The most powerful building blocks of the universe are the Runes, mystical symbols that permeate everything, and mastery of Runes allows astonishing feats of bravery and magic. RuneQuest changed the way we gamed. In Glorantha, the deeds and actions of the gods are history, and are very much active forces in shaping the day-to-day lives of all living things. Culture and Community — Adventurers are a product of their cultures and their clans, with compelling family histories, complete with all that entails.
They begin play knowing not only who they are, who their family is, what clan they belong to, but with personal history that gives them experience and momentum going forward. Unique Adventurers — Players create adventurers and customize them as desired using a skill-based experience that rewards your character mechanically for the choices they make in game.
It should be noted here that two Tables groupings of Quests , Solar Rise day time Quests and Nightscape nighttime Quests automatically allow the Inner Circle to invoke the impracticality option if reached at the wrong time of day or night while determining their Quest.
Inner Circle members may raising objections to a Quest that has any of the Warning Icons. You have to be there.
Players may continue playing that Quest, roll a new one or do something else. Plans already in place to debut Morton's List to the gaming market at GenCon , the country's largest annual gaming convention then in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that August were disrupted.
Ads and booth space had already been purchased when Wizards of the Coast then owners of the convention told Dark Carnival Games it could not demo or sell Morton's List at GenCon. The reason given was that Morton's List contains real life magic spells in violation of an obscure Wizards guideline meant to cater to the religious right.
They also sited concern about an interview earlier that year where the authors discussed possible ways an Inner Circle could interpret a Quest called Neighborhood Patrol. In the interview the authors stated that some players might decide to call the police if they discovered suspicious activity, while others may decide to emulate the vigilante tactics of the Guardian Angels, making citizens arrests.
Wizards refunded the money for booth space, but the ads had already gone to print and were not refunded. With thousands of dollars tied up in GenCon, but no official Morton's List presence, fans of Morton's List decided on the controversial tactic of playing up the situation by creating and disseminating tens of thousands of colorful fliers, blanketing the convention center and all parking facilities within a two block radius.
By the end of the four-day event most GenCon attendees had seen the flyer and staff members were tasked to remove them.
This publicity stunt catapulted Morton's List into infamy, causing it to appear on the national black list of companies banned from conventions. Struggling to find distributors who would touch such a "controversial" game, Dark Carnival Games was facing a crisis.
A new hope appeared in Hot Topic , a national chain of mall stores catering to the perfect target market, and already actively carrying Insane Clown Posse and other Psychopathic Records artists' merchandise.
Morton's List was accepted and distributed to Hot Topic nationwide after a highly successful trial period in select stores. In its first two weeks the game flew off the shelves, causing a senior west coast VP to contact Dark Carnival Games and state that he had rarely before seen such sales and never from an unheard of company. The complaint quickly led Hot Topic to remove Morton's List from sale, listing bomb making and illegal firearm procurement as the two activities in the game making it too controversial to sell.
It should be noted that illegal firearm procurement is in no way mentioned or suggested in Morton's List, and although bomb making is covered, the "bombs" are on the magnitude of children's fireworks. In response to this financial blow, the loan taken out to finance Morton's List was bought off by Psychopathic Records.
The following three years were spent growing the fan base. The advanced rules supplement, Degrees of the Inner Circle, was released in Fan web sites began to appear and a true community of Inner Circles developed. Dark Carnival Games made official appearances at each Gathering of the Juggalos, encouraging, then hosting games, and began appearing at gaming conventions around the Midwest.
Energized by this project, Morton's List authors Jesse Deneaux and Nathan Andren aggressively pursued a campaign to spread word about the game. They returned to Origins , one of the largest and most industry-affiliated gaming conventions, for the first time since , and met with an overwhelming response. This reorganization was agreed upon by all managing members of Dark Carnival Games and set the stage for further growth.
Morton's List was removed from the convention black list and the first Karmic Gathering all-Morton's List event was held in October , drawing players from as far as Alaska and Florida. In Morton's List returned to GenCon and has been maintaining a presence there, while expanding into other gaming and anime conventions across the Midwest.
Underneath the surface, however, lies a complex system of Eastern philosophy mixed with Kabbalah and numerology , featuring its own mythological symbols, sometimes referred to as Mortonology.
We discover that our true "is-ness" is much more expansive than previously experienced. By doing something that we would not normally consider doing, but which would be a normal, fun activity for somebody else, we take a step closer to understanding, becoming, and expanding into that someone else.
But you can still do this if you rolled fewer than 5 successes. I'm trying to react to noticing that players rarely if ever spend or reclaim WP in games.
This rule as all is optional. Gareth3 Registered User Validated User. I'm expressing interest in this. No idea what I'll make yet. Matthias Waverunner New member.
Definitely interested! I've been looking to play in a Genius game for a while. I have a peculiar little idea involving a Progenitor and his little family of mechanical pets What Axioms would be appropriate for putting one's brain in a robot body? Interest, but I am prioritizing the other game I have put interest into.
Gareth3 said:. Right, it even says Rank-4 in the description. Seems a little high to me, since you can't have it at character creation. Maybe I'll just make a removable exo-rig with one dot of armour. It really depends on what you want it to do methinks. If it is simply an aesthetic with no mechanical effect then there's no reason you couldn't grab it for free. IMHO the absolute minimum is Exelixi 1 life support which keeps the brain alive without a biological body.
From there on, you can build the rest of the body with any Axiom you want, based on the properties you want the robot body to have. Skafoi for speed, Prostasia for resilience, Exelixi for strenght, Automata for various variables, Apokalypsi for nonhuman senses, etc. Generally Epikrato 5 mind transfer or Exelixi 4 reattachment is needed for the actual process, but unless you want to swap your brain around constantly you do not really need to possess those Axioms yourself, it's just a one time event that somebody may have helped you with in the past.
Also, Wonders for Axioms you do not own can be easily purchased with the Adopted Orphan merit. Well, you can, but the penalties are huge. I'll probably let you get away with a simple Craft roll for repairing basic damage though. The book never states this - it expects you to roll the full pool with the Axiom modifiers at all times - but neither does it forbid the use of Medicine on biological constructs. As long as your character's strenghts add up, it's up to you how you explain gaining those abilities in your backstory.
Last edited: Feb 22, I'll think it over. The robot body isn't meant to be that awesome by itself - the point is not having the weaknesses of a biological body. Just 1 dot grants physical toughness and resistance to all diseases and toxins. Improved Rules pdf With Exelixi 1 life support you can also exclude the need for food or water, and for air you never drown.
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