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pendragon - which edition?

Started by beeber, October 22, 2007, 06:09:19 PM

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beeber

October 22, 2007, 06:09:19 PM
all i'm really interested in are the seasonal rules i've heard so much about.  the whole arthurian thing doesn't do it for me.  

so, in that regard, which edition is best?  any particular one to specifically avoid?

Balbinus

#1
October 22, 2007, 06:34:45 PM
5th, it's cleanest and best laid out.

I use 5th and have 4th in pdf form as it has the magic rules and tons more setting and chargen optional stuff, none of which sounds like it would interest you anyway.

Warthur

#2
October 22, 2007, 07:20:26 PM
5th is beautiful, shiny, well-laid out, and has the Great Pendragon Campaign supplement (previously editions only had The Boy King, a tiny fraction of what the GPdC was meant to be - it's Stafford's glorious magnum opus and a must-have). That's all the Pendragon anybody could possibly want, although the magic rules and rules for characters from alternate cultures in 4th may be handy to have in PDF form.
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#3
October 22, 2007, 07:51:22 PM
Balbinus and Warthur already gave my answer.  In many ways I still enjoy my old copy of 1st edition best, but the 5th edition captures just about everything I love from it.  The 5th is also very complete, very polished, and clearly laid out.

Spring for the .PDF of the 4th edition for alternate starting homelands (and detailed magic, if you must).

It's truly a fabulous game.

!i!

RPGPundit

#4
October 22, 2007, 10:03:05 PM
The newest edition, without a doubt.
Along with the Great Pendragon Campaign; easily the best book of 2007.

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beeber

#5
October 22, 2007, 10:19:28 PM
i thought that's what folks had said (use the 5th ed) in some earlier thread.  if the pdf of 4th is cheap i may get that too.  it's all brp-derivative, right?  so i can adapt it to my weirdo fantasy-prehistory-europe thing i'm trying to get going.  system is going to start with MRQ slaine and then sprinkle in others to taste.  available spices include possible earlier RQ versions, BRP/CoC, and a brief translation of 'drakar och demoner'.

Ian Absentia

#6
October 22, 2007, 11:27:52 PM
It is, indeed, largely compatible with BRP games.  Here's an example of how David Dunham adapted the emotional trait rules to RuneQuest -- PenDragon Pass.  Nifty stuff.

!i!

[Edit: Upon reading the site after a good, long time, I realise that it was basically adapting RQ magic to Pendragon.]

droog

#7
October 23, 2007, 03:00:55 AM
Quote from: Ian Absentia[Edit: Upon reading the site after a good, long time, I realise that it was basically adapting RQ magic to Pendragon.]
Yes, indeed. I ran a twenty-session game of that, with 8-12 guys playing. You could smell the testosterone from a block away. The male rivalry killed it in the end.
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Ian Absentia

#8
October 23, 2007, 10:45:19 AM
Was that a good thing, or a bad thing, though?  Well, obviously not the killing off the game part.

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droog

#9
October 23, 2007, 04:53:51 PM
Well, it was just a thing, really.
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

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Ian Absentia

#10
October 23, 2007, 04:57:28 PM
Ah.  A gentleman never asks and a lady never tells.  Gotcha.

!i!

droog

#11
October 23, 2007, 05:10:36 PM
Eh?
The past lives on in your front room
The poor still weak the rich still rule
History lives in the books at home
The books at home

Gang of Four
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Ian Absentia

#12
October 23, 2007, 05:16:18 PM
The manly testosterone thingie.  I believe I'm reading too much into this. :deflated:

Anyway, yes, Pendragon and other BRP games can cross-pollinate quite handily if the mood strikes.

!i!

SunBoy

#13
October 24, 2007, 03:31:37 PM
I'll add a vote. 5th is great. Passion botches are great. Hehe.
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flyingmice

#14
October 24, 2007, 03:34:34 PM
5th is excellent. WW did a superb job with it.

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