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Tag: Guide to Glorantha
Outlawry and Exile
Outlawry and exile are good ways to get your adventurers out of their homeland. They might have killed someone in another community, angered their local leaders, or gotten too involved in politics…
A Sense of Scale III
Genertela is nearly 9,000,000 square km in area. That’s more than twice the size of the European Union or a little smaller than continental Europe. Or for us North Americans, it is…
The Orlanthi of Fronela
There are some 2.4 MILLION Orlanthi in Fronela, far more than in Dragon Pass and Peloria. The Lightbringers came to Fronela in the First Age, reaching what is now Charg by 238…
Religion in Safelster
There are approximately 3 million people in Safelster. This politically decentralized area around Lake Felster in Ralios is one of the more densely populated areas in Glorantha. It is also one of…
Jeff’s Canonical Corpus
So let’s talk about the books I think constitute the “canonical corpus” for official RuneQuest publications. These are the works that get referenced in future Chaosium publications with very few changes, and…
The Size of the Red Moon
Lunar celestialogists claim that the top of the Sky Dome is approximately 6000 km above Magasta’s Pool and that the Red Moon is therefore about 3000 km above the Crater (“halfway between…
Glorantha is a flat world
Glorantha is a flat world surmounted by a Sky Dome. The Sky Dome itself tilts back and forth, north and south, each year. The Sun’s height in the sky also changes throughout…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – Z
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: Z (page 800 – 800) Zabdamar 57, 79, 103, 105, 271, 280, 471, 479, 531, 538, 539, 745, 746 Zabor the Leopard 484 Zacarana…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – Y
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: Y (page 799 – 800) Yaan 431, 439 Yaanek Mountain 285 Yaan River 431, 439 Yak House 459 Yak People 274, 280, 283, 284…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – X
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: X (page 799 – 799) Xamalk 702 Xangi 291 Xarjang Vash 172 Xarkarsh 102, 311 Xars Shung 515 Xebecs 467, 550 Xeinar 423 Xem…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – V
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: V (page 796 – 798) Vadel 210, 528, 686 Vadela 528 Vadeli 46, 48, 52, 53, 90, 112, 142, 144, 151, 210, 211, 229,…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – U
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: U (page 796 – 796) Ualu 588 Udayankos the Music Lover 569 Udraya 710 Udraystead 710 Uele Oline 384 Uilinve 393 Ukos 423 Ulaninstead…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – T
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: T (page 793 – 796)
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – S
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: S (page 788 – 793)
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – R
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: R (page 787 – 788)
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – Q
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: Q (page 787) Qaphqa 493 Qa-ying 109, 274, 283, 284 Qa-ying People 109 Qingshi 284 Qingshou mystical school 285 Qingtong Quan 268 Qingyuan 277…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – P
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: P (pages 785-787) Pabrade 598 Pachycephalosaurs 519 Pachyderms 13 Pagoda of the Seven Dreams 280 Pah-Peh-Rheo 476, 484 Painted People 683 Painted Temple of…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – O
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: O (pages 783-785) Oabil 561, 687, 689, 692, 693 Oakfed 13, 120, 443, 446, 453 Oak Spirit 21 Oarz-upon-Joat 311 Oasis People 447, 451,…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – N
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: N (pages 782-783) Na 511 Nachor 417 Naga 702 Naginata 485, 533 Naiad 103 Naiads 103, 251 Nak 531, 532 Nakala 115, 228, 373,…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – M
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: M (pages 780-782)
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – L
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: L (pages 778-780)
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – K
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: K (pages 776-778) Kaanilland 411, 423 Kabalt 153, 483, 489, 494 Kabalt the Great Bolt 483 Kabalt the Liberating Bolt 489 Kabalt the Mystic…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – J
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: J (pages 775-776) jabberers 49 Jabbi 104, 478, 479, 487, 537 Jabbi Islands 104, 478, 479, 487 Jab Hills 255 Jabia 606 Jack O’Bear…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – I
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: I (pages 774-775) iachigrous 610 Iano 485 Ia Rawthi 577 Ibanasu Mountain 533, 537 Ice Age 53, 210, 231, 406, 408, 414, 528, 693,…