The Loki television series has me thinking about the Gods of Glorantha. One way of looking at the cults is they are groups of people who gather around to worship the named…
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A Brief History of Dragon Pass (2014)
Mythology Glorantha was created by its deities from the Primal Void of Chaos. At first, there was no history, for the initial creation formed the period of magic and timeless simultaneity called…
RuinedQuest? – Resurrecting RuneQuest (1991)
An investigation by the Tales of the Reaching Moon editorial staff (1991) A version of this article appeared in Tales of the Reaching Moon issue #5.© 1991 Reaching Moon Megacorp MOB’s opening note: I offer this as a…
Heroquesting Lexicon II
Many terms get thrown around when talking about heroquesting. Here’s a short list of terms used in the heroquesting rules – be aware that Gloranthans are definitely not going to be this…
Myth of the Month: Morden Defends the Camp (1999)
This is an excerpt from Greg’s unpublished novel, commonly called Harmast’s Saga. In it the weaponthane Morden invokes a particular kind of ancestral magic to help his single-handed defense. by Greg Stafford The…
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (2011)
Submitted by Claudia on Tue, 04/01/2011 – 21:12 We had a busy time! Back from Dragonmeet in London Jeff’s parents came over, pre – Christmas time and preparing for our trip to…
Excerpt – Ernalda’s Holy Days (2009)
Sea Season. Voriaravand (Voria’s Holy Day) Harmony week, Water day start of Spring. also called Shearing Day, Flower Day The first Flower Day was at the start of the Golden Age when…
White Bull Season 2 Episode 12 – transcript
okay what is she doing Nisk she’s trying to set herself up to be0:05prince [Music]0:15ah welcome back to another exciting adventure of the Chaosium house Runequest campaign Jeff Richard i0:23will be your…
Belintar’s Book: Mountain Stories (1999)
From Belintar’s Book. Belintar had a very widespread knowledge and composed a book which combined many myths from across Glorantha. He admitted that much of this information came from the notorious God…
Excerpt – Some Gods (2009)
Babeester Gor Babeester Gor was born from the dead body of her mother, Ernalda, during the Darkness. She peered around and saw everything there was to see, and then set off upon…
Heroquest Activities in RQG
When we think about Heroquests in RuneQuest, we really have two types of activities under that rubric. The first is the most common. Initiates and Rune masters (who are of course also…
Adulthood Initiations (2012)
Submitted by m121 on Tue, 23/10/2012 – 04:58 So, for Orlanthi Vinga and Nandan worshipers, do they initiate as Ernalda and Orlanthi worshipers to become adults and then get 1W in thier…
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…
Last Tango in Pavis – Tournament (1993)
Copyright © 1993 by Michael O’Brien and Brian HebertPermission is freely given for personal gaming use. Introduction This tournament was first played at Necronomicon III in Sydney, New South Wales in 1993, Convulsion ’94 in Leicester,…
Dragons Past #1 – Gloranthan Military Experience (1983)
by Greg Stafford Originally published in Different Worlds #28 (1983). The Dragon Pass Campaign Lands of the Campaign Most of the action, the sparks which will ignite the ferocity of the hero…
CHA4032 RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary – Q&A
Official Answers from Chaosium Introduction (pages 4-11) Creatures without POW How do you handle resistance rolls against undead, or an entity without POW? If a creature has no POW use their magic…
Greg Sez: Orlanthi Initiation Rites
by Greg Stafford The common Orlanthi initiation is simultaneously an initiation into manhood and the religion. Previous to this individuals are boys and restricted in many activities. Initiation is always gender-specific. Female…
HQ2 – Default resistance (2012)
Submitted by Invain63 on Mon, 23/04/2012 – 20:49 I am looking for a bit of guidance about the default resistance level in HeroQuest. Some players in a game I ran last weekend…
Hero Wars Glossary (2000)
last updated 10 May 2000 Words in boldface indicate other entries within this Glossary. Indicates an augmentation. D+x Indicates the difficulty of an attempted action. Indicates an edge or handicap. Indicates one…
Excerpt – Finval and the Magic Game (2009)
Durev and Orane were the finest people that ever lived. They were kind to everyone, sagacious in their decisions and always as generous as any god or goddess has ever been. They…
White Bull Season 1 Episode 27 – transcript
0:09welcome to another episode of the Chaosium house Runequest campaign0:15i am Jefferson and i will be your GM tonight and we’ve got the whole team together so0:22uh last session if you will…
Kralorela and the Eastern Dynasty of Light
Almost a third of the humans of Genertela reside in Kralorela-Teshnos. They don’t get a leading role in the events of Dragon Pass as they are separated by 1000 kms of Pent…
Are All Orlanthi Initiated in a Cult (2012)
Submitted by Monglo on Fri, 24/08/2012 – 14:41 Reading the text on page 209, it says that almost everyone is initiated in a cult. So following the rules of HQ all of…
Gloranthan Readings: Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia
There stands a house under the mountain of the world, a road runs down, the mountain covers it and no man knows the way. It is a house that binds bad men…
How Cults Change
The archetypes and patterns of the God Time are eternal and fixed. But what we in Time experience of the God Time, what we call things, what we offer magic points to…