game reality -- Help!
[quote="Mike Holmes"](which almost gets me off on my in-game/metagame rant - a really high strength ability doesn't neccessarily mean that the character is strong at all)[/quote] Actually I wish you…
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Participants: Hobbitboy, Bankuei, Thor Olavsrud, lightcastle, Eero Tuovinen, soru, Mike Holmes, Alai, Bob McNamee, KingOfFarPoint.

7/17/2004 Miskatonic: Space combat
Or My Transhuman Space to HeroQuest conversion, Part 1 Background: So my Transhuman Space game has come crashing to a halt, and I'm blaming GURPS. (I'll address why at some…
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Participants: Miskatonic, soru, droog, grbosch, Mac Logo, Blake Hutchins, Mike Holmes.

7/14/2004 RaconteurX: Farewell, all...
I have decided to permanently part ways with The Forge, as I no longer wish to support a site which I feel encourages elitism in our hobby. I will see…
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Participants: RaconteurX, Valamir.

7/12/2004 newsalor: Zin Letters and Kalikos needs you help!
This is a plea of help to the tribe. The Zin Letters is an English-language magazine published by Kalikos - The Finnish Gloranthan Association. Our production deadline for the next…
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Participants: newsalor, Mike Holmes, Juicetyger.

7/12/2004 Jaif: Sci-fi heroes
I've been thinking about adapting heroquest to "hard" sci-fi. One issue is that heroquest is designed to support advancement of characters from average humans straight up to god-head by the…
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Participants: Jaif, newsalor, Wulf, Mike Holmes, soru, GB Steve, Shreyas Sampat, grbosch, lightcastle, KingOfFarPoint.

7/5/2004 angelopampalone: HQ Mecha rule
Hi all!!! Being alone/without any player, I've started thinking for a HQ role adaptation to a mecha filled campaign. (btw I like the Jovian Chronicles setting) Then I started thinking…
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Participants: angelopampalone, RaconteurX, Bankuei, soru, Tim Ellis.

6/21/2004 Peter Nordstrand: Designing Final Days at Skull Point
SPOILER WARNING FOR THIS ENTIRE THREAD! (Just in case.) I've had the pleasure of reading Final Days at Skullpoint, by Ron Edwards, in Gathering Thunder. I am interested in various…
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Participants: Peter Nordstrand, Ron Edwards, Ian Cooper.

6/20/2004 angelopampalone: "RuneQuest: Slayers"?
Hi all! Browsing the internet, I've found this link http://www.thalcos.com/rq.html and having little to no knowledge of the instoricall past of the setting of HQ, I'm wondering if this is…
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Participants: angelopampalone, Peter Nordstrand, Brand_Robins, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, buserian.

6/20/2004 Mandacaru: The Far Place?
You clever folk at The Unspoken Word, what are the plans for The Far Place? i.e. are you beavering away at it or is it for 2 years hence? Its…
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Participants: Mandacaru, Mark Galeotti.

6/18/2004 Decurio: Gloranthan Sources of Conflict-Pre-Campaign Preparation
After sitting down with my group and discussing the upcoming campaign (and I'm happy to report that not only are they becoming more excited about the game, but that more…
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Participants: Decurio, Nick Brooke, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper, Ron Edwards, Moah, RaconteurX, lightcastle, Bankuei.

6/16/2004 Decurio: Return to River of Cradles?
During the Ralston RQ Renaissance, we had a blast playing with River of Cradles, Sun County (its funny how much sexual innuendo gets slung around when everyone is playing sexually…
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Participants: Decurio, Nick Brooke, Moah, Mark Galeotti.

6/15/2004 Decurio: Introducing Narrativism to your Players
Hello All. After several discussions over at RPG.net (and I recognize a lot of you), I picked up HQ. I am both pleased and impressed far beyond my expectations. Thanks…
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Participants: Decurio, Bankuei, Nick Brooke, Ron Edwards, Mike Holmes, soru, Peter Nordstrand, Wulf.

6/15/2004 Hobbitboy: Which are the HQ products?
Is there any way to tell which of the products found on HeroQuest website were written explicitly for HeroQuest (as opposed to being written for HeroWars)? Is there any significant…
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Participants: Hobbitboy, Nick Brooke, Wolfhead, Mark Galeotti.

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8/24/2004 Mr Darran Sims: Continuum 2006
Some good news for those of you that like to plan well in advance. Loz Wrote: On behalf of Continuum Central, I'm delighted to announce that Continuum 2006 will be…
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Participants: Mr Darran Sims.

8/24/2004 Mike Holmes: Common Magic Religions and Common Magic
In the thread linked to here the question was raised about how to assign abilities to the Common Magic keyword. We all know that heroes with the keyword start off…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, lightcastle, Ron Edwards, Mark Galeotti, nellist, Ian Cooper, jrichard.

8/25/2004 MrWrong: Mythic Russia interview & Battlemasters convention
Hiya folks, Couple of updates at the Ring Of HeroQuest Narrators website that might interest you. First off I did an interview with the RHQN's longtime friend Mark Galeotti about…
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Participants: MrWrong.

