Companion (RuneQuest (Mongoose Publishing))

Greg Lynch

ISBN 10: 190547122X / ISBN 13: 9781905471225

Published by Mongoose Publishing, 1999

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Mongoose Publishing RuneQuest (Mongoose Publishing) Companion (VG+/NM) (name inside) Manufacturer: Mongoose Publishing Product Line: RuneQuest (Mongoose Publishing) Type: Hardcover Code: MGP8104 Copyright Date: 2006 Page Count: 96 Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is VG+/NM - name inside. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description: The RuneQuest Companion expands on some of the rules from the core rulebook and also offers a large number of new rules for use in the game. Within these pages, readers will discover the secrets of the spirit world and how to handle spirit combat in RuneQuestâ and they will also meet a few of the more common and more dangerous denizens of the spirit world. New and powerful styles of magic are explored as well, from the faithful priest who gains magical power directly from his god to the learned sorcerer who uses skill and will to wrench magic into existence, to change it and manipulate it. The RuneQuest Companion also contains an expanded chapter on cultural backgrounds and professions. From the primitive herbalist, to the mariner sailor, to the civilized tumbler, players will find a host of new backgrounds and professions to suit any character idea. The lives of adventurers are not put on hold when they return from the wilderness and the RuneQuest Companion explores this as well. The Between Adventures chapter provides rules for making a living while inside a cityâ legitimately or notâ as well as covering a wide variety of topics important to the adventurer who finds himself between adventures. This includes such things as item creation time, item quality and how much things might cost in different areas of the world. Of particular interest are the discussions of item qualityâ the products of master craftsmen and the benefits these masterpieces of the craft can bring to the characters that use them. A huge part of the life of a hero is spent traveling. After all, no character can expect to spend his days in the comfortable environs of a city's finest hostel, waiting for all the adventures and challenges of the world to trudge their way across the globe to his door. Indeed, as most adventurers know, the greater the challenge and the greater the reward, the more remote and forbidding the locale. The Travel chapter offers simple and streamlined rules governing journeys made by land and by sea, allowing a Games Master to easily determine the time required and the troubles encountered along the way. Sea travel in particular is discussed in detail, from travel times, to storms, to fires, to combating enemy ships. The Games Master will find simple and straightforward rules that allow him to add flavor and peril to a sea journey without consulting a score of tables or making dozens of die rolls. Lastly, the Travel chapter introduces a variety of ships to RuneQuest, delineating their statistics and prices. Finally, the RuneQuest Companion closes with a chapter on Temples, replete with details on these permanent and semi-permanent religious structures. From humble woodland sites to the majesty of a great temple, what separates one from the other is fully discussed and delineated, and a selection of example temples is included for ease of reference. The RuneQuest Companion is the perfect expansion to the all-new RuneQuest system.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Companion (RuneQuest (Mongoose Publishing))
• Publisher: Mongoose Publishing
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190547122X
• ISBN 13: 9781905471225
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This book is intended to pick up where the core rulebook for Runequest leaves off. Though the core rulebook provides everything absolutely necessary to play RuenQuest, players and Games Masters alike will find that the RuneQuest Companion is a valuable addition to play. The RuneQuest Companion expands on some of the rules from the core rulebook and also offers a large number of new rules for use in the game. Within this book, players will discover the secrets of the spirit world and how to handle spirit combat in RuneQuest - and they will also learn the process of creating permanent items of magical power. There are also rules for making a living while inside a city, as well as covering a wide variety of topics important to the adventurer who finds himself between adventures.