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USW2001 Uz: The Trolls of Glorantha (2005)


The Uz are an ancient and hungry race, laboring under a mighty curse. Yet they have grand plans of their own, ready to be revealed as the Hero Wars erupt across Glorantha. Ever since the original Trollpack was produced for RuneQuest, the Uz have been popular as unusual characters, mysterious encounters, and dangerous enemies. Issaries Inc. is working on a multi-volume series of supplements on the Uz and their lands, myths, and secrets. In the meantime, however, it has licensed this interim work to satisfy the demand for rules, cults, and keywords for the Uz in the new Hero Wars game. The Unspoken Word will be publishing this 64-page full-size book in December. Largely written by James Frusetta, Uz series author for Issaries, it will present all-new information on trolls as player heroes and narrator characters, as well as cults and spirits. It will also include some key elements from previous works on the Uz. Comprehensively illustrated throughout with new art, it brings the Dark Men to your game with the vigor and enthusiasm for which they are so rightly (in)famous!


Details

  • By James Frusetta and others
  • Product code USW2001 (ISS2001)
  • ISBN 1-90424-00-X.
  • Price $12

Sample pages

IntroductionDownload
Where Uz isDownload
Keyword examplesDownload

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Uz Is What Uz Is
    • A Tale of Uz
    • Wonderhome
    • The Exodus
    • The Dawn
    • The Second Age
    • The Third Age
  • What My Mother Told Me
  • All Kyger Litor’s Children
  • Uzuz: the Mistress Race
  • Uzko: Dark Trolls
  • Uzdo: Great Trolls
  • Enlo: Trollkin
  • Romal: Cave Lopers
  • Other Trolls
  • Where Uz Is
  • Playing Uz
  • Uzlife: uz society & culture
  • Bound by Blood, Family, Clan, Tribe
  • Power & Law
  • Gender
  • Life Cycle
  • Uz Numbers
  • Food and Hunger
  • Darksense
  • Language
  • Clothing
  • The Ancestors Heroquest & Adoption
  • Playing Uz
  • Darkness is Not the Absence of Light
  • Darksense Isn’t Sight
  • Uz Don’t See Well
  • Uz Don’t Like Noise
  • Animals Don’t Like Uz
  • Fear
  • Uz Are Hungry
  • An Uz Mom is a Bitch
  • Calling to the Underworld: Uz beliefs and spirituality
  • The World and Otherworld
  • The Peoples and Gods of Darkness
  • Gods and Spirits: Uz magic
  • Kyger Litor and the Uz
  • Sacrifices & Adoration Ceremonies
  • The Lost Tribes
  • Out of the Darkness: Uz character creation
  • Innate Keyword
  • Sample Uz Names
  • Occupation Keywords
  • Advanced Keywords
  • Powers of the Underworld: uz cults and magics
  • Kyger Litor: the uz pantheon
  • Kyger Litor
  • The Uz Pantheon
  • Mixing Magics in the Uz Pantheon
  • Spirits of Retribution
  • The Great Imp
  • The Korasting Tradition
  • Korasting: the Mother of Many
  • Jakaboom: the Dancer in Shadows
  • Jeset: the Ferryman
  • Hombobobom: The Great Drummer
  • Boztakang: Chaosfighter
  • The Kropa Tradition
  • Kropa: the Mother of Many
  • Orani Mor: Spider Mother
  • Gorakiki: Mother of Insects
  • Krolar: Scorpion Guardian
  • Swems: Mother of Worms
  • Karrg: the Master of Weapons
  • Vaneekara: the Hurler
  • Argan Argar: the God of Surface Darkness
  • Gadblad: the Great Smith
  • Kogag: the Boatuz
  • Subere: Darkness Untouched by Light
  • Xiola Umbar: Solace of Darkness
  • Zong: the Hunter
  • Zorak Zoran: Dark Hater
  • Narrating Uz
  • Running Uz as Adversaries
  • Raiding
  • The Art of the Ambush
  • Tactics in Combat
  • Tactics in War
  • Allies of the Darkness
  • After the Fight
  • Narrator Resources
  • Dagori Inkarth (map)
  • Dagori Inkarth: a brief guide
  • The Land
  • The Uz
  • The Tribes
  • Uttog Skollskull
  • Uz Friends and Foes
  • Grandmother Gatabak
  • Erkuktug the Bone Hunter
  • Vaneekara’s Last Daughters
  • Running the Ridges
  • Trollball!
  • The End: Uz and death
  • Death is Not an End
  • Narrating Uz
    • Running Uz as Adversaries
    • Raiding
    • The Art of the Ambush
    • Tactics in Combat
    • Tactics in War
    • Allies of the Darkness
    • After the Fight
    • Narrator Resources
  • Dagori Inkarth (map)
  • Dagori Inkarth: a brief guide
    • The Land
  • The Uz
    • The Tribes
    • Uttog Skollskull
  • Uz Friends and Foes
    • Grandmother Gatabak
    • Erkuktug the Bone Hunter
    • Vaneekara’s Last Daughters
  • Running the Ridges
  • Trollball!
  • The End: Uz and death
    • Death is Not an End
cover spread

Related Pages

  • Lunar Empire Map (2001)
  • Magnus Liber Rerum (2004)
  • PW3: Paper Wars: Dragon Pass at War (2003)
  • The Four Scrolls of Revelation (2002)
  • TUW1004 Wintertop Fair: The Men Who Would be King (2004)
  • USW-M01 Gloranthan Map Set (2003)
  • USW1001 Tarsh in Flames (2001)
  • USW1002 The Thieves Arm (2002)
  • USW1004 In Wintertop’s Shadow (2002)
  • USW1005 Sons Of Kargzant (2004)

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