''Runemasters'' is a tabletop role-playing game supplement for '' RuneQuest''. Originally published by Chaosium in 1980, it was republished in 2017 in PDF format as part of Chaosium's RuneQuest: Classic Edition Kickstarter.

''Runemasters'' is a supplement which presents character creation rules for rune masters. ''RuneMasters'' details 45 powerful

non-player character A non-player character (NPC), or non-playable character, is any character in a game that is not controlled by a player. The term originated in traditional tabletop role-playing games where it applies to characters controlled by the gamemaster o ...

s representing the cults introduced in ''

Cults of Prax ''Cults of Prax'' is a tabletop role-playing game supplement for ''RuneQuest''. Originally published by Chaosium in 1979, it was republished in 2016 in PDF format as part of Chaosium's RuneQuest: Classic Edition Kickstarter. Contents ''Cults of ...

'', provides advice on creating and using high-level characters.

Publication history

''RuneMasters'' was written by William R. Keyes, with art by Luise Perenne, and was published by Chaosium in 1980 as a 48-page book.

Reception

Forrest Johnson reviewed ''Runemasters'' in '' The Space Gamer'' No. 33. Johnson commented that "Many GMs prefer to create their own NPCs, but this is a time saver." Oliver Macdonald reviewed ''Runemasters'' for '' White Dwarf'' #25, giving it an overall rating of 9 out of 10, and stated that "In all ''RuneMasters'' contains a lot of useful material and would be well worth the cost to any GM as long as they use the ''Cults of Prax''. Obviously drawing, as it does, such a lot of material from this book its usefulness is greatly reduced otherwise." John T. Sapienza, Jr. reviewed ''Rune Masters'' for '' Different Worlds'' magazine and stated that "The value of this volume is in its advice on how to play ''RQ'' with tactical skill taught by a master. This is delightful book - highly recommended."

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.chaosium.com/runequest
RuneQuest: Classic Edition Kickstarter
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1980 RuneQuest 2nd edition supplements