Now I rather thought the description in the Lightbringers book is enough, and if you don’t have a copy your should order it right away! But let’s assume you have that book….
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Abbreviation for Cults of RuneQuest Lightbringers
What are barbarians?
As described in the Lightbringers book, the Theyalan pantheon spread from its Dawn Age hub in Dragon Pass across the Pelorian hills to Ralios, Maniria, and even southern Fronela. The lowland Pelorians…
Major Cults in Genertela
By now there is enough out there in the Cults of RuneQuest series to get a feel for many of the major cults in Genertela. When the Solar book comes out next,…
Notes on Chalana Arroy II
Chalana Arroy has a surprisingly large cult and constitutes a widespread non-violent, merciful, and vegetarian movement throughout Central Genertela. Chalana Arroy is both supportive of the ruling gods and also constitutes a…
Notes on Issaries II
Issaries is an important cult with almost 15k initiates in Dragon Pass and Prax – almost 4k just in Sartar – and some 67k initiates in the Holy Country and 20k in…
Orlanth Subcult Membership
In Sartar, more than a third (35%) of all Orlanth initiates belong to the Orlanth Adventurous subcult. A little less than two thirds (62%) belong to the Orlanth Thunderous subcult. And a…
Genertelan Worldview
The first set of Cults books – Mythology, Lightbringers, Earth Goddesses, Lunar Way, Celestial Realm, etc. – largely define the Theyalan-Dara Happan-Praxian-Lunar understanding of the world. There are some exceptions – Darkness,…
Slaves amongst the Orlanthi
Orlanth, as the God of Freedom, finds slavery objectionable. His temples and Rune Masters are prohibited from owning slaves (Lightbringers p. 23). As a result, that means the Prince of Sartar, the…
Nature of the Cult – Lightbringers
One thing I encourage EVERYONE running a RQ game do is to grab the Lightbringers Book and read the Nature of the Cult sections for Orlanth and then read the Organization section….
Why The Lightbringers
Orlanth is one of the great transformative forces in Glorantha. He’s why we have Night and Day, he’s why storms brings forth new growth from the Earth, and most importantly, he (and…
Cult Mythos and History
In the Mythos and History of the cults, you can assume that those stories are associated with the cults wherever they are found. That also means that there are countless local stories…
Connecting the Lightbringers and Earth Goddesses
So by now I am sure people are mapping out connections between the cults in the Lightbringers and Earth Goddesses books. To me the most interesting is the interplay between Orlanth and…
Discussing Cults of RuneQuest with Jeff Richard on Youtube
Really Dicey talks to Jeff Richard about his work on two great Cults of RuneQuest books coming out officially on August 17 from Chaosium, The Lightbringers and The Earth Goddesses. We talk…
CHA4043 The Lightbringers – Index
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CHA4043 Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers (2023)
Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers is the second book in the new Cults of RuneQuest sourcebook series for the RuneQuest TTRPG. This book is the player’s guide to the storm pantheon, opening up character creation and advancement…
Cults of RuneQuest Contributor Copies
Jason’s copies were delivered!
The Lightbringers
19 playable cults Note that terms like Storm Tribe aren’t used. This book includes the gods of the Lightbringers pantheon plus many of their friends and family. But Ernalda is the head of…