Thinking about what is necessary to introduce new players to a Big Rubble campaign, let’s start with New Pavis. Now most humans in New Pavis and Pavis County came from Sartar in…
Tag: Sartar (homeland)
Babeester Gor Temple and Shrines
Far Point Location Type Page Affiliation Alda-Chur (small city) Shrine 84 Dinacoli, Princeros, Tovtaros and Vantaros tribes Dancing Snake (earth temple) Minor temple 87 Dinacoli tribe Sartar Location Type Page Affiliation Boldhome…
Argan Argar Temples and Shrines
Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Alone (small city) Minor temple Far Point 85 Amad, Bachad,and Tres Tribes Sartar Location Type Page Affiliation Boldhome (large city) Minor temple 47 Goodfarm (village) Minor temple…
Aranea Temple
Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Boldhome (large city) Minor temple Sartar 47
Aldrya Temples and Shrines
Location Type Homeland Page Affiliation Boldhome (large city) Minor temple Sartar 47 Sun Dome (temple village) Shrine Sartar 73 Sun Dome County Tarndisi’s Grove Minor temple Sartar 74 Elves
Sartarites and Dwarves
The two groups of dwarves that Sartarites are most likely to be familiar with are: Dwarf Mine. This very large dwarf community rarely interacts with humans outside of Dwarf Stronghold Inn and Goranthal….
Earth Pillars
Local Sartar spirit cults Write up Page Year Runes Notes Post n/a 2023 None listed Spirits cult in the Auroch Hills
Master Maps of Central Genertela
So these are the “master maps” for RQ – series of poster size maps that go from the Crater to Vultures Country, from the Elf Sea to Maniria. The scale is 1…
Werewolves in Sartar
Sartar has one of the – if not the – highest percentages of werewolves of any civilized kingdom. Some 2% of the population are werewolves! The Prince is defended by werewolves and…
Sartar and Prax Overlap
It’s a little over 40 km from Swenstown to the Dead Place or Moonbroth and maybe 65 km from Swenstown to the Block. Not that is not all that far. That transition…
Army Recruitment
Most Gloranthan armies are recruited in the following ways: Tribal militia. Members of the local community perform military service as part of belonging to the community. Among the Sartarites and Praxians, this is…
Ducks – A Sartarite Tribe
Most Sartarite tribes are pretty similar – being primarily Orlanth worshiping humans. However, there are two unusual tribes, the ducks and the Telmori. Let’s talk about the ducks today. The ducks (or…
Sartar’s Transformation of the Economy
One of the most remarkable transformations that Sartar made is that in less than 30 years he manage to transform the local economy from almost entirely commodity exchange to one where copper…
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…
Raiders and Militia in Sartar
Most cattle raiding is done by young Orlanth Adventurous initiates during their ordeal period after initiation. They steal cattle – and try to avoid combat and starting feuds. You have these bands…
The Lunar Occupation of Sartar
With one brief but notable exception, the Lunar Army occupied much of Sartar for the better part of 23 years. This occupation of course impacted Sartarite society and left scars that are…
The thirteen main cults in Sartar
There are thirteen main cults in Sartar, which collectively are about 95% of the population. The biggest are: Those two cults are about 68% of the population. Those 11 cults (each with…
Dundealos and Pol-Joni
Among my favorite Sartarite tribes are the Dundealos and their Pol-Joni kin. About a third of all the Storm Bull cultists in Sartar belong to one of these groups. They also worship…
Rural Sartar / Urban Sartar
Thanks to King of Dragon Pass and the old HW books, many people have an impression that Sartar is overwhelmingly rural and isolated. I think that ends up being wildly misleading. About…
The Lightbringers and their pantheon
So let’s talk a moment about the Lightbringers and their pantheon. In Sartar, about 42% of the adult population are initiated into one of the core Lightbringer cults, and another 40% are…
Rural and Urban Populations in Sartar
About 80% of the people in rural Sartar make their living directly from food production – farming, herding, fishing, and hunting. That’s about 2/3rds of the total population in Sartar. The remaining…
Dog Rat Valley
Playing RuneQuest today with the kids. Here’s the Dog Rat Valley where they have built their stead. Clearly they are herders, not agriculturalists. One thing I love doing on hikes with kids…
Use of the old name of Elmal
Elmal is the original name of the Light god that came to Dragon Pass in the 1300s. The Light worshipers among the Sartarites began offering sacrifices to Yelm quite early – likely…
Temples in Sartar
In most of Sartar, your clan has a minor temple to Orlanth and Ernalda, and maybe a shrine to one other deity. Your tribe has at least a minor temple to Orlanth…
Notes on Humakt
Humakt is a favorite player character cult in RuneQuest and no wonder! The cult is for the professional warrior, the mercenary, the holy killer, but is also tempered by a strict code…