Sorcery is the third major magic system, after spirit magic and Rune magic. It is fundamentally concerned with understanding the source of everything and the ultimate principles underlying reality. In the core…
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Trader Princes
The Trader Princes developed out of a caravan route between Safelster and Esrolia that was established around 1200 ST. Caravanserai needed to be established and fortified, alliances needed to be made with…
The Pol-Joni Tribe
The Pol-Joni live on the Plains of Prax. Unlike the other Praxian tribes, the Pol-Joni are horse-riding, cattle-herding nomads who worship Orlanth and the storm gods rather than Waha. They mainly herd…
Notes on Spirit Cults II
Spirit cults are an easy way to give players access to Rune spells that they cannot normally get from their local cults. For example, if the players (a bunch of Lightbringers cultists)…
Notes on Holay
Directly north of Tarsh is Holay, which includes Mirin’s Cross, the great Daughter’s Road from Jillaro to Filichet, and several Sun Dome Temples. Holay is the most populous of the Lunar Provinces,…
Cult Demographics of the Lunar Empire
There are about 1.25 million Seven Mothers initiates in Glorantha. There’s probably another 330k Lunar initiates of other cults on top of that. That is one of the most successful new religious…
Culture Precedes Cults
It is fascinating how hard it is for us post-modern Westerners to disentangle themselves from the idea that culture precedes cults, even in a fantasy setting such as Glorantha. To a very…
The Esrolian Monomyth
Some of you might find this interesting – it is a common version of the myth cycle told in the Holy Country. You might consider this the Esrolian version of the monomyth….
Notes on The City of Wonders
The City of Wonders circa 1550 was the greatest city in the Holy Country, and one of the greatest cities in the world. With a population of 50,000 souls it was probably…
The Monomyth
And one more. This will be appearing in the Cults Book and is filled with careful information about the monomyth: Between the years 650 S.T. and 1050 S.T. the God Learners explored…
Notes on Calyz, the Fire of Men
Teshnos is about 1800 km away from the Mirrorsea Bay, which takes some 7-10 days of sailing with good weather. The most interesting of the Teshnite gods to me is Calyz, the…
Notes on Beast People
There are some 25,000 Beast People and another 10,000 Ducks in Dragon Pass. The Beast Men include centaurs, ducks, minotaurs, satyrs, manticores, tiger-men, bird women, fox women, bug heads, and often many…
Tournaments and Scenarios
Gamers are free to use any material on this site in their personal gaming. If you’ve had fun using anything here, or got some suggestions or new ideas to take stuff further, get…
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,…
CHA4034 Red Book of Magic – Chapter 02 Rune Magic Spells Q&A (N-Z)
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the second part of Chapter 2, (N-Z) pages 67-104 It also contains the Q&A for Rune spells in: For the Rune Magic rules, see Chapter 02…
The Founding of the Colymar Tribe
Colymar was the son of a farmer of the Orshanti Clan of the Hendriki, born around 1270. His wife, Hareva, was an Earth Priestess from Esrolia. Together with their boon companions Fantarl…
The Jrusteli Pattern
The Jrusteli Pattern is a city plan found mainly in the coastal regions. It has a central market, a nearby public and temple complex, and straight main streets. The city becomes a…
Notes on the Machine God
The God Learners made their foray into creating an artificial god with Zistor the Machine God. The Clanking City was first established in God Forgot around 740. It was a God Learner…
Same God – Different Name, Different Stories
Something people often get tripped up on – many gods have different names and some different stories known to different cultures. Orlanth is called Rebellus Terminus among other names in old Dara…
RQG Cults allowing Sorcerers or Shaman
This covers: Cult SorcererInitiates CultSorcerer ShamanInitiates CultShaman Aldrya ForbiddenCoR:E 35 No YesRQB 26CoR:E 33 YesRQB 26CoR:E 33 Argan Argar Not forbiddenCoR: Current draft No Not forbiddenCoR: Current draft No Asrelia Not forbiddenCoR:E…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium Front Cover / Back Cover Figures Who are all the figures on the front and back covers, I know a few but who are the rest? Thanks to…
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Priest of the High Gods Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 22 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index
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About the New Prosopaedia
So now that many of you all have the Prosopaedia, let me talk a little bit about the book. The Prosopaedia was obviously inspired by the short pamphlet of the same name…
CHA4043 The Lightbringers – Index
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