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Hero Wars: Beyond Humanity (2000)
Originally part of ISS1102 Glorantha, Introduction to the Hero Wars Last revision: 15 Dec 2000 Realms other than the center of the world exist. Humans teem in the center, clustered on fragments…
Breakfast and Games: A new blog (2010)
Submitted by Claudia on Fri, 16/07/2010 – 22:41 This morning, Orlanth called thunder and lightning down on us – I decided it’s a good day to start this blog! Introduction: My name is…
Hero Wars: Wyters Q&A (2002)
Hero Wars Questions & Answers with Stefan Drawert and Greg Stafford, 26 Dec 2002 Stefan: For my campaign I urgently need to know some details about wyters. Greg: First, remember that you…
Personalities of Glorantha – Fazzur Wideread (1998)
Fazzur Wideread, Governor-General of Dragon Pass, originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #12 (1981) This write-up as of Storm Season, 1613 S.T. Fazzur was born on Fireday, Illusion Week, Fire Season in 1564….
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…
White Bear & Red Moon – The Sisters of Mercy (1977, 1992)
Originally published in Wyrms Footnotes #3 (1977) by Greg Stafford, with additions taken from River of Cradles (1992) The Sisters of Mercy THE SISTERS OF MERCY live in an invisible nunnery whose…
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
Runes & Glyphs (2004)
Note that many of these are personal not core runes. Based on the Common and uncommon runes document from 2004, with See Glyph and Notes columns added. A Deity / Name Rune Meaning…
Elder Secrets of Glorantha – Contents
Secrets Book 1 Elder Races Book 2
Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult
For Publications: Common Magic Common Spell RQG RBM Cost Command (cult spirit) 323 30 2 Dismiss Magic 326 44 1+ Divination 327 45 1+ Extension 328 49 1-5 Find Enemy 328 51…
Yelm & Chaos
For most Gloranthan religions, Chaos is something outside of the realm of gods and spirits. There are a few gods or spirits that were corrupted by Chaos or who otherwise embraced it…
Non-Chaotic cults & Primal Chaos
What cults would have a less antagonistic view of chaos (particularly seeing it as simply a part of the greater world at large rather than something ‘evil’ or inherently ‘wrong?’) Let’s put…
Second Age Overview
So based on the past few posts, hopefully I conveyed the idea that the Second Age featured widespread mythic experimentation and exploration. Not only did we have God Learnerism, dragonic mysticism, and…
Notes on Jar-eel the Razoress I
Arguably the mightiest hero in Glorantha at this time is Jar-eel the Razoress. She has loads of titles – Fourth Inspiration of Moonson, Incarnation of the Red Goddess in Time, daughter/lover/mother of…
The Red Goddess in Time
So let’s think a little bit about the presence of the Red Goddess in Time. She is a Greater God who appeared during Time, embraces Chaos, and her very existence violates the…
The Glowline
Normally, Lunar Rune magic and Lunar magical techniques are only at full effectiveness three days out of the week. The other four days a week, Lunar magic is either underpowered or not…
God Time Paradox of the Red Goddess Cult
Some food for thought – Almost all of the Lunar temples outside of the Lunar Heartlands are unusual in that they do not have a ready connection with the history or mythological…
The Lunars and Chaos
The Red Goddess – a normally benevolent goddess, who freed Peloria from Carmanian bondage and liberated their minds from fear and hate – is a Chaos deity. She has the Runes of…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Contents
Pantheons Entries Bold entries appeared in the 1985 Prosopaedia
Current Tarsh Politics
To understand Tarsh in the current time, one needs to understand how important the last three generations of the Blacktooth family (the Orindori) have been. Vostor Blacktooth, Fazzur’s father, was a loyal…
Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book
I am wrapping up the final text of the Gods and Goddesses of Glorantha book, while making sure that it all ties into both the new Heroquesting chapters in the GM Sourcebook…
Sheng Seleris – a Pentan version
So let’s look a little bit at Sheng Seleris. He’s almost always presented as a villain, but that’s also because our sources are Lunar or Kralorelan. Let’s try to think of the…
Prax, The Lunar Empire, and The White Bull
The Lunar imperial presence in Prax was an existential threat to the Praxian way of life – much as the westward expansion of settlers into the Great Plains endangered the Plains Indians…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #08
[XXIX.16-112] The investigations of Capybarus: I have already uncovered a scholar in our midst, who, I am suspicious, is a member of Thanatar! Thanatari are known to employ the language of the trolls known…