History TabletopGame / RuneQuest

* DeustEstMachina: Zistor.

* DarkMessiah / MessianicArchetype / TheAntichrist: Nysalor/Gbaji, depending of the interpretation.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: True Dragons are beings of unfathomable power, and human beings can become dragons if they follow Draconic Mysticism. The Empire of Wyrmfriends wants to [[AssimilationPlot assimilate everybody into being dragons]].

* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: Argrath.

* TopGod: Many pantheons have one, but Yelm and Orlanth are the most important. Arachne Solara could be seen as a [[GodofGods Goddess of Gods]].

* TopGod: Many pantheons have one, but Yelm and Orlanth are the most important.

* DarkMessiah/MessianicArchetype/TheAntichrist: Nysalor/Gbaji, depending of the interpretation.

* {{Mythopoeia}}: Most Triumphant Example in TabletopGames.

* TheTopGod: Many pantheons have one, but Yelm and Orlanth are the most important.

* {{Mythopoeia}}: MostTriumphantExample in TabletopGames.

* {{Mythopoeia}}: MostTriunfantExample in TabletopGames.

** The Goddess was eventually defeated, but probably [[HeIsJustHiding she is just hiding.]]

* FaunsAndSatyrs: the Broos.

* HitPoints: averted. Hit points generally do not increase with experience. No matter how bad ass an adventurer is, an axe to their head will ruin their whole day.

** OurElvesAreBetter: they're kind-of dryads, or PlantAliens.

* PlantPerson: the elves.

* SupernaturalMartialArts: mostly gained through Kralorelan mysticism, by monastic adepts who give in to temptations of power while ostensibly trying to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence (most of the students, frankly, are just there to try to reach the really ''good'' temptations).
* TricksterArchetype: several.

* GodOfEvil: Wakboth the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Devil]]

* {{Pride}}: The God Learners thought that they could whatever they wanted with those ridiculous pagan deities. Boy were they wrong.

'''[=RuneQuest=]''' was created by Chaosium in 1978, making it one of the oldest tabletop RolePlayingGames. Among other things, it introduced an experience system that replaces the levels (as in DungeonsAndDragons) with skills that increase if you successfully use them ({{Traveller}} replaced levels with skills first but they didn't increase with use). It also introduced hit regions instead of general HitPoints. The system was also used for other Chaosium games like ''CallOfCthulhu'', ''{{Stormbringer}}'', and the ''{{ElfQuest}}'' RPG, and was in 2004 developed into the generic BRP (Basic Role-Playing System).