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Crafter God Local dwarven God of Stonemasonry in the city of Pavis Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 40 2023 Prosopaedia entry Pavis, Gateway to Adventure 369Six pages 2012 See Grimoire…

New Pavis Historical Stages

Posted on January 20, 2024

I posted this as a comment inside another post, but here it is on its own: Something else to think about – Old Pavis went through a couple of historical stages, we…

Sartarites and Dwarves

Posted on November 16, 2024

The two groups of dwarves that Sartarites are most likely to be familiar with are: Dwarf Mine. This very large dwarf community rarely interacts with humans outside of Dwarf Stronghold Inn and Goranthal….

New Pavis and the Big Rubble Adventures

Posted on September 23, 2024

A few thoughts about New Pavis and the Big Rubble when we think about them within the context of an RQ game or campaign. The Big Rubble is where we go to…

The Pavis Dwarfs

Posted on June 19, 2024

There are some 200 to 300 dwarfs in Pavis. They are all members of the Flintnail cult. Most are masons and metal-workers, and are willing to teach humans these skills or trade…

Levels of The Big Rubble

Posted on June 9, 2024

SPOILERS AHEAD! If we think about the Big Rubble as a sprawling collection of dungeons, it has four basic levels: From a design and play perspective, the Big Rubble lets you introduce…

The building of Pavis 830 ST

Posted on July 15, 2024

Old Pavis was built of stone, not adobe or brick. Let’s start with this passage about the building of Pavis: After the Too Tall Battle, the Faceless Statue collapsed, all magical energies…

Half-folk

Posted on August 10, 2024

Through the blessings of the Nandan subcult of Ernalda, it is possible for someone to bear a child to term even if that would not normally be biologically possible. One consequence of…

The Troll Occupation of Pavis (1237-1539)

Posted on January 19, 2024

After troll magic closed Old Pavis, constant struggles occurred between the dominant trolls and the remnants of humans, elves, and dwarfs. The Pavis cult held to its rituals, and their intimate knowledge…

Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book

Posted on March 5, 2019

I am wrapping up the final text of the Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book, while making sure that it all ties into both the new Heroquesting chapters in the GM Sourcebook…

Notes on The Arrowsmith Dynasty (860-940)

Posted on June 16, 2024

I’ve assembled a few notes and cut and paste them together to get a good overview of the rise and fall of the Arrowsmith Dynasty of Pavis. There’s a LOT in here,…

Troll Occupation of the Big Rubble

Posted on February 7, 2023

One important way by which humans survived the Troll Occupation of the Big Rubble was through the Pavis priests. Strategic use of City Harmony, small fire, earth, and water elementals, and the…

Ye Booke of Tentacles 3 (DEU 2000)

Published by The Chaos Society The bulk of this third volume is devoted to the Pavis and Big Rubble Companion – a series of articles based in the classic Gloranthan Setting. Although…

Population demographics of New Pavis and the Big Rubble

Posted on August 10, 2024

If we look at Pavis and the Big Rubble as a whole, there are some 7400 humans, 2500 trolls, 1000 aldryami, 200 dwarfs, 150 dragonewts, and 750 other sentients (including broo &…

Zebra Fort

Posted on June 21, 2024

Zebra Fort is Argrath’s main stronghold in the Big Rubble. It’s only about 2 kilometers away from the People’s Gate, and you can probably run there in about 15 minutes or so….

Notes on the Big Rubble

Posted on January 15, 2024

The Big Rubble covers about 25 square km. With 6100 inhabitants, that’s almost 250 inhabitants per square km or 2.5 per hectare. In comparison, New Pavis with 28 hectares has 5150 inhabitants…

Building Makor the Strong for Pavis: Gateway to Adventure

Here is Makor the Strong, a sample character from Pavis: Gateway to Adventure with his build points included. Makor the Strong, Real City Stonemason. Rune Affinities    Earth     13 Stasis          13 Law            1w       (17+4…

Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult – S

Spell RBM Cost Source Reference Availability Safe 76 2 Argan Argar RQG 289PR 55 Initiates Argan Argar PR 62 Gorakiki initiates (associate) Scram 76 1+ Eurmal (Imp subcult) LB 55 Initiates Scum…

Campaign Log – Book One — The Quest

Chapter 1 Genertela It all started back in Pavis when the sorceress wanted an egg. Not just any egg, but an “Anything Egg” which would supposedly hatch whatever the owner wished it…

ISS4001 King of Sartar 2nd Edition – Index

Page numbers refer to the King of Sartar 2nd Edition: Numbers (Dates) 375 ST 43, 97, 99, 171 575 ST  115, 155 700 ST 6, 156, 223, 227 920 ST 171, 223,…

ISS2004 Pavis: Gateway to Adventure (2012)

Pavis: Gateway to Danger New Pavis is a frontier city built by the heirs of Sartar as a refuge from the wars in Dragon Pass. Recently conquered by the Lunar Empire, Pavis…

Ian Thomson Pavis Series (2000-2004)

Ian Thomson, assisted by several other authors, wrote five supplements expanding the Pavis and Big Rubble supplements: Volume 2 – Masks of Pavis (2001) Tentacles Press 2001 Volume 3 – The Legacy of Pavis (2002) Chaos Society 2002,…

Dorasar, Prince of Pavis

Posted on June 19, 2024

Eonistaran the Sage, a son of King Sartar, lived in Jonstown as the chief librarian of the Jonstown Library. His sons were raised in Boldhome with their cousins, the princes of Sartar….

Layout of the Big Rubble

Posted on June 21, 2025

The Big Rubble is about 15 square km or 1500 hectares. That’s basically the Upper Westside of Manhattan or little bigger than Kensington plus Chelsea in London. Another way of thinking about…

The Fall of Lunar New Pavis

Posted on June 20, 2025

This is something I put together for Andrew Cowie (and also Tiffany Rose Nickel, Dan Zappone, and Andy Cowley), but realized it might be interesting for the rest of you all. In…

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