I’m reading a fascinating little book on the Seleukid Royal Economy, that is filled with world building gems. Greg would have totally dug this. A few interesting takeaways: The Lunar Heartlands has…
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Jaxarte on the Borderlands
First published in Tales of the Reaching Moon issue #5Copyright © 1991 by Michael O’Brien Weis DomainJaxarte’s first journey in his capacity as Commissioner of the Imperial Census was to Sun County, where his political…
Argrath’s Story
So the basic story is that Argrath was exiled to Prax as a youth. He was taken as a slave by the Bison Tribe, but while a slave he found/freed the White…
Thoughts on city size
When we think about most cities in RuneQuest, they are pretty small. New Pavis is a little over 5000 people. Jonstown, Swenstown, and Wilmskirk are even smaller – none are more than…
Pelorian Earth Cults
One thing that writing the Cults Book has really hammered into me is how much fear the traditional rulers of Peloria (aka the Yelm cult) have for Lodril as Monster Man. But…
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….
RuneQuest Design Decisions
So I figure I’d walk folk through some of the design decisions behind the current RQ releases. 1. The Cults Book underpins everything. If you want to have Lunars, Praxians, Balazarings, Sartarites,…
Notes on Handra & Corflu
A lot of people instantly associate Handra and its isles with Venice. But another City of the Seven Isles is Mumbai, with its isles of Bombay, Parel, Mahim, Mazagaon, Worli, Colaba, and…
Imagining the Yelmalio cult
One of the difficulties people have in imagining the Yelmalio cult is that the best described temple is the one in Prax, aka Sun County. Sun County, if you all recall was…
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…
Heroquest Activities in RQG
When we think about Heroquests in RuneQuest, we really have two types of activities under that rubric. The first is the most common. Initiates and Rune masters (who are of course also…
The Failure of Whitewall
In late 1621, Whitewall fell to the Lunar Army after a siege that lasted more than two years. Huge amounts of magic, life, and treasure was spent by the Lunar Empire to…
Notes on Chalana Arroy II
Chalana Arroy has a surprisingly large cult and constitutes a widespread non-violent, merciful, and vegetarian movement throughout Central Genertela. Chalana Arroy is both supportive of the ruling gods and also constitutes a…
Doubt about the naming contest in Red Moon Rising (Pavis gateway to adventure)(2012)
Submitted by mefet on Sun, 26/08/2012 – 14:41 There is something I don’t understand about the consequences of victory in the naming contest in page 333. The names that the heroes add…
Myth of the Month: The Orogeria Moon (1998)
The Red Goddess established, though her Travel and Journey experience, that She, as the goddess Orogeria, was the first planetary body to rise into the sky after the Kazkurtum. Dayzataran priests and…
Greg Sez Guest: Dragon Slayers and Dragons of Saird (Feb 1999)
Occasionally Greg had guests answer the Q&As in Greg Sez, this one had a twist! Question from GREG STAFFORD. Answers by HARALD SMITH. Q: “Who were the famous Sairdite kings of war…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – S
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: S (page 788 – 793) Sabadari 229, 233 Sabaki Gorge 561, 572, 573 Sabaki River 569, 572 Saber-toothed cats 311 Saber-tooth Salmon 636 Saber-tooth…
Lunar Imperial Clans – the Sixth Wane (2012)
Submitted by keith on Mon, 06/08/2012 – 09:39 I’ve been looking at the Lunar Satrapal families and their relationships with the Moonson, and it seems to me there are more than a…
Original Horse People
In the Grey Age, there were two main groups of horse people in Peloria. One was west of the Hungry Plateau/Jord Mountains in what is now Saird (Vanch, Terarir, and Holay). These…
Art Direction for Cover of the Guide
Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 01/11/2012 – 12:55 The Guide to Glorantha is a special book and needs a special cover. This is the story of the evolution of the cover from…
ISS1301 Thunder Rebels – Player’s Book for Orlanthi Barbarians – The Thunder Rebels
Latest revision: 15 Dec 2000 We are Orlanthi. This is our Way. Talkative, simple, passionate, deep-hearted, life and laughter loving, direct, untroubled, unreflective, violent, restless, imaginative, stubborn. Such are the Heortlings. These…
History of Dragon Pass in the Second Age
Here are some notes that I’ve compiled about the so-called Empire of the Wyrms Friends. Of interest here is to note that there is actually no period when they called themselves by…
Pavis: Gateway to Adventure Index
This is the index for the Moon Design Publication the Pavis: Gateway to Adventure. A Adari 29, 30, 32, 33, 36, 39, 42, 55, 66, 164, 167, 232, 259 Adoration 170 Agimori 36, 46,…
The Lunar Army in the Holy Country
The Lunar Army in the Holy CountryLast little Lunar army snippet from the Guide, just to give an idea how many Lunars are actually committed to the theatre in the Holy Country….