The trickster, one of the Lightbringers This troublemaker is a jester and a fool, but armed with divine energy and power. His tricks change the world, his pranks create or destroy. Sometimes…
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Notes on Eurmal in Sartar
The cult of Eurmal the Trickster is surprisingly important in Sartar. The Orlanthi hold that clowns and tricksters are essential in contact with the sacred. Laughter and humor are a part of…
Eurmal’s Clown societies
One thing that gets a big emphasis in the forthcoming Cults of Glorantha are Eurmal’s Clown magical societies. Don’t think of modern clowns from the circus – think the sacred clowns of…
Eurmal WiP preview
2020 has definitely been a year that Eurmal has been very active! Sacred clown societies really influenced how I view Eurmal.
Eurmal Inspiration
When you think about Eurmal’s cultists, a good source of inspiration are the sacred clowns of the Pueblo Indians: So pretty much every clan has a half-dozen or so “clowns”. They gather…
Spirit Magic by Cult and Associate Cult
For publications: All Spirit Magic These cults have cult shaman. Their Initiates have access to all spirit magic except cult specials and where noted: Spirit Magic only available from Shamans The following…
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Eurmal WIP by Loïc Muzy
Notes on Small Cults
In all of Sartar, about 2500 people are initiates of Daka Fal and worship their ancestors and eschew other cults. That’s about the same size as the Chalana Arroy or Lhankor Mhy…
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Myth of the Month: How Orlanth Met Ernalda (1998)
At the beginning of things that are remembered, the Emperor extended his rulership among the deities of the Earth Tribe. The ruler of that tribe was the goddess named Asrelia. When the…
Tricksters as Characters
Submitted by Mr Smith on Tue, 12/02/2013 – 18:47 Friends, Who out there has a Trickster as a character? How’s that working out for everyone else? ;-)I have a Eurmali as a character…
Suppression of Orlanth Under the Lunar Empire
As we all know, the Lunar Empire tries to suppress certain cults when possible. The top of the list is of course Orlanth, but also cults also officially disfavored include Storm Bull,…
Tribes of Sartar Map, 1625-1626
So there are 157 clans in Sartar (not including the Telmori and the Pol-Joni of course), with an average population of about 900 members. 600 are adults. The average tribe in Sartar…
Townspeople and tribesfolk
Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…
Barbarian “Old Gods”
At the Dawn, the Hykimi Alliance of Fronela and Ralios worshiped a myriad of ancestors, beast spirits, and other spirits, but acknowledge a loose pantheon of Old Gods including: Ehilm the Sun;…
Rakenveg
God of Trickery, Deceit Write up Page Year Runes Notes Guide to Glorantha 678, 679, 2014 None listed Gods Wall IV-4AKA: EurmalStar 95 The Perfect Sky, revised Post 1999 None listed As:…
The Lightbringers in New Pavis
There are some 1200 initiates of the Seven Lightbringers in New Pavis, fully a third of the adult residents in the city. Now more than half are Orlanth initiates, and Orlanth is…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – C
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Call Founder 21 6 Waha (1-use) LB 147 Tribal Khan Call Monster 21 1 See MIG III, Master Lists: Rune/Divine Magic, page 234 Call on Stars…
Manifestations of Gods
The Loki television series has me thinking about the Gods of Glorantha. One way of looking at the cults is they are groups of people who gather around to worship the named…
Safelster in the First Age (2013)
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 The following is part one of a series of Questions and Answers about Safelster and Ralios. The Enerali Peoples at the Dawn At the Dawn the four tribes…
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – I
Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Identify Scent 58 1+ Yinkin LB 158 Initiates Yinkin LB 37 Orlanth Adventurous initiates, (associate) Illusory Motion 58 1+ Eurmal LB 53 Initiates Donandar EB 73…
Going to hell (not to be read by my Stonesnake players)
Submitted by RoM on Thu, 13/12/2012 – 09:52I am running the Colymar campaign since the day the Sartar book was published. Finally we have reached the point that my group descended into…
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination?
So what do your adventurers know about Illumination (as opposed to players)? If you notice Illumination is pretty much unmentioned in the core rules, Lightbringers, and Earth Goddess books. There is a…