RuneQuest operates on many levels. It is a fantasy RPG where we can have fantasy adventures in a mythic Bronze Age world of tribes and empires, with gods, cults, and spirits. You…
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Otherworld Home
So in every cult description, there’s an entry called Otherworld Home. That is where the cult members experience the god during holy day ceremonies and other important rituals. From there, there may…
Heroquesting beyond Holy Day Ceremonies
Each cult performs holy day ceremonies that reinforce the link between the cult members and the deity. These links can mechanically be described as the cult’s available Rune spells. These ceremonies fit…
Running a Heroquest
So let’s think about how to run a heroquest in a game session, based on the ideas in my previous posts. Couple of ground rules: Let’s set the scene. The community or…
Untangling Heroquesting
Let me try to untangle a few things. Let’s start with what a heroquest is: it is the direct interaction between the eternal God Time and mortal beings. Now that may sound…
Shamans in other cults
Are Shaman only in certain cults (Daka Fal/ Waha) or do all cults, specifically Orlanth, have them too? It depends. In many cases, a shaman is initiated outside of the main structure….
Notes on The Invisible God II
The Invisible God is the Hidden Mover, the Ultimate Reality which can be known. From the Invisible God came everything. And once the Invisible God viewed everything, we could have the One…
Werewolves in Sartar
Sartar has one of the – if not the – highest percentages of werewolves of any civilized kingdom. Some 2% of the population are werewolves! The Prince is defended by werewolves and…
Kallyr Starbrow and the Dragonrise
It may come to some surprise, but Kallyr Starbrow likely had no idea that her intervention at the New Lunar Temple ceremony would result in the Dragonrise. Let’s start with what was…
RuneQuest has Dragons
As we know, RuneQuest has dragons. And True Dragons are huge entities so powerful their thoughts and emotions can manifest and develop lives of their own. But at the same time, they…
Original Horse People
In the Grey Age, there were two main groups of horse people in Peloria. One was west of the Hungry Plateau/Jord Mountains in what is now Saird (Vanch, Terarir, and Holay). These…
An Ancient Dawn Age document from Brithos
The following is an ancient Dawn Age document from Brithos. It predates the Gbaji Wars, and likely dates to the time of the Serpent Kings. It is some of Greg’s oldest writings….
Notes on the Enerali
Before the Gods War, Galinin the son of Pure Horse (aka Ehilm) begat a son upon InUlei, daughter of Ralia, and that son was named Eneral. With his father’s permission and aid,…
Notes on the Old Gods
As the Mythology book details, the primordial gods consisted of a group of archetypes that were the sources of Powers, both spiritual and physical, in the universe. These primordial gods dwelt on…
After the Spike
The Spike is the central pillar that holds up the sky and unites Sky, Air, Earth, Water, and Darkness. It extends from the deepest depths of the Underworld to the City atop…
Notes on Armor and Helmets
We know from RQG that closed or open helmets are most common for nobles and warriors (Light Infantry is associated with composite helmets). So let’s think about styles, starting with Kethaela. Remember…
Notes on Filichet II
So it is only about 70 km from Furthest to Filichet, at least as the vrok hawk flies. That’s not very far – that’s less than the distance between London and Oxford,…
Ancient Bird Mother
As we all know, Vrimak (one of the Parts of Yelm) is the father of all avian life. His daughter-wife Avarnia is the Bird Mother, goddess of small birds, including quails, chickens,…
Top 10 Lunar Heartland Cults
The ten most popular cults in the Lunar Heartlands are:
Notes on Shargash II
Shargash aka Tolat is the celestial god of of war and destruction. He is a planetary god who conquered Hell and is served by fiery underworld demons. There are a lot of…
Horses in the Grazelands
There are a lot of horses in the Grazelands – some 90,000 – and it comes out to about 18 horses per square km. Now I thought that was very high, but…
Wyverns
Wyverns are the physical manifestation of draconic id – “bodily needs and wants, emotional impulses and desires, especially aggression and the sexual drive.” They can breed and produce offspring that are wyverns…
The Hungry Plateau
The Hungry Plateau is some 1350 meters high, and the plateau itself rises some 700 meters above the surrounding foothills. It is smaller than the Grand Mesa in Colorado (although not that…
The Arcos River valley
The Arcos River valley is the spiritual heart of the Lunar Religion. This river runs about 1200 km from the Elf Sea to the White Sea. It was here in that the…
Common Knowledge – Dragonewts
Dragonewts are both familiar and extremely mysterious in Dragon Pass. They are of course familiar to most inhabitants – there are some 20,000 dragonewts in Dragon Pass. Dragonewt Roads cross much of…