Glorantha is a rich and diverse setting and people can make their own decisions about what to do with it. With RuneQuest you can run everything from domestic “clan hearth” activities to…
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Golod the Fish God WiP preview
Progress continues on the Cults Book. I present to you Golod the Fish God, as part of the Sea Pantheon.
Storm Bull art preview
Some more awesome previews of the art in the Cults Book from Loic Muzy. I present you THE STORM BULL!!!!! In RQG Storm Bull has Air, Death, and Beast.
Cults Book WIP Art
A little work in progress from the Cults Book. It is a human picture. Part of a series from the City of Wonders, if I recall.
RuneQuest
The current edition of RuneQuest has now been out since 2018. I’m going to just start calling it RQ from now on and not RQG. I think it has earned that.
Light in the Sky
Pretty much every Gloranthan spiritual tradition says that the bright and hot Sun was killed by the Storm God, ending the Golden Age. The Orlanthi particularly emphasise this myth, as it was…
Ernalda preview art
This series of images from Loïc Muzy is particularly wonderful because it shows how he put that amazing Ernalda piece together (with a little input from me) Note that these versions are…
Magical Roads
The Mountain Peaks From each Mountain Peak, a heroquester can leap from one mountain to the next or the previous. From any mountain, one can also leap to Kero Fin. From specific…
Kallyr Starbrow
Here are some of my notes on Kallyr Starbrow for the Homeland Book: Dark Season 1625, Kallyr is acclaimed Prince. In some areas she has a lot of support, in others, not…
RQG Combat
In the duel between Achilles and Hector in the Iliad, Achilles throws his spear… and misses. Hector throws his spear … and misses. Achilles realises he threw away his best weapon and…
Hate (Lunar Empire)
It is worth contemplating that Hate (Lunar Empire) is not one of Orlanth’s Passions. But Honor is valued over all other passions by Orlanth – even Devotion, Love, and Loyalty. Most Orlanthi…
Cults Book art previews
Some previews and snippets from Loïc Muzy as he charges through the Cults book!
Quivin Mountains photo reference
A few glimpses of the Quivin mountains aka Bohinj in Slovenia. I am pretty sure I can see Hereva Mountain here! Most of the pictures were taken at 1700 meters and the…
Jonstown Library
The Jonstown Library has a collection of approximately 10,000 scrolls, gathered from across the world. A scroll typically consists of numerous sheets of parchment sewed together—this can be quite long, as a…
Lhankor Mhy and Literacy
The cult of Lhankor Mhy is responsible for teaching and training scribes. The princes of Sartar have traditionally been patrons of the cult, and literacy is surprisingly widespread, with libraries in each…
Coinage and Value
During the reign of the Sartar Dynasty, the princes minted silver coins, called Sovereigns or Guilders, for use in trade. These were modeled on the silver coins used within the Lunar Empire…
Lunar Legacy in Sartar
The Lunar Empire occupied Sartar for 23 years (from 1602 to 1625). For the first 11 years, they ruled directly through an appointed provincial governor, and then through a client king. During…
Core mythological secrets
One might view the entire Hero Wars as an extremely costly way of the Orlanthi and the Lunars teaching each other their core mythological secrets.
Argrath’s Thanes
I believe I have already listed Argrath’s principle khans as of 1625 – Yazurkial Blue Llama, Narmeed Whirlvishbane, Roneer the Hue, Zamalanth Blue Llama, Jarang Bladesong, Krogar Wolfhelm, Mularik Ironeye, Orlaront Dragonfriend,…
Heroquesting 102
OVERVIEW The process by which an individual contacts the world of the gods and grows in it is slow and gradual. When mortals participate in a religious ceremony, they expend energy and…
Heroquesting 101
Heroquesting is a powerful and rare Gloranthan activity in which the participants leave the material world and enter the realm of legend and myth to interact with heroes and gods, gambling precious…
So what is the Hero Soul?
That’s the part of you that exists eternally in the God Time. It is part of you and means that you always exist partially in the Hero Plane. It can be encountered…
Mythic Identification
For anyone curious how Identification works, here’s an example: The Earth Goddess begins: “I am the Green Goddess, Fertile Mother and Bringer of Union. I carry the Loving Cup and am served…
White Bull campaign sketches
For those of you who are enjoying the White Bull campaign, here are some cartoon sketches from Mike O’Connor: