Here’s an example of a strange little spirit cult (or more precisely spirit cults) from Sartar: Earth Pillars The rock formations of the Auroch Hills are home to many spirits. Most are…
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The Cult of Orlanth In Sartar
Orlanth is the patron god of the Kingdom of Sartar, and nowhere is his cult more fully developed. The three main subcults of Orlanth—Thunderous, Adventurous, and Rex—have temples and shrines throughout the…
Coins of the Sartar Dynasty Preview
Katrin Dirim has done some amazing art depicting coins dedicated to various members of the Sartar Dynasty. I thought some of my notes on each might be interesting. So when we think about…
Sartarite Names
Many Sartarite names combine prefixes and suffixes as per below; the prefixes and suffixes usually relate to the names of gods or ancestors. Use them to create your name or pick a…
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…
Hair and Beard Guide
One of the goals of the Sartar Book is to really show the people of Sartar, how they look, how wide the range of diversity is, down to things like hairstyles. So…
Varmandi Clan
The Varmandi are a small clan, and herd cattle and sheep in Stael’s Hills and the Thunder Hills, areas claimed by other clans, and this often puts them into conflict with their…
Boldhome Bronze Workers Guild
Here’s another example of a RuneQuest community from the Sartar Book: The Bronze Workers Guild of Boldhome smelts bronze out of copper by alloying it with tin (both of which are mainly…
Organization of tribes and clans
Here’s something more recent – some notes on the organization of tribes and clans for the Sartar Book. Although individual priests might be on the tribal ring, they usually are there as…
Boldhome Booklet
Wow there is a lot of good stuff in the Boldhome booklet going into the Sartar Boxed Set.
Sartar Book Art Preview
This amazing piece of art by Ossi Hiekkalai for the forthcoming Sartar book, shows a young Helering “backboy” helping a Vingan thane get her armor on. I love how it gives an…
Queen Inkarne and Argrath White Bull
Here’s a preview of some really amazing art for the RuneQuest Sartar Boxed Set, currently in development. This is the Feathered Horse Queen Inkarne and Argrath White Bull, by a new artist…
Inkarne, the Feathered Horse Queen
A preview of some really amazing art for the Sartar Boxed Set. This is from Anna Orlova and is part of a character turn of Inkarne, the Feathered Horse Queen. Wow! So…
Boldhome Map Preview III
As Matt Ryan and I continue to work on the Boldhome foldout map for the Sartar boxed set, we’ve made a few tweaks based on Greg’s notes. Greg really insisted that the…
Pockets of Boldhome I
Of all the unique architectural elements of Boldhome, the Pockets are to me the most fascinating. Dwarf-made and carved deep into the mountain cliffs, they are an impossible combination of the facades…
RuneQuest Design Decisions
So I figure I’d walk folk through some of the design decisions behind the current RQ releases. 1. The Cults Book underpins everything. If you want to have Lunars, Praxians, Balazarings, Sartarites,…
A Sartarite Farmer
One of my absolute favourite pictures Ossi Hiekkala has done for the forthcoming Sartar Book. This shows a typical free Sartarite farmer (of the Orlmarth Clan to be precise) and his child….
Boldhome Map Preview I
This is a work in progress for the Sartar box, but Matt Ryan and I are working on a street map of Boldhome. Combined with Olivier Sanfilippo amazing Boldhome map, this will…
Quivin Mountains Map WiP Preview I
So in order to do the street map of Boldhome we had to get a better feel for the Quivin Mountains. And we kind of went overboard on information – but here’s…
Mercenary Art Preview
Wow, just got in some of the newest art for the Sartar Book. If you think Ossi Hiekkala’s mercenary picture (attached) was good, then WOW you are in for a treat! The…
Sartar Book preview
As I get near to wrapping up the final text on the Sartar book and move into art, I need to say – man this book will blow some minds! Sartar with…
Cults of Sartar
The primary cults of Sartar are those of Orlanth and Ernalda. More than two-thirds of all Sartarites are dedicated to one or the other cult, and the cults are so closely associated…
Cosmopolitan Sartar
As I have been working on the Sartar Homeland book, I’ve been struck how much more cosmopolitan Sartar becomes if you just extend the map slightly from that of the old Dragon…