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Notes on Lay Members

Posted on February 6, 2023

Most adult Gloranthans are an initiate of a cult, and a lay member of one or two others. So in Sartar, a typical woman would be an initiate of Ernalda (worshiping Orlanth…

City Gods

Posted on February 6, 2023

Cities have a market, a degree of self-governance, and temples to the city’s patron deity and to the city god. They also have temples to other gods of importance to the people,…

Cosmos & Chaos

Posted on February 5, 2023

As I have been exploring and detailing Gloranthan mythology for the last several years, I’ve been struck by how the cults of Chaos represent those evils that are simply contrary to the…

Introducing New Players

Posted on February 4, 2023

A few thoughts in introducing RQ to new players – especially those who are only familiar with D&D. CharactersIf pressed for time or are doing a one-shot, use the pregens. Seriously. Circulate…

Trying to Get your Mind Around Glorantha?

Posted on January 31, 2023

A suggestion in trying to get one’s mind around Gloranthan cults, kingdoms, and empires – loyalty is usually personal and not ideological. I might have a tremendous loyalty to my local leader…

Notes on Spirit Cults

Posted on January 31, 2023

Spirit cults are an easy way to give players access to Rune spells that they cannot normally get from their local cults. For example, if the players (a bunch of Lightbringers cultists)…

Spirit Cults

Posted on January 28, 2023

Shamans are specialists in dealing with spirits and the spirit world. They are awakened to the presence of spirits everywhere. Shamans can also establish spirit cults – the shaman contacts the spirit…

Soap Opera themes

Posted on January 26, 2023

Feuds, royal intrigue, temple politics, angry spirits and the grasping demands of long dead ancestors, RuneQuest is ripe with the elements of soap operas and romances. Spice it up with Elder Races,…

Defunct Sartar Tribes

Posted on January 26, 2023

The Dundealos tribe was “destroyed” by the Lunar Provincial Government in 1619, and their land given to settlers from the Lunar Provinces. These settlers were organized into a new tribe called the…

CHArisma

Posted on January 20, 2023

CHA is arguably the most important characteristic in the game (at least for ambitious characters) but is the easiest stat to improve in the game. For example: Got a cool magical sword?…

Sartarite Names

Posted on January 18, 2023

Many Sartarite names combine prefixes and suffixes as per below; the prefixes and suffixes usually relate to the names of gods or ancestors. Use them to create your name or pick a…

Dragon Pass Map Forest Overlay

Posted on January 16, 2023

Just because I find it interesting, here’s that composite map of Dragon Pass, Kethaela, and NW Prax with a forest overlay, showing you forest cover. The dark green is heavy forest, the…

Ramalia

Posted on January 16, 2023

So the last major polity in Maniria is Genertela’s answer to North Korea – Ramalia. This is a deeply unpleasant land, where a degenerate remnant of the Middle Sea Empire rules over…

Master Map

Posted on January 16, 2023

Something Greg taught me was to regularly overlay maps, so that you could see how things interact with stuff beyond the border of the map. This has a big effect on how…

Dragonewts in Maniria

Posted on January 16, 2023

In Maniria, there is a Dragonewt City in the Ryzel Hills, with its own Inhuman King. Dragonewt parties can be found throughout Maniria; normally they are neutral towards those they encounter, but…

Trader Princes

Posted on January 16, 2023

The Trader Princes developed out of a caravan route between Safelster and Esrolia that was established around 1200 ST. Caravanserai needed to be established and fortified, alliances needed to be made with…

What to buy?

Posted on January 16, 2023

So from time to time I get asked what currently published Gloranthan material do I recommend buying (and what do I not). Here’s my thoughts: Must Buy: RQ Starter Set, RQ Core Rules,…

The Arstola Forest

Posted on January 16, 2023

There are some 230,000 elves in the Arstola, one of the six Great Forests. They are mostly brown elves, with a smattering of green elves in the higher elevations. That’s a LOT…

More Maniria Notes

Posted on January 16, 2023

Most of the human population of Maniria belong to one of four Orlanthi tribal confederations formed along one of the main rivers (Ditali, Solanthi, Nimisotr, and Bastis). For centuries, these confederations were…

Maniria Notes

Posted on January 14, 2023

Maniria is a belt about 160-200km wide between the Mislari Mountains and the Solkathi Sea. It has a humid temperate to subtropical climate. Think Virginia or North Carolina. The Arstola forest hugs…

Men-of-All

Posted on January 14, 2023

So the Men-of-All have a curious place in Hrestolism. They are imagined as the safety valve in society – powerful, skilled warriors (and sometimes mages) who protect the weak, uphold the Invisible…

Who is Ginna Jar?

Posted on January 14, 2023

Ginna Jar is the ghost of something important that has been lost and is gone. The Orlanthi give it a feminine identity, but that may have as much to do with the…

More New Hrestolism Thoughts

Posted on January 12, 2023

New Hrestolism is arguably a more radical religious movement than even the Lunar Way. I don’t mean the “class mobility” features, that’s just a subset of it. With the Ban, the divine…

Four Magic Weapons subcult of Orlanth

Posted on January 11, 2023

This is a subcult often found with Orlanth Adventurous (or Vinga), that worships the Four Magic weapons of Orlanth. Each of these weapons are sometimes worshiped in other cultures as stand-alone gods…

Understanding Malkionism

Posted on January 11, 2023

There are somewhere in the vicinity of 8 million people that follow the teachings of Malkion and derivatives thereof. That’s a lot of people. Malkionism is often hard to get a handle…

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