By now there is enough out there in the Cults of RuneQuest series to get a feel for many of the major cults in Genertela. When the Solar book comes out next,…
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Underground Adventures
Underground adventures – ancient ruins, caves, tunnels, etc. – are particularly exciting in RuneQuest. First – combat in Darkness is filled with perils. Missile weapons are often close to useless. Melee weapons…
Half-folk
Through the blessings of the Nandan subcult of Ernalda, it is possible for someone to bear a child to term even if that would not normally be biologically possible. One consequence of…
Population demographics of New Pavis and the Big Rubble
If we look at Pavis and the Big Rubble as a whole, there are some 7400 humans, 2500 trolls, 1000 aldryami, 200 dwarfs, 150 dragonewts, and 750 other sentients (including broo &…
Crime and Law in Orlanthi cities
There really aren’t police or courts as we understand it in Orlanthi cities such as Boldhome, Jonstown, or New Pavis. There is usually a city guard that guards the city gates, maintain…
Orlanthi Leaders
Orlanthi leaders need to have the ability and willingness to personally use violence for the benefit of the community-at-large and for personal considerations, and have a network of connections with other violent…
Choosing Leaders
Among the Orlanthi, leaders require the consent of their assembled community (who often gather with arms) before taking power (this is not the same as being elected but is somewhat similar) and…
Vulture Country
Beyond the eastern highlands of the River of Cradles is Vulture Country, a desolate badlands. Some 50 km wide, the area is an arid desert getting no more than 0 to 20…
The building of Pavis 830 ST
Old Pavis was built of stone, not adobe or brick. Let’s start with this passage about the building of Pavis: After the Too Tall Battle, the Faceless Statue collapsed, all magical energies…
Trolltown in The Big Rubble I
Some 2000 trolls now reside in Trolltown. Powerful troll kinship groups have taken over the intact villas, which may be the home of 50-120 dark trolls, trollkin, and great trolls. The largest…
Lanbril rings in New Pavis and the Big Rubble
A few notes on the various Lanbril rings in New Pavis and the Big Rubble: Yes, that means there are some 800 or so people associated with the Lanbril cult, even if…
Notes on The Red Goddess and Chaos II
Most non-Illuminated Lunars rationalize the Red Goddess’ association with Chaos connection by reasoning that she makes use of Chaos so that she might confound and defeat her foes. We’ve heard countless variations…
The Plans of King Pharandros, Fire Season 1626
In Fire Season of 1626, King Pharandros of Tarsh makes his play to reconquer Dragon Pass. Pharandros has spent his treasure and the last two seasons rebuilding the Provincial Lunar Army. By…
RuneQuest Combat is Not Balanced
RuneQuest combat is extremely dangerous and yet RuneQuest adventurers often find themselves in situations where combat is going to be necessary to go deeper into a situation. Given that RuneQuest is deliberately…
The Pavis Temple in 1625
For those of you who are interested in the makeup of the Pavis Temple in 1625, here’s some notes: Current Members Former Members /s Notes on Ranks
Notes on Waha
Waha has the second biggest cult in Prax (after Eiritha). Now he’s an unusual god, in that he doesn’t appear until after the defeat of the Devil by Storm Bull. Waha was…
Shamans
Shamans are an alternative path towards magic power, quite different from Rune Priests and Rune Lords. To begin with, many shamans are outside of the structures – they are initiates of the…
Lunar Governors of Prax
As an aside, it is worth comparing Sor-eel, the first Lunar Governor of Prax, to Halcyon var Enkorth, the second Lunar Governor. Sor-eel the Short was a member of one of the…
Ruling Pavis after the Lunar Occupation
For most of the last fifty years, the city government was run by the city council, whose members are appointed by tradition from the guilds and the ruling families. This means the…
The Lunar Religion in post-Liberation Prax
Following the liberation of Pavis by the White Bull, the Lunar Army was forced out of Prax, and all arrangements those dependent on the presence of the Lunar Army collapsed. The governor…
Badside – Outside Pavis & the Big Rubble
About 1490 there was a new settlement started outside of the walls of Pavis. It was called the City of Thieves (now called Badside), and it was permitted both as a favour…
The Cult of Pavis III
Pavis has a total of about 1700 initiates and another 2500 or so lay members in all of Glorantha. About 500 of those initiates live in the Big Rubble, where they form…
The Lightbringers in New Pavis
There are some 1200 initiates of the Seven Lightbringers in New Pavis, fully a third of the adult residents in the city. Now more than half are Orlanth initiates, and Orlanth is…
Kinship Groups in New Pavis
Outside of the Big Rubble, there are some 24,000 humans in Pavis County. About 2/3rds of them are Sartarite settlers or their descendants. The first settlers came with Dorasar in 1550. They…