July 2021 by Michael O’Brien (Mob) Sea Season 1621 Sea Season 1621 – When word came that the Lunars had failed to stop the Giant Cradle at Pavis, Count Solanthos of Sun…
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Campaign Log – Book One — The Quest
Chapter 1 Genertela It all started back in Pavis when the sorceress wanted an egg. Not just any egg, but an “Anything Egg” which would supposedly hatch whatever the owner wished it…
CHA4035 RQ Starter Set – Book 4: Adventures – Q&A
Official Answers by Chaosium Starter Set Corrections 26 Jan 2022 A Rough Landing (page 5) Pages 14-16 Dark Troll Mercenaries (page 10) You Scratch My Back… (page 13) A Trip to the…
The Three Main Types of Magic
Lets think for a minute about the three main types of magic used by mortals in Glorantha and what they might mean. Arguably the oldest is Rune Magic, whereby mortals can wield…
Heroquesting game mechanics for RuneQuest
Had a fantastic time playtesting the near-final heroquesting game mechanics for RuneQuest with Neil Robinson, Claudia Loroff, David Larkins, and Matt Ryan. Andrew Logan Montgomery has really done a fantastic job putting…
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…
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…
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…
World Building Glorantha
When I am world building I think a lot about the numbers involved. And then I start asking questions: 1. What is the population of a place? This lets me know how…
Sky Bear
Celestial Bear God Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Lightbringers 125 2023 None listed n/a ConstellationIn: OdaylaAKA: Broken Ring, Orlanth’s RingAKA: Umath, Orlanth, Odayla (Orlanthi), Karborn (Sylila), Arakang (Peloria), Rathor (Rathori)…
Questlines & Questlines II – Reviews
Questlines & Questlines II Questlines – A Gloranthan Journeybook Questlines was the fundraiser book for RQ Con Down Under (January 1996). Edited by John Hughes, Questlines is 76 pages of the best in Gloranthan gaming. It highlights…
Notes from Nochet from Tales of the Reaching Moon #17
[XXIX.14-16.title] Mercenary Contract of Leonidas the Short, Wind Voice of Orlanth Adventurous. [XXIX.14-16.a] Each hired person will give his complete and utter loyalty in all matters, whether they lead unto life or death to…
Minor Gods
Among the more interesting (and culturally important) minor gods in Glorantha include: Additionally, most Chaos gods rate as minor – Bagog, Krarsht, Krjalk, Pocharngo, Tyram, Vivamort, Xamalt, etc. Now some of these…
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…
Storm Pantheon art preview
Orlanth is the grandson of Earth and Sky, his siblings are the winds, a bull, a cat, violence, evil, the mountain snow, and Death. He married the Green Lady, and his offspring…
Notes on Spirit Cults I
Shamans are specialists in dealing with spirits and the spirit world. They are awakened to the presence of spirits everywhere. Shamans can also establish spirit cults – the shaman contacts the spirit…
Notes on Holay
Directly north of Tarsh is Holay, which includes Mirin’s Cross, the great Daughter’s Road from Jillaro to Filichet, and several Sun Dome Temples. Holay is the most populous of the Lunar Provinces,…
History of Kethaela – The Third Age
After the Dragonkill War, the Only Old One proved himself to be a troll in magical contest with Kajak-ab Brain Eater and so shared rule of Dragon Pass with the leaders in…
Hensarava the Golden Archer Prince
Great Bowman, War God, God of Martial Arts Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Prosopaedia 54 2023 None listed n/a Common and uncommon runes 2004 None listed Glyph only Revealed Mythologies …
Mad Max Part 1
Prologue: What the Heck’s Going On? The action begins in the Meeting House of the Sun Dome temple. It is just after dawn of Fireday, Harmony Week, Sea Season 1621. Each player’s…
Borderlands & Beyond – Index
Symbols 5-Eyes Temple 105 A Abelar 254 Abrogation 23 Agimori 30, 161 Agimori Arms and Weapon Skills 35 Agimori Characteristics 34 Agimori Cold Effects Table 31 Agimori Cult Membership Chart 32 Agimori…
Yanioth the Red-Haired Huntress
Yanioth Two-Sight was born in 1577, the daughter of Arene Triceratops Queen, a powerful Earth priestess who commanded a herd of triceratops, and was killed after they destroyed the village of Janastan….
Prince Temertain
Temertain gets a deservedly bad wrap as Prince, but let’s look at the guy a little sympathetically. Temertain was born in 1570, in the Holy Country. He was third-generation Kethaelan – his…
Celestial Forest
Celestial Area Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 132, 133 2025 None Listed Contains: Arkat, Borna, Doves, Deer, Errinoru (gone), Firestick, Groundhog, Hag, Lion, Mink, Otter, Quail, Rabbits, Rat,…
CHA4042 The Prosopaedia – Index
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