[Runequest] Gorp Question

[Tomas Björklund]

This is just one man's opinion but ...

a) Use the movement rate in the rule set you use for your campaign. In water
I would let them either move attached to a surface in which case the
movement rate is the same as on land, or float like a manowar or jellyfish.

b) I would say their sensory range should be a yard or so away at the most.
if you want to get scientific about it (not always a good thing when it
comes to fantasy games) you can compare to earth creatures. This is a
creature with very low speed, and no IQ, very much like a jellyfish, amoeba
of fungus it eats whatever it encounters. Thus it has no need for any senses
at all really really, or if it has senses wouldn't have a sensory range
beyond what it can reach immediately, i.e whatever it can reach withing a
few seconds. This presumes there is some kind of selection involved in it's
creation. If it is a created being it can conceivably have any abilities,
like sense power items a kilometer away, but even then if it there is a
sensible creator at work he/she/it wouldn't give it senses it has no use
for, i.e. again only let it sense things it stands a reasonable chance to
get to considering it's total lack of intelligence.

Hope this helps.

- Tom.
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Lev Lafayette <lev at rpgreview.net> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>
> I'm sure this has probably been asked before.. but
>
> a) What's the movement rate of a Gorp? It's listed as 1-5 in RuneQuest
> 1st and 2nd editions, 1 in RuneQuest 3 and 2m in Mongoose RQ. However I
> presume that's on land. How fast do they move in water, their natural
> environment?
>
> b) What the sensory range of a Gorp? I know they try to find organic
> matter in preference to inorganic as that helps them grow. I also
> presume that they'll go for the highest concentration and they also seem
> to have a taste for POW as well.
>
> I'm currently running River of Cradles and these questions are
> important.
>
> Besides, I like Gorp. They'll like a gelatinous cube that makes
> sense. :-)
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Lev
>
>
>
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