As an aside, the economics of spell cost in RuneQuest is player and significant NPC oriented. 3 point spells are really rarely cast outside of those groups (and one-use spells are almost…
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Boldhome Map Preview II
I thought people might be interested in seeing the current WiP of Boldhome from above.
Phase Three: Prince Of Sartar (1625-1629)
A little snipped from the Campaign Guide that folk might find interesting. I’m going to talk more about this on Saturday during Impromptu Con! This phase begins with the Dragonrise and is…
Boldhome Map Preview I
This is a work in progress for the Sartar box, but Matt Ryan and I are working on a street map of Boldhome. Combined with Olivier Sanfilippo amazing Boldhome map, this will…
The Beastmen
There are no records of the Beastmen living in Dragon Pass in the First Age. During the later Second Age, there was the famous Stitched Zoo at Voss Varainu, where the Wyrms…
Here’s an interesting silver coin from the First or Second Age Dragon Pass showing the goddess Kero Fin giving the Necklace of Uleria to the King of the Heortlings. Clawed hand? That’s…
Quivin Mountains Map WiP Preview I
So in order to do the street map of Boldhome we had to get a better feel for the Quivin Mountains. And we kind of went overboard on information – but here’s…
Kallyr Starbrow Art Preview
Here is an official character turn of Kallyr Starbrow as Prince of Sartar by the amazing Anna Orlova. This is a good take on how a noble leader of the Sartarites might…
Eastern Sartar Photo Inspiration
For people trying to imagine the landscape of Sartar, here are some good pictures of eastern Sartar: Now western Sartar gets more rain and has more trees – this is in the…
Eastern Slopes of Sartar
If you want a good feel for the eastern slopes of Sartar, I took pictures today. You can even see Prax in some of these shots! Remember the base elevation of Clearwine…
Routledge Companion to Women and Monarchy in the Ancient World
Just read the Routledge Companion to Women and Monarchy in the Ancient World. Loads of fantastic ideas very compatible with Glorantha – but one section particularly struck me was about brother-sister marriages…
Cults & Mechanics
One of the odd cognitive dissonances I often see when people discuss RuneQuest cults is the interplay between these two ideas: Now personally I don’t subscribe to Case 1 even for game…
Homeric and Orlanthi kingship
An interesting snippet on Homeric kingship directly of relevance to Orlanthi tribal kingship: The terms basileus and basileia are usually translated as “king” and “queen,” but not correctly so, if “royal” persons…
Gloranthan gods are not moral exemplars
As an aside, most Gloranthan gods are not viewed as moral exemplars by their worshipers. Orlanthi readily acknowledge that when Orlanth used Death on Yelm that was a Bad Thing (although we…
Moon Phases
This may be my single most repeatedly used reference picture in all of RuneQuest.
Monomyth Art Final preview
I present to you the Monomyth, illustrated by the amazing Agathe Pitié. Look at this wonder and be astounded! And it will be a fold-out in the Cults Book. Along with all…
Monomyth Art WiP VII
And the Monomyth is nearly complete, courtesy of the amazing Agathe Pitié.
Voria Art Preview
Today is the first day of Spring, and so Voria gives you her blessings! By the magnificent Loïc Muzy for the Cults Book.
How the militia trains
The militia musters together each Fire Season and learns to fight together. They aren’t drilled so much as learn how to gather together in groups, how to fight with sword and shield…
Monomyth Art WiP VI
A little preview of a world full of gods. By the amazing Agathe Pitié of course. A little less than half of the monomyth here.
Sartarite Tribal Assemblies
King of Dragon Pass and Thunder Rebels presented Sartarite tribal assemblies as pretty standardised events, like some small town city council meeting. However, in truth there’s little difference between a Sartarite tribal…
Mercenary Art Preview
Wow, just got in some of the newest art for the Sartar Book. If you think Ossi Hiekkala’s mercenary picture (attached) was good, then WOW you are in for a treat! The…
Notes on Hrestol and the Invisible God
Hrestol was the Ascended Man, son of Froalar, last of the Secret Keepers, and of Xemela, He is the great hero of the West and was born during the God Time. During…
Reinforcing the Scale
From time to time it is worth reinforcing the scale of Dragon Pass and the Holy Country. So basically, Dragon Pass is about the size of Northern California from the south shore…
History of Kethaela – The Third Age
After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…