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Cults of Glorantha YouTube Interview

Posted on January 7, 2022

An interview with me about what RuneQuest books are coming up! Part one I talk a lot about the forthcoming Cults Book.

Sorcery

Posted on January 6, 2022

So let’s talk about sorcery. First thing is obvious – it is very different from other magic systems. With spirit magic, you have a spirit that you know how to concentrate on…

Malkioni Likes and Dislikes

Posted on January 6, 2022

A few notes about things to keep in mind when thinking about the Malkioni: Particular Likes and Dislikes The Malkioni distrust gods in general. There is a strong current of ancestor worship…

The Manirian Road and the Trader Princes

Posted on January 6, 2022

So as part of our Third Age Malkioni discussion, lets get to the Manirian Road and the Trader Princes. Remember what this is – it is a trade route between Safelster and…

Third Age Malkioni Movements

Posted on January 5, 2022

So let’s talk a little about some of the Third Age Malkioni movements. The Second Age broke Malkionism. Let’s say that again – the Second Age broke Malkionism. Most of the intellectual…

Olives

Posted on January 5, 2022

Esrolia, Caladraland, God Forgot–Esvular, and much of Maniria have conditions where you could grow olives. In addition, in Esrolia-Caladraland, you can grow lemon fruits and oranges, along with grapes, and olives. Add…

The Way of Hrestol

Posted on January 5, 2022

The Way of Hrestol began in the land of Seshnela in the year 2 ST, but its importance stems from the culture from which it separated, the Brithini. This prehistoric culture began…

Notes on Zzabur

Posted on January 4, 2022

Now we all know this guy – the son of Malkion in most stories, and the First Wizard. Supposedly he’s been around for more than five thousand years and is the master…

Greg’s one-liners

Posted on January 4, 2022

When I asked about that Greg just said, “That’s up to the reader to decide what it is”. Me: Yep. And a lot of these one-liners should not and will not get…

What is Magic?

Posted on January 2, 2022

From time to time, it is worth bringing some material you likely already have to your attention – here’s an explanation of what Gloranthan magic is from the RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha…

Non-Chaotic cults & Primal Chaos

Posted on January 2, 2022

What cults would have a less antagonistic view of chaos (particularly seeing it as simply a part of the greater world at large rather than something ‘evil’ or inherently ‘wrong?’) Let’s put…

Flora and Fauna of Dragon Pass

Posted on January 1, 2022

Flora During the Inhuman Occupation, much of Sartar was dotted with clumps of elf woods. These were mainly yellow pine forests with stands of beech, cedar, Douglas fir, oak, and white spruce,…

How mythology underpins Glorantha

Posted on December 31, 2021

Heroquesting contexts

Posted on December 30, 2021

My hope with these posts over the past few weeks is to give an impression as to the context around heroquesting, and to get us away from the approach in the King…

Notes on Harrek the Berserk I

Posted on December 30, 2021

We’ve talked a lot about Argrath, Jar-eel, the Red Goddess and the Red Emperor, the God Learners, and the Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Let’s move on to the most iconic and…

God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers

Posted on December 30, 2021

When we think about the interactions between the God Time and the mundane world of our adventurers, two categories come into view. First is the regular, ceremonial interaction that every cult does…

Second Age Overview

Posted on December 30, 2021

So based on the past few posts, hopefully I conveyed the idea that the Second Age featured widespread mythic experimentation and exploration. Not only did we have God Learnerism, dragonic mysticism, and…

Notes on Ouroboros

Posted on December 29, 2021

Around 650, some of the Orlanthi of Dragon Pass learned to speak with the Dragons. This opened tremendous mystical vistas for the Orlanthi, identifying the Cosmic Dragon as the Source and expanding…

Jrustela II

Posted on December 28, 2021

The human settlements on Jrustela grew in number and population. Each settlement was free and independent. At first, this was no problem as there was land and resources enough for all, but…

Jrustela I

Posted on December 28, 2021

Jrustela was somewhere more than 400,000 square miles in area or about twice the size of Madagascar. Dwarfs, and several species of sentient insects, the Timinits, were indigenous to Jrustela. Humans came…

Posted on December 27, 2021

The Second Age So if we think about the Second Age, we have cultural transmission of ideas and secrets around the world. Around the coastal regions of the world, the Middle Sea…

The Middle Sea Empire

Posted on December 26, 2021

The most wide-spanning empire of Gloranthan history was the Middle Sea Empire, also called the Jrusteli Empire. Its core was city-states of the island-continent of Jrustela who were tightly allied with the…

Notes on Jar-eel the Razoress I

Posted on December 25, 2021

Arguably the mightiest hero in Glorantha at this time is Jar-eel the Razoress. She has loads of titles – Fourth Inspiration of Moonson, Incarnation of the Red Goddess in Time, daughter/lover/mother of…

RuneQuest Ramblings

Posted on December 25, 2021

This is an enjoyably rambling interview with me about all sorts of things gaming, RuneQuest, and otherwise!

The Empire of the Wyrms Friends

Posted on December 23, 2021

So let’s think a little bit about the Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Perhaps the most important elements of that Second Age empire is in the name- the Wyrms Friends. Here’s an…

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