Questions by Innerworlder2000, answers by Greg Stafford. Published 1st Apr 2007 Q: The first question I have concerns economics and technology for Peloria in the Second Age. A: I am having some…
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Spell Casting “Cost”
Forums | HeroQuest Rules Discussions Spell Casting “Cost” Submitted by GianniVacca on Wed, 17/10/2012 – 08:03 HeroQuest Rules Discussions Hi Is spell casting “free” under the HQ rules? With the RQ…
Sea 1605: Moot
Introduction: In our game the heroes participated in a blood vengeance raid on Liek’s Stead following the attack on Brightwater. This began a cycle of feud with the Split Waters. The outline of…
HQ2 – Conversion Rules for RQIII to HQ – is there such a thing? (2013)
Submitted by Mr Smith on Sun, 10/02/2013 – 22:59 Thanks to Charles for replying to a previous posting. I’m continuing this discussion as a new topic, but to get the rest of…
Les Dieux Nomades / Nomad Gods Corrections and Clarifications (1997)
originally published in The Book of Drastic Resolutions, Volume Prax by Stephen Martin. What follows is errata for the Wizard’s Attic translation of Les Dieux Nomades, the French version of Nomad Gods….
Hero Wars: Wyters Q&A (2002)
Hero Wars Questions & Answers with Stefan Drawert and Greg Stafford, 26 Dec 2002 Stefan: For my campaign I urgently need to know some details about wyters. Greg: First, remember that you…
NPCs versus Player Heroes (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Wed, 25/08/2010 – 15:17 As I wrote in my last blog today I will discuss characters (you know – the thing when somebody tells you about his or…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – G
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: G (pages 768-771) Gabaryanga 553, 562 Gadaringer dynasty 193 Gadmus 712 Gadmusland 712 Gagark Evil Mouth 247 Gagarth 364, 651, 666 Gagarth winds 666…
Myth of the Month: Aedin’s Wall (2000)
Aedin’s Wall is the name of the wall that surrounds Orlanth’s hamlet Aedin was a daimon who lived upon the slope of the Spike during the Golden Age. He was lazy and…
Notes on The Arrowsmith Dynasty (860-940)
I’ve assembled a few notes and cut and paste them together to get a good overview of the rise and fall of the Arrowsmith Dynasty of Pavis. There’s a LOT in here,…
The Contradiction of the Lunar Way
The events of the Godtime eternally recur within Time. Each dusk, Orlanth slays Yelm and sends him off to the Underworld. Each dawn, Yelm rises triumphant from Hell, heralded by Theya. The…
CHA4046 The Glorantha Sourcebook – Contents
Introduction History of Dragon Pass The Elder races Theogony Time Gods of the lunar way The Redline History of the Lunar Empire Gloranthan Magic Gods and Mortals Sartar Magical Union
Magic from Demigods
In general, you can’t get Rune magic by offering worship to a living demigod such as the Red Emperor, Jar-eel, Belintar, or Androgeus. You offer them magic points out of respect, self-interest,…
Chaos in Glorantha
From the earliest days of Glorantha, Chaos was not like the other Runes. It first shows up in Greg’s stories with Gbaji. The earliest description of the Chaos Rune places it among…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 26 – transcript
0:08okay welcome back to another episode of the White Bull campaign the Chaosium house0:17Runequest campaign. I’m Jeff Richard and i will be your gamemaster for tonight and0:23if you all remember last session…
ISS3007 Arcane Lore – Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S S (cont.) T U V W X Y Z
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…
An Ancient Dawn Age document from Brithos
The following is an ancient Dawn Age document from Brithos. It predates the Gbaji Wars, and likely dates to the time of the Serpent Kings. It is some of Greg’s oldest writings….
Notes on Jar-eel the Razoress II
Jar-eel the Razoress can be difficult to get a handle on. Rather than think of her as a heroine, it might be easier to think of her as the Moon Goddess incarnated…
Evolving the Setting
In the last month, I’ve been posting a lot of notes about the Hero Wars and how it changes. Couple of reasons for it – most important is that I am trying…
On Broken Gods and Dead Gods
The Gods War pitted the cosmos against itself. Air fought with Sky, Water tried to drown Earth, and Darkness contended with Light. At first the consequences of defeat was being broken into…
Part 17 – Chaos Monsters of Pamaltela
CHARNJIBBER (Metamorphosum ephemerus) Tentacles (see below), Grapple 15W, Cunning 12W, Tough 12W2 Distribution: Throughout Pamaltela and Slon Habitat: Any Charnjibbers are bizarre chaos creatures which take on the form of whichever creature…
Part 16 – Chaos Monsters of Genertela
Cockatrice Claws & Tail 5W+1, Peck 8W, Scaly Hide +2, Agile 8W, Fly Fast 2W, Resist Magic 5W, Strong 17 Venom: Instant, Petrifying, Potency 18W Distribution: Maniria, Peloria, Seshnela, Ralios, Fronela, Umathela…
Part 10 – Other Invertebrates
CENTIPEDE, GIANT (Scolopendra ultralongus) Bite 12W+3, Pinch (with hind legs) 5W+1, Chitin +4, Dig 5W, Fearless 15W, Hear Prey 10W, Hide in Cover 8W, Large 12W, Scuttle Quickly 5W, Strong 12W, Tough…
Part 2 – Mundane Herbivores
ARTMAL AND THE DIRE BEASTS (Doraddi) In ancient times, Artmal came down from the moon to the lands of the Agimori, and commanded his followers, the Veldang, to build great cities, raise…