8/29/2004 soviet: Thoughts on Combat in HQ
I recently bought HeroQuest and I love it! In many ways it articulates all the things I've wanted from an RPG or felt were lacking from other systems. However, I'm…
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Participants: soviet, Eero Tuovinen, newsalor, Brand_Robins, soru, Valamir, Mike Holmes, Bankuei, Lorenzo Rubbo-Ferraro, Jane, simon_hibbs.

9/2/2004 Caynreth: Creating Creatures - advice needed
Hi, for my first HQ-session (non-Glorantha-setting) on Saturday (*so excited!*) I want to create some creatures for a simple contest combat. However it is still quite difficult for me to…
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Participants: Caynreth, Mac Logo, Bankuei, Mike Holmes, ddunham.

9/8/2004 Waiwode: HeroQuest Legends of Tianguo
My mission: to create a Chinese HeroQuest environment that reflected my image of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. I did some work on it, then real work dragged me away.…
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Participants: Waiwode, epweissengruber, Mike Holmes, Nick Brooke.

9/13/2004 CCW: d20 to Heroquest: introducing narrativism?
Hi This is my first forge post (though I’ve been lurking for a few months). I’ve found the discussions here extremely useful and remarkably inspiring. Predictably, in my first post…
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Participants: CCW, Trevis Martin, Peter Nordstrand, Thor, epweissengruber, Scripty, Mike Holmes, lightcastle, Brand_Robins.

9/25/2004 Jinx: Modified Animism
I've just started a new campaign, Ill Winds, running the HQ system. Ill Winds is a tribal fantasy and is set in an explicitly animistic world; there are no such…
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Participants: Jinx, lightcastle.

10/3/2004 Doyce: How do I reflect these two magical styles
Hi all, I've been working on a conversion for Heroquest -- a primitive Jungle setting -- and I'm trying to get a handle on how to reflect the two dominant…
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Participants: Doyce, Minx, soru, Jinx, Mike Holmes, Ian Cooper.

10/16/2004 Minx: [Shadowrun-Conversion]How much is a keyword worth, anyway?
Hy, after pondering on some questions for a while, I´ve finally kicked laziness ass and decided to start a post on the thing I´m currently working on. I´ll first describe…
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Participants: Minx, CCW, soru, Mike Holmes.

10/18/2004 Mike Holmes: Purchasing Clarification
Split from the thread here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=12419 I don't want to wander too far backwards, but something you said, mike, intrigued me. It really is that whenever you learn a new…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, lightcastle.

10/20/2004 Tom B: Designing new Keywords
This is my first post to the Forge, despite lurking for quite awhile. Be gentle. :) I am new to HeroQuest. I've read the rules and I think I have…
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Participants: Tom B, lightcastle, Minx, CCW, soru, droog, Mike Holmes.

10/20/2004 droog: Marriage and religion
How likely do people feel it might be for a committed member of a religion to change religions/magic systems to suit a spouse? Specifically, a PC devotee of Destor in…
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Participants: droog, Brand_Robins, Eero Tuovinen.

10/22/2004 Caynreth: Extended Contest Question
Hi all, finally I managed to play my first session of HQ (different setting than Glorantha). We tried some Simple Contests (hunting, fortune-telling and such) and one Extended Contest (a…
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Participants: Caynreth, Minx, Brand_Robins, soru, Gelasma.

10/30/2004 Hobbitboy: N&R for dummies
Does anyone know where I can find examples of scenarios/adventures designed/written with narrativism in mind? Especially ones aimed at introducing the narrative style to players who have not encountered it…
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Participants: Hobbitboy, Brand_Robins, Bankuei, Mike Holmes.

11/18/2004 Mike Holmes: Mundane Contests
Occasionally I like to use the conflict system for something that might seem kinda odd. I have the character roll for something really mundane. For example, in one case, before…
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Participants: Mike Holmes.

11/18/2004 Mike Holmes: Mundane Contests
Ocassionally I'll do a contest for something less than earthshaking, or even exciting. To use an example that I've refered to before, once I had the heroes make rolls for…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins.

11/18/2004 Mike Holmes: Penalizing the World
Major Victory = Major Defeat for the opponent. Sometimes when a hero gets a victory, I want to give them a bonus, instead of giving the opponent a penalty. For…
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Participants: Mike Holmes, Technocrat13, Brand_Robins, Doug Ruff, Mandacaru, Scripty, KingOfFarPoint.

11/26/2004 Hobbitboy: HQ does Sim?
During descriptions of the HQ system it is often mentioned that HQ deals with Nar. situations very well. Occasionally, as a counter point to that statement, it will be claimed…
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Participants: Hobbitboy, droog, cappadocius, Brand_Robins, MikeSands, Scripty.

11/27/2004 Brand_Robins: Earthdawn Conversion Notes
This started as a thread on RPG.net, but I thought I'd move it here in case those of you who don't hang out over there wanted to have a say.…
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Participants: Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, Minx, Ron Edwards, KingOfFarPoint, Peter Nordstrand.

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