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Upcoming Dragon Pass Book

Posted on June 21, 2024

Here is the cover of the next RQ book – Dragon Pass! That’s the first book of the Lands of RQ series – that’s books detailing the various regions of Glorantha, with…

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….

The Kaleidoscopic Big Rubble

Posted on June 20, 2024

So putting it all together, the Big Rubble is kaleidoscopic. We have Sartarites and Sun Domers adventuring in a Big Rubble filled with Black Fang cultists, trolls, and Chaos. We have elves,…

Trolls of The Big Rubble

Posted on June 20, 2024

There are some 2500 trolls in the Big Rubble, making them the single most numerous community. There are some 500 adult dark trolls, over 1600 trollkin, and at least 100 great trolls,…

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….

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…

The Knowledge Temple, New Pavis

Posted on June 19, 2024

The Knowledge Temple in New Pavis is the largest collection of scrolls, books, parchments, etc. in all of Prax. The Knowledge Temple is the largest repository of information about Pavis and the…

Writing

Posted on June 18, 2024

Lhankor Mhy is the source of all written languages. He took the Runes and used them as symbols for writing. The other gods took that and made use of it. A good…

The Garden, Big Rubble I

Posted on June 17, 2024

The elves of the Big Rubble are among the most human-oriented elves I know of. There’s only about 200 elves in the Garden, the other 800 Aldryami consist of a few non-combatant…

New Pavis to the Sun Dome Temple

Posted on June 17, 2024

It’s about 45 km from New Pavis to the Sun Dome Temple. That’s a little further away than the distance between Swenstown and Boldhome. It takes about two days to get there…

Tigers

Posted on June 17, 2024

Tigers are known to have been found in Shadows Dance, near the Yolp Mountains, Maniria, and in parts of Ralios. I suspect they exist elsewhere in Dragon Pass, but are not common….

Cult Compatibility – Yelm, Orlanth, and Yelmalio

Posted on June 17, 2024

Although the cults of Yelm, Orlanth, and Yelmalio are rivals, they are perfectly capable of working together. The cults are Neutral towards each other – not Hostile or Enemies. At the same…

A Few Notes on Adari, Northern Prax

Posted on June 16, 2024

Adari is a frontier town between Shadows Dance and Prax. It was first settled in the Dawn Age and is also the birthplace of Pavis, but since has been razed and rebuilt…

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,…

Pavis County and Sun County

Posted on June 16, 2024

If we look at the settled population of Pavis County and Sun County together, we see that the six largest cults are: To me this explains how Sun Dome County manages to…

The Rise of Chaos and Other Gods in the Big Rubble

Posted on June 16, 2024

During the Troll Occupation (1237-1539), many of the human inhabitants of the Big Rubble turned to some very unpleasant spirits and gods in order to survive. Black Fang The best known is,…

Broo In The Big Rubble

Posted on June 14, 2024

Broo are the most numerous chaotic race in the Big Rubble numbering some 300. Broo are most commonly found in the Big Grazing and the Huntlands. The nastiest broo are said to…

MGF in Your Game

Posted on June 14, 2024

Although this should go without saying, MGF (Maximum Game Fun) is completely subjective for your individual gaming group. You should always default to whatever is MGF for your gaming group; however, that…

The Growth of the Lunar Way

Posted on June 11, 2024

We’ve all got access to the Lunar Way now and to the Glorantha Sourcebook, so we have access to the history of the Lunar Empire. But how did the Lunar Way grow…

The Impala Nation

Posted on June 11, 2024

The largest tribe of Animal Nomads, the Impala Nation have the largest number of Orlanth AND Yelmalio cultists of any tribe in Prax. Although Eiritha Impala is the biggest cult of the…

Overwhelmed by all the Gloranthan Lore?

Posted on June 11, 2024

It’s like dealing with any deep background. Start with what the players and the GM actually need. So for example, I am currently running a Big Rubble campaign with a group of…

The Dragonewt Temple in The Rubble

Posted on June 9, 2024

In 1539, the unusual event called the Dragonewts’ Dream took place. At that time all of the living dragonewts of Dragon Pass crawled into their ancient cities, sealed and booby trapped them,…

Underground in the Big Rubble

Posted on June 9, 2024

The Underground City in the Big Rubble is largely networks of cellars connected to other cellars. For example, the following shows a network of six cellars connected together through a central cellar….

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…

Precipitation in Prax

Posted on June 6, 2024

Prax gets about about 47 cm of precipitation (41 cm as rain, 55 cm as snow), with most of that falling in Storm and Sea Seasons. After Sea Season, Prax usually gets…

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