Well, it's not actually that dead. Glorantha itself has contined in the form of Hero Wars and then Heroquest (no relation to the old board game), with a lot of new background material and one of the most innovative set of mechanics in modern RPGs. The publishers, Issaries, are actively supporting the line and there are also a large number of fan publications of extremely high quality (especially those from The Unspoken Word).
For those who like the crunch of the old Runequest rules, Chaosium has recently published their Basic Roleplaying system, as used in RQ, as a standalone game. This can be combined with the Runequest supplement reprints from Gloranthan Classics for that old-school feel.
> These people became much more decadent and > chasing of pleasures. (they become greedy > sensualists) They are also much more jaded and > find it harder to enjoy what pleasures they do > encounter in everyday life.
Gosh. Maybe the people I know are exceptional somehow, but this is not the case in my experience. I have two friends who are currently heavy (more than four joints a day) smokers and both are dedicated family men with responsible jobs. They are both hard workers and very focussed on whatever they do.
I've had friends in the past who fit with the kind of waster image that heavy-duty potheads are supposed to have. The thing is, however, I'm not entirely sure they wouldn't have been the same even if they'd never touched cannabis. Someone doesn't have to be a dope fiend to be decadent, lazy or unmotivated.
I suppose the point I'm trying to get to here is that it's a bad idea to mix cause and effect. If you know people who have started smoking more dope and have had changes in personality, maybe there's something going on in their lives besides the cannabis that's responsible. The increased drug use could simply be a manifestation.
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It's truly a shame that RuneQuest didn't survive.
Well, it's not actually that dead. Glorantha itself has contined in the form of Hero Wars and then Heroquest (no relation to the old board game), with a lot of new background material and one of the most innovative set of mechanics in modern RPGs. The publishers, Issaries, are actively supporting the line and there are also a large number of fan publications of extremely high quality (especially those from The Unspoken Word).
For those who like the crunch of the old Runequest rules, Chaosium has recently published their Basic Roleplaying system, as used in RQ, as a standalone game. This can be combined with the Runequest supplement reprints from Gloranthan Classics for that old-school feel.
And why yes, I am a Glorantha geek!
Weird. I've had the Win32 version running fine on a K5-166 with a Voodoo 2 and 64 MB of RAM. The textures look like shit, but it's playable.
I'm just downloading the Linux version now so I can compare. Woe, pain and suffering on a 33.6 modem.
> These people became much more decadent and
> chasing of pleasures. (they become greedy
> sensualists) They are also much more jaded and
> find it harder to enjoy what pleasures they do
> encounter in everyday life.
Gosh. Maybe the people I know are exceptional somehow, but this is not the case in my experience. I have two friends who are currently heavy (more than four joints a day) smokers and both are dedicated family men with responsible jobs. They are both hard workers and very focussed on whatever they do.
I've had friends in the past who fit with the kind of waster image that heavy-duty potheads are supposed to have. The thing is, however, I'm not entirely sure they wouldn't have been the same even if they'd never touched cannabis. Someone doesn't have to be a dope fiend to be decadent, lazy or unmotivated.
I suppose the point I'm trying to get to here is that it's a bad idea to mix cause and effect. If you know people who have started smoking more dope and have had changes in personality, maybe there's something going on in their lives besides the cannabis that's responsible. The increased drug use could simply be a manifestation.
> Meditating can expand your concept of the
> universe, marijuana aids in meditation.
Hmmm... I've always found that smoking cannabis before meditating makes me fall asleep. Maybe I'm just unlucky.