Pick a Tribe

The tribal information presented here helps you quickly get some of the most important characteristics of that tribe as a tribe.

Pick one of the tribes from the following list or let the players decide which tribe they want. The default Tribe is the Colymar tribe, which are fully described in the RuneQuest Adventures Book.

Tribe	Size	Resources	Urban/Rural	Other Notes
Amad	Very Small	Poor	Rural	Alone tribe, very isolated, Tarshite speakers
Aranwyth	Average	Wealthy	Urban	Swenstown tribe, Neutral during rebellion, hate werewolves
Bachad	Small	Average	Urban	Alone tribe, Tarshite speakers
Balkoth	Small	Wealthy	Urban	Swenstown tribe, Trade with Praxians
Balmyr	Large	Rich	Urban	Wilmskirk tribe, half-mad heroquesting king
Cinsina	Large	Rich	Urban	Jonstown Tribe, hate werewolves
COLYMAR	Very Large	Rich	Rural	Oldest and largest tribe, Argrath’s tribe. Default tribe.
Culbrea	Small	Wealthy	Rural	First to rebel against the Lunar Occupation, hate werewolves
Dundealos	Large	Poor	Rural	Were exiled by Lunar Empire, associated with Praxian Pol-Joni tribe
Kheldon	Small	Very Rich	Urban	Boldhome tribe, Kallyr’s tribe
Kultain	Average	Average	Rural	Disbanded by the Lunar Empire, recently reformed.
Lismelder	Small	Poor	Rural	Duck friends
Locaem	Average	Average	Rural	Leaderless
Malani	Large	Average	Rural	Jonstown tribe, Humakti kings
Sambari	Average	Wealthy	Rural	Wilmskirk tribe
Torkani	Average	Average	Rural	Troll friends, hate werewolves
Tres	Small	Poor	Rural	Alone tribe, Tarshite speakers

• Size: A small tribe has 4000 or less members, a large tribe has 8000 or more. The larger a tribe is, the more militia it can muster in war.
• Resources: This measures the resources available to the tribal leaders, usually wealth or livestock. The ruler of a rich tribe might maintain a royal household with companions, priests, numerous bodyguards, and scribes. In contrast, ruler of a poor tribe might be nearly indistinguishable from a clan chieftain or even a wealthy farmer.
• Urban/Rural: Urban tribes have a strong townsfolk presence, possibly even forming a majority of the tribe members. Rural tribes are predominantly traditional Sartarite tribespeople. Rural tribes can be part of a city.