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AH8592 Dorastor: Land of Doom (1993)

Cover painting by Linda Michaels

Dorastor: Land of Doom

It’s a Very, Very Bad Place.

DORASTOR: Land of Doom, a Gloranthan campaign supplement for the RuneQuest roleplaying game, features a 128-page booklet, a 16-page insert of references and handouts, and a full-color pullout map. DORASTOR includes historical and geographical notes on Dorastor, a land laid waste ages ago by Arkat the Destroyer. Now, in this fertile, chaos-tainted wilderness, any organism is possible, so long as it is tough and ferocious enough to survive. The Riskland campaign setting provides for a full game year of adventure on the borders of this dangerous land. Details of the Telmori Wolf People and the Spider Folk cultures are also included, along with complete write-ups of the Dorasta and Telmor cults.

THE SURGEON-IMPERIAL’S WARNING: Visitors to Dorastor have been determined to provide nourishment and amusement for big, rude, ugly, disgusting things.


Details

  • Design: Sandy Petersen, Ken Rolston, Greg Stafford
  • Contributing Design: Troy Bankert, Ken Kaufer
  • Development and Editing: Ken Rolston
  • Dorasta and Telmor Cults and The Path of Illumination: Sandy Petersen, Greg Stafford, Troy Bankert & Oliver Jovanovic
  • The lrripi Ontor Report and Storm Bull Broadside: Finula McCaul, Paul Reilly. &: Oliver Jovanovic
  • Original Glorantha Setting Design: Greg Stafford
  • Cover Painting: Linda Michaels
  • Maps and Diagrams: Matt Pumphrey &: Eric Hotz
  • Interior Illustrations: John Snyder &: Merle Insinga
  • Production and layout: Jean Baer, Matt Pumphrey, Stephen Langmead, & Debbie Chaillou
  • Playtesting and Error Trapping: Mike Dawson, Oliver Jovanovic, Troy Bankert, David Dunham, Paul Harmaty, Anna Harmaty. Daria Swain, Henry Monteferrante. Brian Cummings, Dick Gamer
  • ISBN 1-56038-074-8
  • No index

Editions & Related Editions

SKUNameYearPublisherNotes
AH8592Dorastor: Land of Doom1993Avalon Hill
Dorastor1993OriflamFrench edition

Table of Contents

    • Title, Credits
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • A History of Dorastor and Talastar
      • Irripi Ontor Report, Storm Bull Broadside
    • The Inhabitants
      • Hellwood Elves, Poisonthorn Elves .
      • Broos
      • Spider Folk of Spider Woods
      • Telmori
    • Important Locations
      • The Lunar Trade Route
      • Old Wolf Fort, Dorastor Inn, Fort Wrath
      • Arkat’s Last Tower
      • Dorasta Shrine
      • Tower of Lead, Bloodstone Fort
      • Dokat, Neverdead
    • Encounters
      • Encounter Tables
      • Dorastor’s Insects
      • Dorastor’s Prolific Flora.
      • Common Encounters
        • Adventurers, Basilisks.
        • Saurian Broos
        • Slime Broos..
        • Spirit Broos
        • Broobats, Chaos Snakes
        • Chaos Spirits
        • Chonchon, Cockatrice, Ghostdirt
        • Ghoul
        • Glargs, Gorp, Grayskins
        • Harpies
        • Hellions, Hellwood Elves
        • Lesser Hydra
        • Jack O’Bear
        • Krarshtkids, Krjalki
        • Lamia
        • Lunar Merchants.
        • Ogre
        • Poisonthorn Elves
        • Poison Bush, Rotground
        • Scorpionman, Slime Deer, Spiders.
        • Stoorworm, Succubus, Telmori
        • Cave Troll
        • Vampire
        • Walktapi
        • Wraith, Zombie
      • Special Encounters
        • Adull Headshrink, The Ashman
        • Babool
        • Cacodemon
        • Chaos Gaggle
        • Dokat, Fiends, Howler
        • Hungry Jack, The Mad Sultan
        • Madman Lyo, Mistress the Last, Platewalker
        • Skanth & Skath
        • Slimestone, Thing
        • Yeachi
        • Ralzakark & Entourage…..
        • From the Etyries Mission Files
        • Speculations on Ghostdirt, Everlast Biscuits
    • The Riskland Campaign
      • Campaign Overview
      • Part 1: Introduction
      • Part 2: The Missing Hunters
      • Part 3: Scorpionman Raid
      • Part 4: Manhunt.
      • Part 5: Spider Eggs
      • Part 6: Chaos Flood
      • Frog River Gorge Steads.
      • Map of Riskland and Environs
      • Hazard Fort
      • People of Riskland
    • The Cult of Dorasta
    • The Cult of Telmor
    • The Path of Illumination
    • Pullout Reference
      • The Talastar Papers (16 pages)
    • Pullout Map
      • Dorastor and Talastar in the Time of Hakon the Swimmer

    Related Pages

    • AH857 RuneQuest Deluxe Edition (1984)
    • AH8570 RuneQuest Deluxe Edition (Softback) (1993)
    • AH8571 Runequest Player’s Edition (1985)
    • AH85711 Gloranthan Bestiary (1988)
    • AH85712 Apple Lane (1987)
    • AH85713 Snake Pipe Hollow (1987)
    • AH85714 RuneQuest Cities (4th edition) (1988)
    • AH85715 Into the Troll Realms (1988)
    • AH85716 The Haunted Ruins (1989)
    • AH85717 Daughters of Darkness and the Chronicles of Santon (1990)
    • AH8572 Runequest Gamemaster’s Box (1985)
    • AH8573 Monster Coliseum (Box 1 – 1985)
    • AH8574 Human Adventurer Sheets (Box 2 – 1985)
    • AH8575 Non-human Adventurer Sheets (Box 3 – 1985)
    • AH8576 Vikings (Box 4 – 1985)
    • AH8577 Gods of Glorantha (Box 05 – 1985)
    • AH8578 Griffin Island (Box 06 – 1986)
    • AH8579 Runequest Standard Edition (1986)
    • AH8584 Land of Ninja (Box 07 – 1986)
    • AH8585 Glorantha – Genertela, Crucible of the Hero Wars (Box 08 – 1988)
    • AH8586 Trollpak (Box 09 – 1988)
    • AH8587 Troll Gods: The Deities of Darkness (Box 10 – 1989)
    • AH8588 Elder Secrets of Glorantha (Box 11 – 1989)
    • AH8589 Eldarad – The Lost City (1990)
    • AH85906 Sun County (1992)
    • AH8591 River of Cradles (1992)
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    1993, Avalon Hill, Greg Stafford, Ken Rolston, No Index, RQ3, Sandy Petersen

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