Essay the nature of the gods
I’ve thought for many years about this and still can’t fully articulate it. So I thought that I’d try to start here... When a Gloranthan uses their god’s magic they become their god. Mostly, we see...
View ArticleIntroducing the Jonstown Compendium: Glorantha community content on DTRPG
Over on the RuneQuest forum we've got a preview post up about the JONSTOWN COMPENDIUM, our forthcoming community content resource for Glorantha on DriveThruRPG (very similar to our existing Miskatonic...
View ArticleGod Time and objective truth
I know I tend to come to the forums once in a while to drop another nitpicky question and disappear, and I hope you will forgive me, but I wanted to clearly state a question that seems to have come up...
View ArticleAbout those Caladralanders
I want to know more about the Caladralanders. Speculation/fanon is welcome, but please specify or else I might get confused. I mean, I know the basics: They are Orlanthi (but not Heortlings nor...
View ArticleUpcoming Glorantha publications
This is a totally unofficial list that I put together myself over on the Glorantha G+ group. So details may be wrong but a lot of this has been officially confirmed (e.g. that the product is planned,...
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...
View ArticleOrleving Clan Seat
Where is the Orleving clan seat? I understand they are lead by a Ernaldan? That would seem to indicate the Greenstone temple?
View ArticleGlorantha mods for PC games
Yo! I'm just wondering if anyone is aware of mods (or modders interested in doing) for Glorantha for RPG games, e.g. Mount and Blade, or others... I'd seriously love to have the money for a full...
View ArticleWeAreAllUs: play RQ or HQG and honor Greg Stafford, October 10 - 31
To mark the anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing, we encourage Chaosium fans and gamers in general to play a tabletop game from October 10 to October 31 in his memory. To that end we'll be releasing...
View ArticleThe Colymar Campaign and the Star Heart
I'm currently running the Colymar Campaign and I'm preparing for the Third Impossible Task. When the characters are alone in the dark of the Hell Pit, they need to find themselves by finding their...
View ArticleGlorantha Miniatures
There's been a renewal of Gloranthan miniatures production and I'm certainly excited about the offerings from Rapier ( @Estarriol ), Mad Knight, and Infinity-Engine. I'm interested in miniatures that...
View ArticleSpirit of a Herd/Swarm
Human communities have wyters. What about very large groups of animals or insects - would they have a communal spirit associated with them? One that could be appeased to prevent e.g. a migratory herd...
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Does this river in Ralios flow upwards for a bit?
I mean, it's Glorantha, so it wouldn't come as a real shocker, but even so, it's a little unusual.
View ArticleSentient weaponry
Are there any known cases of sentient swords, or weapons with active spirits bound in them and the like in Glorantha? Shamans' paraphernalia sort of doesn't count. I mean, it does, but I'm already...
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Middle Bronze Age cities from southeastern Europe in reconstructions
Trying to hunt down tin mining and arsenic copper working souces, I happened on these nice images on Wikimedia from the Cucuteni-Tripyllia culture: n (and a sample of the raw geomagnetical data this...
View ArticleGender composition of cults
I started thinking about this when I was wondering how many female Humakti there are. How unusual is Nameless? But you could ask that about other cults. How many male Challana Arroy? Presumably...
View ArticleRunic Origins of Human Skin Color
A month or two ago there was a discussion about the cover of the Glorantha Quickstart and its depiction of the Orlanthi heroes. At the risk of bringing up a touchy subject, I thought it might be...
View ArticleForests of Fantasy Maps
When I was a kid, I first saw the fantasy maps in the Lord of the Rings, with its exquisite penmanship, and the stylized, pseudo-medieval icons symbolizing mountains, cities, forests, and so on. To my...
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Vale Steve Thomas
Chaosium mourns the passing of Steve Thomas, who died yesterday evening in the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in Putney, UK. As a part of the editorial team for David Hall's influential fanzine...
View ArticleIron, Steel and Swords - a very readable hyperscript for material science
I find myself enjoying the ramblings course material of a professor at Kiel University which explores the material science and all the other "need-to-know" information on swords and metallurgy, and...
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