Hi! This is the hopefully not-too-annoying monthly mailer for the Risustalk mailing list, where we prattle on about Risus: the Anything RPG, by S. John Ross (a...
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Dec 1, 2005 8:02 pm
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... And I'm actually from Grosse Pointe (originally). :) ... Absolutely! Summoning hostile entities adds much to the flavor of settings where such magic is...
Guy wrote several things -- ... But they *can* use Spirit magic, as can many Sorcerers. I welcome suggestions for a new term... "Spiritualist"? <gag> ... ...
... Oh sure, they can use that. Full-time sorcerers usually don't, though, because Spirit Magic uses up their free INT, which is how they manipulate spells. ...
Hey everybody, I hope to have a file posted by 4 or 5 this afternoon (US, Eastern). Post your file type preferences. (Oh yeah, and if any of you are on 360,...
Snow, traffic, end of the world hysteria.... Jeez, it's winter... Sorry, folks be a bit late. (honestly, what is wrong with people?) ... -- Stefan Livingstone...
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Dec 2, 2005 10:53 pm
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Guy wrote -- ... Heh, heh... See, this is kind of the Main Sticking Point: the nature of Glorantha and magic within it has, um, "evolved" over the years......
... Glorantha, magic-poor? Since when? Everybody and his grandma has always had access to magic. Their laws of nature are determined by events that occurred in...
Hi people...I just learned about Risus yesterday via a link from the excellent webcomic Neko Machi (www.neko-machi.com) but there are a couple things not...
Hi and welcome to Risus! ... read ... Correct. They are in the Companion under "Lucky Shots & Questing Dice". In a nutshell, each Lucky Shot allows a character...
... Hi Link, and welcome! Yes, Questing Dice are from the Companion. Basically, you spend 1 of your character's starting 10 dice and get 5 dice in return....
... Thanks noob. ;-) I'm a huge Buffy fan. In fact, the big non-Risus game that I'm involved with is Slaying Solomon (http://buffy.velvet-edge.com/). I tried...
... Indeed, I shall. Here I am forced to admit that I have no idea what HHG is. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. :) -Tim [Non-text portions of this message...
... Aha. Here I am also forced to admit that I did not really find HHG (the books, never saw the movie) as funny as most of my friends did. Love Monty Python,...
... Some really cool cliches for Risus use in Adams' universe: Not From Guilford After All Ego The Size of the Universe Knows Where His Towel Is Brain the Size...
Guy wrote (among many other things) -- ... Yup, "magic-poor". Everybody has *access* to magic, but there's nothing inherently, by itself, magical within...
Details are at Risus Monkey (http://www.velvet- edge.com/risusmonkey.html). Alas, I won't be able to make it but I do recommend the game since the GM is...
... Well, ignoring the fact that the air itself is the body of the god of storm, or the presence of things like the Block, or the fact that bronze is the bones...
Forgot to mention that one of the early RQ supplements was "Plunder", which had 43 unique magical items, many of which had persistent effects. The Invisible...
... Well, due to no one seeming to know of any, and because I'm just crazy like that, I may start a forum. It wouldn't be that hard; there are plenty of sites...
... I would probably stop by. I guess it depend on my parenting schedule, as well as the nature of the game. I'm less interested in certain genres than others....
If you use one cliche (not unlike the Force in my "Risusitated" Clone Wars) Why not call it Quest or Questing? It's The Quest that sets Heroes apart if I read...