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…
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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…
Corruption in the Lunar Empire
Is corruption a major problem within the Lunar Empire? Is this something the infamous Tax Demons would deal with, or would Moonson and the authorities turn a blind eye to such practices…
Army Recruitment
Most Gloranthan armies are recruited in the following ways: Tribal militia. Members of the local community perform military service as part of belonging to the community. Among the Sartarites and Praxians, this is…
Visualising Gloranthan Societies
I like to think of mortal Gloranthan societies as being made of clusters of temples, with links to their associates. Some cults – like Orlanth and Ernalda – end up with big…
The Lunar Occupation of New Pavis (1610-1624)
The Lunar Occupation of New Pavis lasted about 14 years. The city resisted the Lunar Army in 1610 for a single day, then opened its gates to the besiegers. There was a…
Werewolves in Sartar
Sartar has one of the – if not the – highest percentages of werewolves of any civilized kingdom. Some 2% of the population are werewolves! The Prince is defended by werewolves and…
ISS3011 The Book of Heortling Mythology – Index
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White Bull Season 1 Episode 03 – transcript
0:09welcome back to another episode of the chaosium house runequest campaign i’m jeff richard and i’ll be your game0:16master tonight uh once again i’d like to thank my players claudia loroff0:21linda borgen…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 06 – transcript
[Music]0:11welcome back to another episode of the Chaosium house Runequest campaign0:17i’m jeff richard and i will be your game master tonight i first want to thank all my players0:22claudia lorov linda borgen…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 17 – transcript
0:09good evening and welcome to another episode of the white bull campaign this is the house0:17chaosium runequest campaign i’m jeff richard and i’ll be your gm tonight0:23and here are my players claudia…
What are the Hero Wars?
As the books repeatedly say, the backdrop for RuneQuest is the Hero Wars. But what the heck is that? The Hero Wars has at its core the conflict between Orlanth and the…
CHA4046 The Glorantha Sourcebook (2024)
The Glorantha Sourcebook is an essential resource for Greg Stafford’s world of Glorantha, one of the most extensively developed and renowned fantasy settings of all time. A world of mythology, gods, and…
White Bull Season 2 Episode 07 – transcript
of Kallyr Starbrow doesn’t she look friendly super0:06super happy like an angry pippy longstocking informal0:13hippie long star angry long stopping that is now Kallyr’s name in my head0:22[Music]0:28forever welcome back to another…
White Bull Season 2 Episode 12 – transcript
okay what is she doing Nisk she’s trying to set herself up to be0:05prince [Music]0:15ah welcome back to another exciting adventure of the Chaosium house Runequest campaign Jeff Richard i0:23will be your…
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…
Hard-Wired Gloranthan Conflicts
There are some big conflicts hard-wired into the Glorantha setting, including (but not limited to): These conflicts are macro and microcosmic. Political conflict often echo these cosmic conflicts – for example, Sartar…
Why did Pavis build his City?
Big picture – We all know the basic story – in 830 after many years and preparations, Pavis and his companions snuck deep into Dagori Inkarth and animated the Faceless Statue. He…
The Cult of Pavis I
The Pavis cult is really quite small, likely less than 2000 initiates in the world. Maybe 300 reside in New Pavis, 500 or so reside in the Big Rubble. As many as…
Beyond Prax
When a nomadic group is forced out of Prax, they retreat across the Vulture Country into the Genert Wastes. Vulture Country is about as bleak a terrain as it comes. Beyond Vulture…
Levels of The Big Rubble
SPOILERS AHEAD! If we think about the Big Rubble as a sprawling collection of dungeons, it has four basic levels: From a design and play perspective, the Big Rubble lets you introduce…
Dorasar, Prince of Pavis
Eonistaran the Sage, a son of King Sartar, lived in Jonstown as the chief librarian of the Jonstown Library. His sons were raised in Boldhome with their cousins, the princes of Sartar….
The Biggest Cults in New Pavis
By far, the biggest two cults in New Pavis are Orlanth and Ernalda. Let’s start with Orlanth. Since the city’s liberation, the Air Temple has been restored and is at the center…
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…
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…