Ubiquitousness of the Theyalan Calender
It is said that Theyalan Calender was spread across the world by the God Learners, and the West had already adopted the Theyalan Calender in favor of the traditional Brithini Calender in the First...
View ArticleArkat, Nysalor and Gbaji
Has Nysalor always been Gbaji, or cursed to be Gbaji by Arkat? Are both Arkat and Nysalor Gbaji? Neither? Is Gbaji a disparate entity from its host, or they are inseparable? Is Gabji objectively real,...
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Interview with Katrin Dirim
So I decided to interview Katrin Dirim, whose art I find superb: https://elruneblog.blogspot.com/2023/10/interview-with-katrin-dirim-digital.html
View ArticleMunchkin Learners
Perhaps it is just me, but whenever I read anything about the God Learners I always think that Greg was using them as a metaphor for RPG power gamers. They learn the system and then start to take...
View ArticleGrimoire
So reading an article by Hervé Carteau titled Western Wizardry (Rule 1 Issue 04 p.13) I find that each Grimoire is an independent skill learned as such. Be it a page out of the Abiding Book, a bronze...
View ArticleInitiation rites for RQG
I'm prepping for running 6SiS on Roll20. I've run the women's clan initiation rituals already, the boy's rites will be the 1st session in the NY. The clan initiations are pretty full on and I didn't...
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Giant Scenarios & Hero Quests
I was reading through the old Giant Stair's scenario from Stormbringer thinking it was more or less a Hero Quest. The gateway only opens at a certain time in a specific place, the PC's are on the...
View ArticleDonandar
It is said he wanders the world incognito. If that is not a metaphor, don't such acts breach compromise? Donandar is not some obscure minor god or spirit, but the high god of music and entertainment,...
View ArticleSorcery
A few questions on Sorcery. Is the Sorcery the most difficult to learn, but potentially the most flexible and powerful magic system? Are Sorceries practiced in the East and Fonrit indigenous, or...
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A Gloranthan opportunity ?
I just feel there's a scenario/heroquest/gloranthan story in here somewhere.............😁 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-67188609
View ArticleTapping
Why the Tapping is deemed immoral? Tapping sapient creatures might be considered immoral, especially if they are humans. But why tapping spirits or inanimate objects has to be bad? Abuse of tapping...
View ArticleGlorantha Publications
Glorantha is the mythical world created by Greg Stafford that first made its appearance with White Bear and Red Moon boardgame and later grew to fame as the default setting for the original RuneQuest...
View ArticleGlorantha with South American aesthetics
So I don't have a RQ game to prepare, but this has been in my head for a while and I need to write it down somewhere. Basically, the more I think about it, the more the idea of a Dragon Pass with...
View ArticlePavis & Big Rubble Companion: The Directors' Cut Relaunch
Hi Folks Thanks heaps for all the comments, encouragement, support, and practical assistance so far. All prompted by me finding some old unpublished Pavis material on a dusty XHD as I prepare to move...
View ArticleIs Trollball only a game ?
I like to see trollball beyond a mere game, as true ritual comparable to the Olympic Games for the ancient Greeks. What could be the religious and societal significance and goals of the Trollball ?...
View ArticleMistress Race Troll Tears
Please make suggestions as to how one might get a teaspoon of Mistress Race Troll tears. Maybe there is a Hero Quest to where one of them are sad? What makes a troll cry?
View ArticleShrumgiglorbb
So this this gentle drake is a Sord Sage of Lhankor Mhy and is carrying the sword Shrumgiglorbb which is magical but made of rotten wood and has a mushroom pommel. It was retrieved from a sacred...
View ArticleYour Dumbest Theory
I know I've come up with some whoppers over the years but tonight I can no longer shake the suspicion that the whole Third Age cult around "heroes" is actually rooted in a faulty transmission of the...
View ArticleIs there an official map of Furthest?
I'm looking at running a set of adventures based in the Tarsh. I'll use Furthest as the primary "go-to" city of the game. Is there an 'official' map or description of the place? If not, does anyone...
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The official Imperial Jack O' Bear breeding farms.....
The true horror of the Lunar contamination by Chaos is revealed. Here we see the Red Goddess presiding over the filth that gnaws at the heart of the world.
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