“Her Myth-Self does not properly sit with how the God Learners theorised how the God Time functions. The Red Goddess slices through our conception of the God Time at a right angle…
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CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents
Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia
Interacting with the Divine
Whenever we interact with the divine – the God Time, the Hero Plane, the Spirit World, whatever – we are changed by that experience. This includes initiation into cult, birth of a…
Interacting with the Hero Plane
Most cults limit their interaction with the Hero Plane to worship and other such ceremonies. The God Time is brought close, priests and initiates communicate with the Divine, draw upon the magic…
CHA4046 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
What is the Three Bean Circus?
Submitted by WoeRie on Fri, 07/06/2013 – 07:13 This time I’ll try to make my first (and small) heroquest for one of my players, who wants to initiate into the Cleansed One…
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…
On Evil and Chaos
Most creatures tainted by Chaos are simply evil. They tend to worship the gods of Chaos – the enemies of Creation – because no one else will take them. These entities are…
Prehistoric Moons
In the God Time, Glorantha had a moon or moons, sometimes described as blue, red, or even purple. Most give a celestial origin for this Lunar Goddess, calling her the daughter of…
From the letters of Sorala Tor
An Esrolian scribe in Prince Argrath’s service: “Of all the many crimes committed by the the Poisonblood Witch-Queen of the Lunar Empire (a commonly used venomous title for Jar-eel the Razoress), perhaps…
Nochet, City of Queens
Nochet is the greatest and most important city in the world, and the greatest city for a thousand miles in all directions. It is the favorite resting place of Esrola, and it…
Evil in the Golden Age ?
Submitted by Heort on Mon, 05/08/2013 – 18:09 Reading the sneak-peek v8, Appendix B, “Characteristics of the Golden Age” :Monsters: None, for whatever is not benevolent is not yet discovered.(…)Sortum : This…
Exploring Glorantha’s Collective Unconsciousness
A heroquest is an exploration of Glorantha’s collective unconsciousness – the realm of mythology. In a heroquest, the questers interact directly with the primal forces and archetypes that make up the world….
CHA4043 The Lightbringers – 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 Y Z
An Overview of Orlanth
Orlanth is worshiped in places where there is uncertainty in the air, and a strong leader can guide others through troubled times to seek peace and safety. Orlanth is manifest in the…
Hrelar Amali
Gobekli Tepe is making the rounds again and I thought this is a good opportunity to talk about Glorantha’s equivalent – Hrelar Amali, the “First Temple” of Glorantha. Hrelar Amali was built…
So what is the Hero Soul?
That’s the part of you that exists eternally in the God Time. It is part of you and means that you always exist partially in the Hero Plane. It can be encountered…
Food for Gloranthan thought
I’ve been reading Gary Lachman’s “Secret Teachers of the Western World” for non-RQ purposes but it is filled with RQ-relevant gems like this: “Considering the difficulties involved in trying to express the…
Masters of Luck and Death II
A few last notes on the Tournament of the Masters of Luck and Death. There’s a lot in this one, so I recommend reading it carefully and digesting each piece! The Tournament…
The Stitched Zoo
Among the stranger ruins from the Empire of the Wyrms Friends is the Stitched Ruins in Dragon Pass. You can still see the ruins of corrals and prison cells, and the whole…
Inspiration for the Lunar Empire
Many Lunar sources suggest that the Lunar religion is new and revolutionary. That was certainly true in the Zero and First Wanes, but the Lunar Way is now over four hundred years…
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…
Some Notes on Gloranthan Languages (2014)
The languages of all Gloranthan mortals developed from a single source, which the God Learners called “Mortal Speech”. Mortal Speech There is an ur-language that is the source of all mortal languages in…
CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 06 Skills Q&A
Official Answers by Chaosium This covers Chapter 6, pages 162-189: Modifying Skill Rolls (page 163) It’s probably second nature to experienced gamers but I don’t see anything about how the GM being…
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…