I am under the impression that Basic Roleplaying and Mongoose RuneQuest use the same system. Is this correct?

Could I, for example, use the MRQ Elric setting book with the Basic Roleplaying core book (instead of the Runequest core book) without doing any conversion?

Are there differences that I would have to convert/change/ignore? If so, what are they?

Thanks!

I don't own BRP yet but I've read/played the Chaosium versions of Runequest and Elric. From what I've heard the new BRP isn't a major departure from those. By contrast MRQ has some pretty significant changes--enough to piss off many BRP grognards and probably enough to require some conversion if you want to mix systems and stat blocks.

That said, if I'm not mistaken, the MRQ Elric book is self contained, so you don't need the MRQ core book with it. (With Lankhmar, you do need the core.)

Ok then, maybe Elric is a bad example it is self contained. Let's change the example to using the Lankhmar setting with the Basic Roleplaying core book instead of the MRQ core book.

Thans for the info Elliot. Care to point out any specifics on the rules changes in Mongoose RuneQuest?

Afraid I'd have to go through the MRQ SRD. I mainly know that the hit location rules have been changed and there's now something sort of like Feats for characters with high skills. Also, the one time I tried MRQ, I noticed something about "assimilating" or "tuning" runes that was entirely new AFAICT compared to RQ2/3.

You'll probably find more if you just look at a review of MRQ from a fan of RQ2/3. But bear in mind that some of the changes are more of a different take on Glorantha and may not affect use with Lankhmar.

You can use Basic Roleplaying and, picking the right optional rules, come up with something that's very close to MRQ. You won't have the same magic system or the feat-like "heroic abilities", but you can use the MRQ SRD to integrate those into your BRP game trivially easily.

To be honest, I'd say your best bet is to go for BRP. You get more bang for your buck with the core rules, the few bits the MRQ core provides which BRP doesn't you can download for free anyway, and all of Mongoose's RQ support is yours to use with pretty much zero conversion required.

Quote from: ConanMK;225768I am under the impression that Basic Roleplaying and Mongoose RuneQuest use the same system. Is this correct?

Could I, for example, use the MRQ Elric setting book with the Basic Roleplaying core book (instead of the Runequest core book) without doing any conversion?

Are there differences that I would have to convert/change/ignore? If so, what are they?

Thanks!

The biggest changes are the dropping of total hit points, the nerfing of weapons and turning resistance rolls into D&D style saving rolls.

I'm no expert on MRQ but it seems to me that it might be more work than it's worth to try and use BRP with MRQ books.

Quote from: Warthur;225818To be honest, I'd say your best bet is to go for BRP. You get more bang for your buck with the core rules, the few bits the MRQ core provides which BRP doesn't you can download for free anyway, and all of Mongoose's RQ support is yours to use with pretty much zero conversion required.

This is a very good point. Given the nerfing and the taking out of total hit points, and a few other changes, I think you might have to rejigger some stat blocks, but the "rosetta stone" of the SRD is out there to help with this.

I'll probably get the BRP book sooner or later--even though I have a bunch of older Chaosium stuff, it'd be good to have a baseline that players can easily lay their hands on. As for the Mongoose settings books, I remember seeing some interesting takes on sorcery in Lankhmar. It's not enough to make me want to get every Mongoose book just for the various flavors of magic, but they're probably worth a look in any case. And the guy who did the Elric book is well-respected in BRP/Stormbringer/Elric! circles from what I understand.

From what I can tell, MRQ scales approximately the same as BRP.  Sumatra mentioned the primary differences, but given that the two games start from essentially the same platform, you should be able to convert characters and creatures from one to the other with relative ease.

!i!

By chance I came across a review of MRQ by smascrns that summarizes changes. There are a few more than what's been mentioned. The review is here.

I definitley want to get the new Basic Role-Playing book. In fact, I plan to request that Shawn order me one as soon as I can get up to the store.

Allen