Glorantha with OD&D

[Stonegiant]

Let me start with this-

This thread is not about if this should be done but rather how would it be done.

I was thinking about using the Glorantha campaign setting with OD&D rules.

I think it would work.

[ffilz]

Certainly it could be done. How it would be done would definitely depend on just what flavor you wanted to include. Gloranthan magic is definitely not well modeled by D&D magic, so if you wanted to have a Gloranthan flavor to magic, there would be some significant work. A bunch of new creatures would need to be statted up, but that's not all that horrible.

Frank

[Stonegiant]

One idea I had for magic was use a system of learning/memorization like it is presented in RQ but using 1st level and some 2nd level spells in place of battle magic. I have been brainstorming some notes and once I have something more organized I will post it.

[foster1941]

An early issue of "Wyrm's Footnotes" had an article with D&D stats for various hero-figures from WB&RM (Argrath, Harrek, Jar-Eel, Beat-pot, etc.) written up by Dave Hargrave of Arduin fame. The mid-90s reprint volume Wyrm's Footprints actually included this article, for whatever reason...

[casey777]

I think it could, esp. since early RQ isn't that far removed from OD&D. Boils down to what you want from Glorantha, just setting fluff or how much to implement Glorantha cults, runes, magic, creatures etc. into your game?

Also, over at K&K Alehouse there was a list of OD&D conventions (i.e. houserules) by one of the early Runequest/Chaosium people. Very RQish. Some of them may have influenced Holmes Basic FWIW.
The Perrin Conventions

(edit: posted by I believe the same foster as upthread )