The History of the Troll Wars during the Inhuman Occupation
I had a number of double-takes when reading the backstory and the research suggestions for The Smoking Ruins, so I went and had a look at the sources that I remembered. Beware of background spoilers!...
View ArticleBarntar's hardy redmane cattle
Barntar's Lodge is supposedly up in the hills of the Far Place, near Alone, somewhere between the Bachad and Amad lands. Barntar grazed his "hardy redmane cattle" there until a great bear killed them...
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...
View ArticleFeedback on my Spol writeup?
Hi! So, I'm about to play in an online game of RQH, where the pitch quickly states is a bunch of Adventurers from Carmania coming down to Dragon Pass. I decided to play a Spolite... and then...
View ArticleOfficial plans for the Holy Country?
So, my current RQG campaign has mainly taken place in Sartar and Prax. Lately my players have been hinting that they might want to visit either Esrolia or Heortland, and I find myself wishing I had...
View ArticleGriselda Stories
What is the canonical order of the Griselda stories including the extra ones from the Kraken chapbooks?
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 ArticleGloranthan Furries (was Beastman and human interaction)
These questions came to me while responding to "Women in Glorantha". How do minotaurs procreate? All the minotaurs we find as sample characters or NPCs are male. They appear to be human-compatible...
View ArticleThinking of Uz over dinner.
Argan Agar is a husband protector for Ernalda. Does this give him access to Bless Pregnancy and so away to subvert the Curse of Kin? If so, what does this mean for Uz politics? Does Kyger Litor oppose...
View ArticleSocial strata in Orlanthi society
I am carrying this over from the YGWV thread as this is about making our joint Glorantha writings more compatible with the canonical presentation rather than reveling in the grognardy of outdated...
View ArticleWhat if the Aranwyth Tribe still has the cloudsheeps?
The Aranwyth lost their great herd of cloudsheep [S:KoH 231]. But what if this tribe still has them? I looked some facts up: The best description of the cloudsheeps are in The Book of Heortling...
View ArticleDarkness! Earth! . . . Dark Earth???
So we've got this "Dark Earth" concept floating 'round. Gouger & the Tuskers (does that sound like a great name for a thrash-Bronze Donandar group, or what??!? You just KNOW some Eurmali is...
View ArticleWestern Hsunchen
Since this triggered quite a deviation from the thread about women in Gloranha, I quoted my leading statement here. 5 hours ago, Joerg said: Shapeshifting became something not natural at some...
View ArticleThe Alone Confederation
Hey there Gloranthophiles, I'm working on a clan-based campaign in the style of the excellent Red Cow books, and the focus is the Bachad tribe starting around 1611 (I hope to publish it on the...
View ArticleWhat's Happening in Fronela after 1621?
Hello everyone, this is my first post on the forums. Ever since I initially read the Guide to Glorantha I have been fascinated by the region of Fronela. It features a diverse mix of cultures, and some...
View ArticleWhat is the Red Emperor
Who or what is the Emperor. Also is it me or does each time he dies, he comes back worse than before.
View ArticleThe Chaos Society’s Pavis Series
Any chance of these being brought back into print or being released in pdf?
View ArticleHow can I discuss with a god ?
Bonjour à toutes et tous I m not sure to use the good words, but let's try to be understandable If a mortal (human, dark troll, ...) wants to meet a god and be viewed by the god as himself (not with...
View ArticleSadly, The Smoking Ruin may have been a more befitting title for this...
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