Last night’s RuneQuest session involved our intrepid adventurers and their dozen or so followers and mercenaries fight their way through zombies and skeletons into Blind King’s Castle. They succeed, although in the…
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Lunar invasion motivations
Why conquering Sartar, Prax, and the Holy Country? Once the pacification of Sartar was accomplished, troubles in distant Aggar drew much of the Provincial Army away, but the tribes remained quiet. Local…
Notes on Belintar I
As an aside, Belintar – like the Lunars – wasn’t a practical builder. He build awesome things to magically tie the Holy Country together, but not really practical things for ordinary people….
The Aeolian school of Malkionism
A few notes for today that folk might find interesting: The Aeolian Malkioni henotheist sect The Aeolian school of Malkionism worship the Invisible God as the supreme Creator, He is the Source,…
Cosmopolitan Sartar
As I have been working on the Sartar Homeland book, I’ve been struck how much more cosmopolitan Sartar becomes if you just extend the map slightly from that of the old Dragon…
Notes on the Holy Country I
For centuries, Belintar was able to coordinate magical activity to everyone’s benefit in the Holy Country. The gods were often manifest – so you didn’t need tribal rites to have that contact….
Notes on the Holy Country II
By 1350, the Hendriki kingdom is gone. Heortland – named after the great cultural hero who was often invoked by Belintar – was a Sixth of the Holy Country. The God-King kept…
The Triceratops Queen
The Triceratops Queen is a priestess of an Earth Goddess who rules over a herd of triceratopses. From time to time, the matriarch of the herd selects a new Triceratops Queen based…
House campaign
As we neared the ruins a baboon hailed us in Praxian and asked if were there to attack him. He had seen us in the ruins before as was worried. We said…
Caravans
Caravans are a huge part of the setting, particularly in Dragon Pass. Especially caravans going through Sartar once it is liberated. Beginning in 1627, the new Prince encourages caravans traffic and places…
RQG Community Resources
As I work on some community resources for RQ, I am trying to make my life a little easier by tying things to Pendragon and to the ancient world, at least for…
City Culture
Alone is culturally more like Wintertop than Alda-Chur. Alda-Chur is more like Dunstop than it is like Alone. Ponder that. Original post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RuneQuest/permalink/1636703869838939/ Note that Sartarites view those from the Alda-Chur region…
Notes on Jaldon Goldentooth
Jaldon Goldentooth is the undisputed leader of the Praxian Waha khans. A powerful Hero from the Second Age, Jaldon has sworn to follow the White Bull to the Final Battle, and shall…
Orlanthi ownership
Here’s a little snippet from a forthcoming players-oriented book I am working on: The Orlanthi divide ownership into two types of property, called earth and chattel. The Orlanthi view the Earth as…
Kallyr’s Short Lightbringers Quest 1625 – I
Getting support for an attempted Lightbringers Quest is pretty much everything Kallyr does from being acclaimed Prince until Sacred Time. She pushes hard to have the entire Orlanth cult and its associates…
Dunstop I
A few notes on the Tarshite city of Dunstop: Dunstop has a population of about 5k people and covers about 50 hectares. It is built on a low (30 meter high) hill…
Backbone of Lunar power
The strength of the Lunar Empire is not its soldiers: In our recent RQ game, my players got a good look at what the real backbone of Lunar power is – it…
New Pavis under the rule of King Argrath
A good look at the governance of New Pavis under the rule of King Argrath: Auda is the spitting image of Narmeed Whirlvishbane.
Notes on Ethilrist II
A few notes on Ethilrist and the Black Horse Troop I posted elsewhere and thought might be of interest here: Sir Ethilrist was the descendant of a long line of mercenary captains…
Eurmal’s Clown societies
One thing that gets a big emphasis in the forthcoming Cults of Glorantha are Eurmal’s Clown magical societies. Don’t think of modern clowns from the circus – think the sacred clowns of…
New Chaosium House Campaign
Made up characters for the new Chaosium House Campaign – set in Glamour. We have a noble dilettante, a mystic spymaster, a Yelmic judge, a Jakaleel shamaness-in-training, and a Spolite Black Mage….
Nochet to Glamour at 1:400,000 scale
Admittedly Glamour is not in this picture as it is just beyond the field of vision. But I see Alkoth and even Raibanth. Each sheet is an A2, so about 24 x…
Geology of Genertela map
Here’s a geology of Genertela map done by Andreas Pittelkow about 20 years ago, but much of it is still right on. The “bricked” areas are limestone strata formed during the Storm…
Defeated Lunar Regiments
After Second Moonbroth, the Marble Phalanx, Silver Shields, and Antelope Lances retreated back to New Pavis, sniped and harrassed by nomads all the way. Whatever survived fought like demons when Argrath led…