In RQG, it is explicitly permitted to be an initiate of multiple cults. Keep track of Rune points separately, remember that means you have two temple hierarchies to keep happy, etc. But…
Month: January 2026
Pavis is a Large City…
It is easy to forget that Pavis is actually a Large City, with several parts: That actually makes Pavis larger than Boldhome.
Views of Arkat
Pretty much every cult who Arkat interacted with as an initiate or associate accepts that Arkat certainly was telling the truth about what he did and experienced on the Hero Plane. Their…
Heretics and Gloranthan Cults
The very word “heretic” is a hard one to apply to those Gloranthan cults that are fundamentally grounded in Hero Plane experiences. Now that’s a mouthful, but let me try to explain…
Raibanth to Furthest
Here’s another travel observation. It is about 700 km from Raibanth up the Oslir River to Furthest. It takes about 35 to 40 days to take a boat upriver. Or you can…
The size of Glorantha and Genertela
Here’s a few notes I think some might find useful in thinking about the size of Glorantha and Genertela. Glorantha is a big setting. The world is a big slab of Earth…
Consequences in RuneQuest
My core philosophy when running RQ (or almost any TTRPG): every action has consequences that boomerang back. This is something that’s been pretty consistent with how I run games going back to…
What D&D level is a 90% weapon skill
There is a tendency to look at a weapon skill at 90% and think “my gosh that MUST be higher than 3rd level”, forgetting that is only your chance of not missing…
Discussions About Rules Changes
Something I see a lot in TTRPG forums or reddit or wherever are discussions about rules changes that are intended to solve a non-existent problem. Most often this is about making something…
Threat Rating
In RQ2 and RQ3 there was an approach to scaling encounters and working out appropriate loot. RQ2 frankly had the better of the two. Treasure factors were a pretty flexible system for…