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Orlanth & Yinkin – Game Balance

Posted on July 5, 2022

One thing that is sometimes hard for people who are used to systems with a lot “game balance” is that not all Gloranthan cults are equal in terms of importance, access to…

Yinkin

Alynx god, Ancestor of Shadow Cats The god of shadow cats is a half-brother to Orlanth, born of the same mountain mother. The lesser animal god served as Orlanth’s friend and ally…

Yinkin Temple

Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Wild Mountain Minor temple Sartar 78

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…

Excerpt – The Making of the Storm Tribe (1999)

By Robin D. Laws Copyright ©1999 A Sharp, LLC. This month’s myth is drawn from A Sharp’s computer game King of Dragon Pass. Here is what everyone knows Ernalda urges Orlanth, who…

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Yinkin

Cults of Differing Power

Posted on April 21, 2022

So as we have noticed, the RuneQuest cults are deliberately not balanced. Some cults have way more magic – and effective magic – than others. Now that was part of Greg’s vision…

Notes on Small Cults

Posted on March 26, 2023

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…

Yinkin glyph

Fralar

God of Carnivores Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 40 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry Cults of Glorantha Preview 165 2019 None listed Notes Source Page Year Tree MythologyStranger TaxonomiesThe Taxonomy…

Excerpt – Some Gods (2009)

Babeester Gor Babeester Gor was born from the dead body of her mother, Ernalda, during the Darkness. She peered around and saw everything there was to see, and then set off upon…

Rune Magic Overlapping with Feats

Submitted by BlindGuyNW on Tue, 11/09/2012 – 16:21 Hi all,I have a player in my Glorantha game who elected to take the beast rune, along with a breakout ability to let her…

HeroQuest 1 – Narrator Advice (2004-2005)

This is where we present practical advice from HeroQuest narrators who want to share their ideas. Narrating, campaign-building, characterization, use of the game rules and many other issues are suitable for the Narrator Advice…

A Cluster of Storm Gods

Posted on July 12, 2022

Up to cause trouble no doubt! Eurmal? Eurmal is a deeper old thing. Surpassed Ratslaff as the deity of Disorder, and surpassed Tylenea as the deity of Illusion. The Trickster appears early,…

Storm Pantheon art preview

Posted on January 3, 2023

Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…

Portions of Umath

Posted on December 26, 2023

When Umath was broken, his sons (each bearing a portion of the Primal Air) emerged and began their struggle to claim their part of the world). At least six sons are known to have…

CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 12 Rune Cults Q&A

Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the first part of Chapter 12, pages 268-288. For the Cults themselves, see: Chapter 12 The Cults Q&A Fundamentals of Rune Cults (page 270) Divine Intervention:…

Myth of the Month: Enemy Gods of the Orlanthi (2001)

Most deities have one or more specific, notable foes. Those foes were (usually) defeated in mythic times, resulting in the creation of the current world, and may be considered to be a…

Orlanthi Pantheon

Write up Page Year Personal Glyph Notes Mythology 118 2923 n/a As: Lightbringers PantheonChalana Arroy, Daka Fal, Eurmal, Foundchild, Gagarth, Heler, Humakt, Issaries, Kolat, Lhankor Mhy, Mastakos, Odayla, Orlanth, Storm Bull, Valind,…

ISS1310 Storm Tribe: The Cults of Sartar (2001)

This is the companion volume to Thunder Rebels. It describes the minority cults and societies that are important to the Heortling culture and Orlanthi religion. Note that several items that were previously…

Storm 1604: Jarolvale

Introduction: This episode formed the introduction to our Red Cow game. I wanted to introduce the players to the seemingly intractable hatreds permeating both the Red Cow and Split Waters clans fueled by…

Kero Fin

Goddess of Dragon Pass Goddess of Dragon Pass, the ancient name of the land was Kerofinela. She is also the Mountain Goddess inhabiting the great peak in the center of the land….

Alusar the Spy

Son of Yinkin and a goddess known only as Eyes in the Dark. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyphs Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 181 2009 None listed Subcult of:Yinkin Storm Tribedeprecated…

Gavren the Hunter

Gavren the Lurker is the son of Yinkin and Velhara, the Lady of the Wild. Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyphs Notes Sartar, Kingdom of Heroes 181 2009 None listed Yinkin subcult…

Ω Tol

Cloud Yinkin Tol is the name that Yinkin used when he seduced Tarhelera Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyphs Notes Storm Tribedeprecated 189 2001 None listed Subcult of:Yinkin

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