source material from the perspective of someone tainted by chaos?
one of the things that drew me to gloranthan/runescape is the notion of order vs. chaos but i find that, all too often, those ideas are boiled down to just being 'good vs. evil' couched in different...
View ArticlePREMIUM COLOUR PRINT SALE AT DTRPG
No doubt connected to the imminent premium colour print price rise DTRPG are holding a 25% discount sale on premium colour printed products - so if you're thinking about splashing the cash for some RQ...
View ArticleNotes on the Lunar Empire
Posted by Jeff on FB: Where Sartar is a silk road kingdom, with its riches coming from its command over the trade routes through strategic Dragon Pass, the Lunar Empire is a river-and-grasslands...
View ArticleTen Household Goddesses?
So, I'm trying to harmonize a Hero Wars/HeroQuest 1st edition campaign framework with later lore that was expanded in HeroQuest 2nd edition. In the book Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes, it has a bit about...
View ArticleAssorted notes on the City of Wonders and Holy Country
Some more interesting notes on Holy Country, Belintar, Jar-eel, Harrek, and City of Wonders from Jeff on FB: From the letters of Sorala Tor, Esrolian scribe in Prince Argrath's service: "Of all the...
View ArticleHow much are canonic the computer games Six Ages and KoDP?
In particular playing KoDP you have a very strong Elmal Cult, then reading the new books you see that Elmal is, at best, of irrelevant importance, if ever existed as a standalone God. Is this only due...
View ArticleYelm worship in Dragon’s Pass
Hello, super new to the world of Glorantha. Loving the lore and the rules and have a question for those more knowledgeable. Hopefully sometime in the future I will be joining a Runequest game and one...
View ArticleWyrms High Pass
What do we know about Wyrms High Pass? I haven't found a great deal of information about the pass, although I realise I may just not have found stuff in sources I've got, so I've put a few tentative...
View ArticleHeroquesting & God-learners
Another new FB post from Jeff. JR>There's a lot here to unpack. Worth a very careful read! HISTORY OF HEROQUESTING Heroquesting begins with Time, and the division of the Mundane World from the Gods...
View ArticleAny precedent for sub-tribes in Sartar?
Is there any precedent for a group of clans to be organized into some kind of sub-tribe (or super-clan) with a leader inside a larger tribe? I don't just mean a marriage triarchy, but an actual...
View ArticleThoughts on Malkionism & the Brithini
From Jeff on FB: A few Malkioni thoughts In thinking about Malkionism, the Invisible God can be equated to Brahman in many schools of Hindu philosophy (especially Vedanta) - the Invisible God is the...
View ArticleQuestion about the curse of Mokato
The GtG says "no one who has spent an entire year on Mokato can ever leave the island or (else)". Does that mean one solid span of a years length (example Earth 10, 1620 to Earth 9, 1621) or does that...
View ArticleSecrets of Dorastor (Jonstown Compendium)
Another review for Secrets of Dorastor. Don't forget that it is part of the DTRPG Sale. [5 Stars] I bought this book because I had discovered the authors website for Glorantha and because I was...
View ArticleGlorantha location encounter tables?
I have just recently got into Glorantha and Runequest and am preparing to run a game for my group. Something which is a bit daunting is the sheer size of places, even if I am limiting the group to a...
View ArticleTell Me About Ogre Island
There is a Bad Place in Old Pavis. The scourings of trolls and Praxian beast riders have not cleansed it. It casts an ugly shadow across the back of Argrath White Bull's regime in New Pavis....
View ArticleNaming Gloranthan Characters From Different Areas and Races
When naming NPC's and characters from cultures, places and races are there any particualr naming styles or rules taht should be observed? for example what are common names for Trolls? Pavis natives or...
View ArticleOshjalaba, the Stream?
Not sure anymore of the canonicity of Masters of Luck and Death for HeroQuest 1E, but I was rereading it and came across this bit in the section on the White Chapel of Purity. Quote In the Quivin...
View ArticleWestern Hero Wars Status Quo
Developing relevant JC materials for the terminal Third Age West presents its share of challenges. On one hand, the Guide presents a richer 1621 status quo than we've ever had to work with, confirming...
View ArticleThe Battle of the Queens, Fire Season 1626
I'm coming up to the date set down in Glorananthan history (i.e. in KING OF SARTAR) for the battle that brought Kallyr Starbrow to her death. My player-characters are the Thane of Apple Lane and her...
View ArticleGive me your ideas for Gloranthan Inktober!
I want to keep drawing every day before bed time, and I thought I could do some Glorantha drawings. Alas, after drawing one Orlanthi and a group of traveling trolls, my inspiration ran a bit dry. If...
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