ANDIN Innate Abilities: [Negative emotion] 2W, Know Human Culture 17, Large 15, Strong 18, Tough 18, Ugly 18 Magic: Initiate of [Adpara deity] Typical weapons & armour: Axe +3, naginata +4, dart…
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Part 11 – Non-chaotic Monsters of Pamaltela
AMPHISBOENA (Amphisboena cendrys) Bite 2W2+2, Scaly Hide +2, Agile 15W, Dodge Attack 5W, Jump 12W, Large 15, Roll Fast 8W, Tough 15W Venom: Debilitating, Lethal, Potency 15W2 Distribution: Jolar, Kothar Habitat: Plains…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents
Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia
Part 5 – Reptilian Carnivores
CONSTRICTOR SNAKES There are many constrictor snakes found throughout Pamaltela, although the largest are restricted to Erinorru. Most are too small to threaten humans, and prey upon small mammals such as rats…
Part 1 – Mundane Carnivores
Jackals (Canis aureus and others) Distribution: Wenelia, Kothar, Jolar Jackals are a similar size to foxes, with a coat of yellowish to black fur. They feed off carrion, scavenging the dead flesh that few…
Notes on Eclipses
In most of Glorantha, there are not regular solar eclipses (only if you are directly under the Red Moon), but there has been one solar eclipse in Time – the Sunstop. Here’s…
Sartarite Military
Prior to the Lunar Occupation, the Sartarite army was primarily foot militia led by mounted noblemen called thanes. The army was augmented by warrior societies, mercenaries, and various allied troops (such as…
Harmast’s Saga
Pilgrimage and Commentary: This is the most current version of the most influential text of the Orlanthi and a foundational text for Orlanthi literature (and influential far beyond). Harmast’s Narrative forms the core of the…
Notes on Saird
The original “homeland” of the Yelmalio cult was Saird, a border land between Dragon Pass and Dara Happa. In the early First Age, this was a mixing ground of settlers from Dragon…
History of Orlanthi Cities
If we think about the history of the Orlanthi, their original Dawn Age settlements were “hill fort villages” – this is where they survived the Greater Darkness and Grey Ages. The entire…
Feeding Boldhome
Normally a city gets most of its food from within about 30km. Within about 30 km of Boldhome is about 250-300 km2 of cultivated land, raising mainly wheat. Now that is enough…
The Nochet Hippodrome
Copyright © 1999 by Michael O’Brien [XXIX.loznoch.1/intr] From the “Lonely Lozenge Guide to Nochet”, by Beardless Beornie Oban (Rough Guide Scrolls, Mirin’s Cross 7/48) The Hippodrome is, to perhaps even a greater…
Greater and Major Gods
So as I check over some of the material about to go to the printer soon, I was comparing things to a list Greg had written some years ago, listing all the…
Silver Lunars and Costs
Silver coinage is incredibly common. The caravan trade between the Holy Country and the Lunar Empire uses silver. The Lunars also dump a huge amount of silver into circulation to pay their…
Machine City and God Forgot
As we all know, magic is the result of drawing upon the timeless and eternal “God Time” to affect the material world of Time. And so sorcery as a magic system is…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #19
[XXIX.loznoch.1/intr] From the “Lonely Lozenge Guide to Nochet”, by Beardless Beornie Oban (Rough Guide Scrolls, Mirin’s Cross 7/48) The Hippodrome is, to perhaps even a greater degree than the Great Temple of the Earth,…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #16
[XXIX.777.49.e/2.3] “It was with some trepidation I approached the Great Temple of Peace. The austere columned facade seemed designed to over-awe by its sheer inhuman scale. Its steps, walls and pillars, of highly…
Kallyr Starbrow
Here are some of my notes on Kallyr Starbrow for the Homeland Book: Dark Season 1625, Kallyr is acclaimed Prince. In some areas she has a lot of support, in others, not…
RQG Combat
In the duel between Achilles and Hector in the Iliad, Achilles throws his spear… and misses. Hector throws his spear … and misses. Achilles realises he threw away his best weapon and…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #11
[XXVIII. 33-098] No one may enter the Maslo city of Jolin. in Flanch on the Onlaks peninsula, without a two pound bag of salt, which is used to poison the land around…
Alda-Chur
With about 4000 permanent residents Alda-Chur is the second largest city in Sartar. A quick cult breakdown for Alda-Chur: Important note: Post-Dragonrise Alda-Chur is the main stronghold of the Lunar Empire outside…
Cult Membership in Sartar
How many members of my cult are there in Sartar? There are about 170k people in Sartar (including the Far Point but not the Pol-Joni). Let’s assume a little over half are…
Lismelder tribal lands
Here’s another sneak peak of the Sartar map. Here’s Lismelder land. One nice thing about this snippet here is that is shows just how close Delecti is to the Lismelder, and how…
The Dragonewts’ Dream
In 1539 the famous Dragonewts’ Dream began, and ended two years later. At this time the real dragonewts seemed to go about their normal business in their cities and outside. But in…
Red Moon in Prax
Prax is said to have been under Lunar influence since the beginning of Time, for is not Time the source and strength of the Lunar Empire? So the Imperial scholars would have…