CHA4041 Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology (2023) 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…
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Greg Sez: Heroes & Immortals (2005)
Published 10th July 2005 Question from Charles Corrigan, answer by Greg Stafford. Q: I am quite interested in the topic of very powerful people (and others) who are not apotheosized, but who…
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…
Hero Wars 1621-1627
The Hero Wars are the Big Story for the RuneQuest setting. What initially drives the Hero Wars is simple – the Sartarite drive to free themselves from the Lunar Empire and the…
Vasana Ernaldoring
Vasana Ernaldoring is one of those who fought in the Hero Wars. We know of her largely through the saga about her life attributed to Sorala Tor, a scribe who followed Argrath…
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…
Kings and Kingship
An interesting snippet from Grainger’s “Kings and Kingship in the Hellenistic World, 350-30 BC”: “For the ordinary population, the king was akin to a natural force, a power of nature. He was…
Muse Roost
I think Sir Ethilrist may have ended up with the most picturesque real estate in Dragon Pass. Muse Roost really is more like Neuschwanstein meets Gormenghast than I could have ever imagined….
Runequest Playtest Manuscript book (2016)
The RuneQuest Playtest Manuscript book is a 250+ page hardcover book created from high resolution scans of the original playtest manuscript, which has been lovingly kept in a binder for the last 40 years. The…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – E
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: E (pages 764-766) Eaglebrown Warlocks 736 Eagle People 283, 589 Eagle Phoenix Emperor 262, 682, 690, 692 Early Light 286 Early Storm Age 680,…
1 master equals 10 men (2012)
Submitted by roko_joko on Tue, 31/07/2012 – 20:37 I noticed that there’s a way to interpret HQ ability scores exponentially, with one mastery level improving your abilities by a factor of 10,…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents
Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia
White Bear & Red Moon – Prisoners (1976)
Originally published in Wyrm’s Footnotes #1 (1976) by Greg Stafford Taking Prisoners There is a certain ignominy, perhaps even a touch of evil, attached to sacrificing your own followers to gain the…
RQ Campaign book peak
A few sneak peak of the opening to one of the chapters of the RQ Campaign book. PHASE 3: PRINCE OF SARTAR 1625-1629 OVERVIEW This phase begins with the Dragonrise and is…
CHA4033 The Glorantha Sourcebook – 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
Heroquesting contexts
My hope with these posts over the past few weeks is to give an impression as to the context around heroquesting, and to get us away from the approach in the King…
The Cults of living Heroes and Gods
Many heroes and “living gods” have cults while they live. Those cults provide the hero with magical resources – however, these cults do not directly provide the worshipers with Rune spells. Instead…
Becoming a Hero
Greg speculated that to become a Hero, one needed to: 1. Participate in at least two “great events” – heroquests outside of those known by cult or tradition. This would include cult…
ISS4001 King of Sartar 2nd Edition – Index
Page numbers refer to the King of Sartar 2nd Edition: Numbers (Dates) 375 ST 43, 97, 99, 171 575 ST 115, 155 700 ST 6, 156, 223, 227 920 ST 171, 223,…
The Lunar Dynasty in Tarsh
King Pharandros of Tarsh has been on throne for 15 years in 1625. Educated in Glamour and Syllila, Pharandros is culturally a Lunar Heartlander. The son of the famed Lunar magician and…
Heroquesting and the Hero Wars
Here’s a snippet from a discussion I am having elsewhere that I think is of broad general interest: I think for almost everyone heroquesting falls into one of two categories: 1. We do…