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Old 07-28-2008, 04:15 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Basic RolePlaying: The Chaosium Roleplaying System, reviewed by Lev Lafaye

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Originally Posted by smascrns View Post
"A better profession system (from Pendragon) is discovered as an optional rule on p294-295." Well, pages 294-295 has the optional Personality Traits and these are not from Pendragon, they are from the RQ2 campaign Griffin Mountain
Whoops. I meant personality system. And you're (doubly) right, they are in Griffin Mountain (p61, p62)

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Originally Posted by Pig with Pen View Post
This system is not lifted from RQ2 or 3. Both had a SR cap, I think 12 and 10, respectivly. I think it is lifted from Stormbringer/Elric.
I didn't say they were; the RuneQuest 3 SR system is provided as an option. Multiple actions based in DEX seem to appear in MRQ for the first time, iirc.
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