Plaines of Prax?
How do we feel about this spelling, team? Quaintly retro, or a spurious affectation?
View ArticleEnjoy coloring an amazing array of scenes, with fantastic images from Greg...
Enjoy coloring an amazing array of scenes, with fantastic images from Greg Stafford’s Glorantha and the award-winning RuneQuest RPG.
View ArticleGem stones of Power?
So I had a weird thought I was listening to these lovely people sing :Song of Durin A Cappella (Complete Edition) - Clamavi De Profundis Does Glorantha have an idea of gem stones being able to hold...
View ArticleAny theories on Vorthan?
I'd like to start a discussion on a fairly obscure topic. The god Vorthan is mentioned a few times in the Jonatela section in the GtG. On pg. 228 under "Vorthan's Hill" he is described as "an...
View ArticleKids as hostages/thralls
Hi everybody, firt post here. When an orlanthi clan raids its neighbours, does it take kids as hostages/thralls? If so, in the former case, how is their ransom calculated? In the latter, who is...
View ArticleFrench covers of RQ3 and Herowars
I don’t want to further derail the Wind Words thread with this, so I’ll post it here. Apart from the Japanese covers, I also tracked all the covers for the French edition of RQ3 and HeroWars. It might...
View ArticleArgan Argar Sources
Hello. I am playing a dark troll Argan Argar warrior from the Shadow Plateau in a game of The Smoking Ruin. Without getting into the details of that game, I have really enjoyed researching trolls in...
View ArticleA song in honor of Kallyr's Lightbringer's Quest
Normally don't post these here, but my group really liked this effort and though I should. Hope you enjoy. My character, a Vingan and Kallyr fan-girl, is walking to the Hill of Orlanth VIctorious to...
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Mortal female rulers with divine husbands
The archetype of the male mortal ruler with a divine wife is everywhere in Glorantha, most commonly in the form of marriage to Earth Sovereignty Goddesses, but also some other types. Often, this takes...
View ArticleRoll20 Token Marker Library Glorantha Rune
I've been running 13th Age on Roll20 for 6 years, and I've just started my new 13th Age Glorantha campaign. Since Roll20 now has a Token Marker Library system, I've made a set of Glorantha Runes token...
View ArticleCult of Sartar
Anybody got any info on the cult for the guy who apothosized in Dragonpass, started a kingdom and dynasty?
View ArticlePiracy and Slavery!
So this article gives a quick rundown on ancient (bronze-age) piracy, how they operated, and what might motivate slavers. Slavery is unabashedly the worst - but the ca$h values discussed in this...
View ArticleQuestions about Eneera Tor
King of Sartar introduces the Feathered Horse Queens with a myth regarding the Pure Horse People versions of Ernalda an her sisters. Eneera Tor became the first FHQ in 1455. Here, a connection to...
View ArticleThe Fate of the Sable Tribe
We are told a number of conflicting things about the Sable Tribe in and around the time of the Whitebull Army's victory in Prax. We are told that the Sables joined the Whitebull Army. We are also...
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Gloranthan virtual backgrounds for online gaming
Playing online now you're home? Try out our virtual backgrounds to add some epic flavour to your RPG sessions! Use one of these backgrounds when playing online - Zoom, Google Hangouts, GoToMeeting,...
View ArticleTools for Gloranthan games
This looks pretty interesting for creating languages for your games. https://www.vulgarlang.com
View ArticleWho/what are the Kitori these days?
And by "these days" I mean is there a RQG-canonical answer for play as the Hero Wars begin? Googling 'round, I find various ideas. Essentially Human, but with a deep racial affinity for Darkness...
View ArticleMaran Gor and Lodril
Maran Gor is more or less the goddess of the violent powers of the earth, "Hard Earth", a subset of "Dark Earth (Gor)", etc. Lodril is the god of the fire within earth, or as the Pelandans put it in...
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The Pelaskite Rites Are Observed
And the shape and the power of the Voice rang out in strong low tones: tell them that God, whom you have called MLKN, is dead but the world continues. The old law that forbid these things of you has...
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