Let’s talk a little bit about the south Pelorian Orlanthi, as I think that they are important as a background – even though the Lunar Tarshites are not merely a Lunarized variant…
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Valind within Orlanthi society
Given that we have a good foot or more of snow on the ground, now is a good time to talk about Valind within the context of Orlanthi society. Valind is the…
Dragon Pass in The Second Age
Before Arkat left in 450, he placed his troll friends into positions of leadership. The Only Old One was reinstated, and Dragon Pass became part of the Shadowlands. The Heortlings chose a…
The Collective Unconsciousness of an RPG
Among the themes I am currently most fascinated with in RPGs is moving around through a setting’s “Collective Unconsciousness”. This is occupying a lot of my creative time and attention. But what…
Cults of Glorantha update
So from time to time, people ask me – when is the Cults of Glorantha going to be published?The manuscript is done and edited, the art is done. There’s a few charts…
A Short Summary Of Argrath’s Life To 1627
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…
The Web of Arachne Solara
Glorantha is held together by the Web of Arachne Solara, a vast net woven out of the strands of myths – each the encapsulated deed of gods or heroes in the Godtime….
Notable people of the Bison Tribe
Akasta Ironspear, Tribal Khan Born 1582, Akasta became a Waha Khan by 1605, and became one the paramount leaders of the Bison Tribe during the 1610 Lunar Invasion. Passionately anti-Lunar, Akasta was…
Cults of Differing Power
So as we have noticed, the RuneQuest cults are deliberately not balanced. Some cults have way more magic – and effective magic – than others. Now that was part of Greg’s vision…
2 – The Uncles
1 – The Flame of Sartar 3 – The Underworld Characters: Argrath Orlanthi children become adults after a formal initiation ceremony, parts of which are the most closely held secrets of the clan….
Sun County Continued part 1
May 2021 by Micheal O’Brien (Mob) Old Sun Dome As one of the co-authors of the ‘Old Sun Dome’ scenario in RQ3’s Sun County, I was gratified to read Andrew Logan Montgomery‘s remarks that…
CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 16 Sorcery Spells Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the second part of Chapter 16, pages 390-401. For the Sorcery rules section see : Sorcery Q&A Boon of Kargan Tor (page 392) Boon of Kargan…
Myth of the Month: Clouds (2000)
By Greg Stafford; illustrated by Juha Harju Regular Types of Clouds The Orlanthi have several stories about where clouds come from. As usual, these are different ways of interpreting the physical phenomena…
Personalities of Glorantha – Cragspider the Firewitch (1999)
portions of this write-up originally published in The Broken Council. Mistress of the Spider Mountains, Weaver of Fate Summary Cragspider is an ancient being who resides in Kerofinela with her uzfollowers. Her…
Personality of the Month – Granny Keeneye (1998)
Originally published in the Avalon Hill supplement Griffin Island (1986). Location: The Elder Wilds Some of the Votanki of Balazar believe that Granny Keeneye is a myth — an evil witch invented…
Personalities of Glorantha – Ruric Runespear (1998)
originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #13 Human male, Rune Lord of the Pavis Sun Dome Temple This write-up made shortly before that fateful journey into the Rubble in the summer of 1612….
HQ2 – Need some help on framing contests
Need some help on framing contests Submitted by Sdrolion on Wed, 11/07/2012 – 13:43 Hey, all…I’m used to systems that break things down into turn-by-turn, round-by-round sort of play, and I’ve been…
Lingering Benefits / States of Adversities
Forums | HeroQuest Rules Discussions Lingering Benefits / States of Adversities Submitted by pansophy on Mon, 27/05/2013 – 21:04 HeroQuest Rules Discussions Recently I made a list to help me coming up…
Leveragable Items from RuneQuest 6 to HeroQuest 2
Forums | HeroQuest Rules Discussions Leveragable Items from RuneQuest 6 to HeroQuest 2 Submitted by furashgf on Tue, 14/08/2012 – 19:40 HeroQuest Rules Discussions I could be off here, but it is…
Thieves and Stars (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Thu, 02/12/2010 – 20:03 It took me a while to write something – not because of the lack of topics but due to a lot of work and…
Sartar Companion is finished! (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Tue, 19/10/2010 – 00:08 It’s out – finally! – Sartar Companion is out! I told Jeff I would not write any new blog entries until I could announce that the…
Anniversaries and nonexistent books (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Mon, 26/07/2010 – 20:12 25th July 2010 The week of problems… This week was tough for Jeff. Finn and I, we caught a bad summer flu – a really…
Myth of the Month: Shargash the Destroyer (1998)
Shargash is the celestial God of War. He is a great god, with power in all the worlds. In the sky, he is the Red Planet of War. On the earth he…
Myth of the Month: The Missionaries (2005)
Here’s a bit of an excerpt from an unfinished story that is an example of the First Age missionaries going about and spreading the Word of the Dawn. Myth of the Month: …