Orlanth and Starbucks
I feel that stepping into a foreign temple to regain runepoints should not be as easy as stepping into a Starbucks and ordering a venti chai tea latte, which can be done the same way in Albuquerque,...
View ArticleCliffhome Description
I am looking for a more detailed description of Cliffhome than is available in the GtG. I thought I’d come across one somewhere but I’m struggling to find it again, so maybe it was the troll dream....
View ArticleThat Time I Accidentally Dreamt a Heroquest Gone Wrong
This is a dream story, so be warned if you hate those. Additionally, there is some pretty disturbing matter of gore further down, so please exercise reader discretion. I dreamt that I was in a group...
View ArticleWhy Hendriki and Heortlanders have been left out from RQG?
I'm newbie to Glorantha, having only about one and a half year of occasional study of this wonderful world. I have a question arised since the start of Runequest Glorantha reading. In RQG you can play...
View ArticleBattle of Heroes
What was the date of this battle? So far I can only find references to the year, 1628. Cheers
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Men of the West
Now up for sale. Men of the West The timeless appeal of the legends of the Hero Wars has resulted in an enduring interest in the period. Surviving texts, supplemented by archaeological evidence, are...
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The Port of Nochet
nb this is a slighted updated version of a piece that long ago I wrote for Tales of the Reaching Moon magazine. A couple of months ago I posted this as a comment in the RuneQuest Facebook group. But...
View ArticleWhere in Glorantha?
Anyone have any real-world inspiration for Gloranthan terrain? I stumbled across this video, and perhaps this could be the mountain ranges throughout Dragon Pass...:...
View ArticleWindstop
How does Windstop affect the areas on the edges? In Eleven Lights it says that it is like a hurricane, but I haven´t seen that description of it in anywhere else, so is it "canonical"? Are areas on...
View ArticleHellmouth
SPOILERS!! How have you played out The Hellmouth in RQG terms? I mean the mouthdoor to Hell, that is in both major heroquests in HQG-campaigns.
View ArticleManirian Scratchpad IV: The Aldryami & the Reforestation
I've held off getting into this, but I feel it is time to deal with arguably the great power of Maniria in the Third Age: The Arstola Aldryami. A massive old growth forest with 230,000 Aldryami...
View ArticleNevermet's Manirian Scratchpad
This is a thread for me to work through some of my ideas about Maniria in public so people can tell me when I'm going about things horribly. Why Maniria? I like Maniria for several reasons. First...
View ArticleThe Lunar book
I have read in some previous columns that Greg Stafford was planning on writing a Lunar book for the progress and an ending of the Hero Wars. A book that would be similar to King of Sartar but where...
View ArticleRunes for Vithelan Gods and Antigods
Namaste all: After a long time away from Glorantha, I've been drawn back by the possibility of co-running a game set entirely in the East Islands, sometime in the 3rd Age, prior to the Opening. I've...
View ArticleWalrus ivory?
Hello, I'm reading about the Gloranthan trade routes and main trade goods in the GTG. It seems all interregionally traded ivory comes from hot climes: Fonrit, Maslo, Teshnos. So it is likely elephant...
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Why I don't think of Orlanthi as a naval culture
This would have been a further derailment of the "What is Canon" thread, so I'll reply in a new thread. On 8/26/2020 at 2:57 PM, Bill the barbarian said: Yes, I see yer point Joerg, Orlanthi do...
View ArticleIllumination
Inspired by the Argrath thread, I'm starting a thread about illumination so I can ask a bunch of questions. Or, more accurately, I'm going to summarize what I think Illumination in Glorantha in its...
View ArticleLooking for Material to include in Namoldin/RedDeer Saga
I'm thinking about putting together a supplimental pdf for the Red Deer saga - after my Kralorela pdf is released....
View ArticleHe, Zzabur, did what?
I have been reading through the Guide and fell into a Rabbit Hole. I have been trying to get a little bit better understanding of the Malkioni view on the Gods War. From what I have found it sounds...
View ArticleDestroyed Lunar colony in southern Zola Fel valley circa 1625?
So help out a newcomer to Glorantha. Make sure I have this straight in my head-- The Zola Fel river valley, AKA River of Cradles has three broad regions: 1. Northern stretch, centered around Pavis/Big...
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