Official Answers from Chaosium The Monomyth Myth: The Seven Hells “… At the outskirts of this realm are the Courts of Silence, where Daka Fal judges the dead. …” Shouldn’t that be “is…
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CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 13 Rune Magic Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the first part of Chapter 13, pages 313-317. For the Rune Magic Spells, see Chapter 13 Rune Magic Spells Q&A See also the Red Book of…
Shargash
War God, Destroyer Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Lunar Way 142 2024 None listed n/a Associated cult:Yanafal Tarnils Mythology 40, 123 2023 5th-9th Copper Plates of YuthuppaProsopaedia entry Prosopaedia 110…
Eiritha
Herd Mother This is the cow-mother. She is the source of fecundity and rich milk for all hoofed and horned creatures. Every farmer or herder calls her by whatever local animal he…
Etyries
Messenger of the Red Goddess Several humans became demigods and filled roles in the Lunar pantheon. One of these was the frustrated daughter of a southern merchant who went to hear the…
CHA4034 Red Book of Magic – Chapter 02 Rune Magic Spells Q&A (A-M)
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the second part of Chapter 2, (A-M), pages 10-67: It also contains the Q&A for Rune spells in: For the Rune Magic rules, see Chapter 02…
Man Rune (2012)
Submitted by Araknir on Mon, 23/07/2012 – 14:46 Hello, I’m starting mastering the Colymar campain, and one of my players decided to take the Man Rune as a 3rd rune (with Air…
What is Magic?
An act of magic in Glorantha is an exchange of energies between mortal and myth. The mythic world includes the gross intangibles, such as the Platonic ideals or conceptions such as Love,…
Excerpt – Cosmology (1981)
Originally published in Cults of Terror Before Creation In analyzing the mythos of Glorantha, four streams of belief prevail. They sometimes mingle and sometimes flow in separate channels, but they all flow…
Foundchild a few questions (2013)
Submitted by Iskallor on Fri, 22/03/2013 – 06:01 What are his runes? Death and Harmony in the Griffin mt book, is this still correct? In a HQII context what powers could a…
ISS1310 Storm Tribe: The Cults of Sartar (2001)
This is the companion volume to Thunder Rebels. It describes the minority cults and societies that are important to the Heortling culture and Orlanthi religion. Note that several items that were previously…
Lodril
Father of Peasants and Volcanoes, The Low Fire This god is brother to Dayzatar and Yelm, and father of the three Lowfires. He is the personification of the common man. Write up…
ISS1001-H HeroQuest – Limited Edition Hardcover (2003)
1001H. HeroQuest – Limited Edition Hardcover HeroQuest Price $100.00 288 pages, standard format Available: Ships in August 2003 HeroQuest Design by Greg Stafford.Original Game Design by Robin D. Laws.Development assistance by Mark Galeotti, Roderick Robertson,…
Arraz
King of Above, Father of Stars Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 11 2023 n/a Cults of Glorantha Preview 235 2019 per Rune spell n/a Associate cult:Polaris Guide to Glorantha…
Play around with Gloranthan myths
Dan Zappone asked a very good question about how to get your players to play around with Gloranthan myths, especially in hero quests. Here are some thoughts of mine that I thought…
CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 12 Rune Cults The Cults Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium This covers the second part of Chapter 12, pages 289-311: For the Rune Cult Rules see the previous section: Rune Cults Q&A Babeester Gor (page 289) Full Cult write up in…
Chalana Arroy
Goddess of Healing, the healer, one of the Lightbringers This merciful goddess is both a Lightbringer and a member of Yelm‘s household. She knows how to heal all diseases and wounds, and…
Daka Fal
Judge of the dead The Courts of Silence squat at the outskirts of Hell. Within this mighty, grim hall is a great dais upon which sit three entities. In the center is…
Dayzatar
Holy and aloof Sky god Dayzatar, the shining sky, was once situated much closer to the world and was more accessible to his worshipers. During the Gods War Dayzatar retreated from the…
Donandar
God of minstrels and players, The Cosmic Harmony Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Mythology 121 2023 n/a Earth Goddesses 9, 70six pages 2023 n/a Subcults:Drogarsi, Molamin, SkovariAssociate cults: Ernalda, Eurmal,…
Malkionism
There are a bit more than 8 million Malkioni in Glorantha, most being in Seshnela or western Fronela. Malkionism is, if anything, even trickier than the Lunar Way to define. All Malkioni…
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…
Hon-eel
The Dancer, the Lunar Earth Goddess and Mother of Maize, Third Inspiration of Moonson, lunar goddess of rebirth Hon-eel appeared after the Lunar Empire was desolated by horse barbarian attacks. She restored…
Horned Man
The Great Shaman, the Horned God The Horned Man is the Father of Shamans. During the Great Darkness he sang great runes using his wit, skill, and deadliness, to trick Chaos into…
Kolat
Father of winds Kolat is the father of the Seven Winds: North Wind, South Wind, East Wind, West Wind, plus three secret winds (Higher, Lower, and No-wind) known only to a few…