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…
Tag: Prax (homeland)
Original Prax and Wastes map
This map here does a good job of showing the relationship between Prax (see the Eiritha Hills) and the Wastes. Prax is much smaller, but also more fertile than the Wastes (the…
Yelmalio Initiates in Prax and Sartar
Something that is worth thinking about is that there are more Yelmalio initiates in Sartar (which includes Sun Dome Temple and the Far Place) than in the Civilized River of Cradles. However,…
CHA4025 Guide to Glorantha – Index – I
Page numbers refer to the Guide to Glorantha: I (pages 774-775)
The Pol-Joni Tribe
The Pol-Joni live on the Plains of Prax. Unlike the other Praxian tribes, the Pol-Joni are horse-riding, cattle-herding nomads who worship Orlanth and the storm gods rather than Waha. They mainly herd…
Red Moon in Prax
Prax is said to have been under Lunar influence since the beginning of Time, for is not Time the source and strength of the Lunar Empire? So the Imperial scholars would have…
Argrath’s Army
This is some material in the new Big Rubble and Pavis books and is circa 1625-1626. Note the embryonic Magical Union! Those watching the White Bull campaign have likely gotten a preview…
Praxian Spirit Tradition (2000)
Latest revision: 6 Jul 2000 Greg Stafford Here are the generalities that are usually true about spirit interactions in the Praxian traditions. The tradition includes the proper way to interact with any…
Lunar invasion motivations
Why conquering Sartar, Prax, and the Holy Country? Once the pacification of Sartar was accomplished, troubles in distant Aggar drew much of the Provincial Army away, but the tribes remained quiet. Local…
Cory Trego-Erdner
A View from the Paps Commissioned for the Guide to Glorantha. Gallery
North-West Prax map
Today’s map builds on yesterday’s and might seem a bit more familiar – this is NW Prax (plus parts of NE Sartar). Some of this appeared in the Trollpack map, but this…
SW Prax sketch map
Here’s one more map. This is SW Prax complete with labels. One of the things I really like about this is it gives a great impression how close the Block is to…
A good visual feel for Prax
If you want a good feel for Prax, you need go no further than the Great Basin in the US. Prax really is the US Great Basin and Southwest (with elements of…
Core homelands Maps
I present to you the full map of the core homelands in four pictures. Next is tweak a few details and then scan and print. To give you an idea of the…
Eastern Sartar and Prax
A few interesting features here – you can see that Pimper’s Block is in Balkoth tribal lands. Moonbroth is only about 40 km from Swenstown, and the Dead Place itself is only…
Fate of the Grantlands
Is there anything official about what is going on at Raus Fort, post Argrath taking Pavis? Nothing Official at least not yet. However, let’s start by remembering how few people we are…
CHA4028 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha – Chapter 04 Homelands Q&A
Official Answers by Chaosium This covers the first section of Chapter 4, pages 98-135: Homelands of Dragon Pass (page 99) Rivers (page 100) Cultivated Lands (page 101) How to Use the Homeland…
CHA1052 Khan of Khans (2017)
Raid your enemies, win cows and the game! Khan of Khans is Reiner Knizia’s fast-paced game for the whole family, set in the mythic world of Glorantha (RuneQuest, King of Dragon Pass)….
Genertela complete, Oceans ahoy!
As the Covenant of Waha decrees, it is time for an update on the Guide’s status. Genertela is complete and we are now working on the various islands before heading off to…
Lesser Tribes of Prax
For those who might be interested, here’s some comparative numbers on the Lesser Tribes of Prax that won’t be appearing in the Guide to Glorantha. All numbers are of course approximate but…
Guide Overview – Praxian
The Praxians are a Neolithic nomadic society that ride and herd beasts for their survival. Each tribe is named after the beast ridden by members of the tribe, with the best known…
Orlanth & Prax
by David Scott on June 12, 2013 For the last 18 months I’ve been working on the Praxians and looking at how there religion works in HQ2. This map from the Guide shows the zones…
Prax landscape art direction
For those of you who wanted the references for Cory’s Prax landscape picture, here it is! Here’s the viewpoint on the AAA map: The viewer stands in the foothills of the Eiritha…
Praxian Nomads
Perhaps this should be “Prax Week” because I have some more Prax art to show off. This is from Jan Pospisil and will be appearing in the Guide: This was originally posted…