I think at this point the Sartarites are easier to explain as their own thing than try to say they are “like so and so”. For example, with my players who know…
Tag: Sartar (homeland)
Sartarite analogies
Something worth thinking about – although the King of Dragon Pass computer game (which is ultimately about What If Sartar Never Came to Dragon Pass) and the old HW materials gave the…
Sartar Map Update II
The Master Map is nearly done. All hail the mighty Matt Ryan for his tireless work on this (he’s put in many hundreds of hours of work on this). This clip represents about 8%…
Northern Sartar & Tarsh Map preview
So to give you an idea how big this map is going to be, here’s a printout of the WIP, with the RuneQuest Core rules for scale. And that’s the scale we…
A Tale of Two Maps
The map of Dagori Inkarth from Trollpak was IMO the best single campaign map Chaosium ever published. Even better than the Elder Wilds maps from Griffin Mountain. Clear, informative, and with loads…
Townspeople and tribesfolk
Probably the biggest social conflict among the Sartarites is between the roughly 30k “townspeople” and the 140k “tribesfolk”. One way of seeing the distinction is with cults. So for example, among the…
Cult Membership in Sartar
How many members of my cult are there in Sartar? There are about 170k people in Sartar (including the Far Point but not the Pol-Joni). Let’s assume a little over half are…
Great Temples of Sartar
I believe these are the great temples around Sartar. As an aside, Eiritha is an important cult for the Pol-Joni, but Ernalda is still more prevalent. The Pol-Joni are very atypical Praxians….
Sartar Geography
Did you know that Boldhome is even higher up in the mountains than Wintertop Fort? Or that thanks to the proximity of Skyfall Lake, Alone actually gets more snow than Alda-Chur? Or…
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…
Cults of Dragon Pass
One thing that should be becoming clear is how much of a mixed salad Dragon Pass is. If we include Sartar, Tarsh Exiles, Lunar Tarsh, and the Grazelands, here are the three…
The Sartarite Army
At the time of the Lunar Occupation, the Sartarite army was primarily foot. Since the return of Argrath, not yet Prince, to the hills of Sartar, the core of his army has…
Sartar Map Update I
BTW, this is only about 20% of the map we are putting together right now. Not every village is going to get named. The intent is to give folk freedom to have…
Lunar Legacy in Sartar
The Lunar Empire occupied Sartar for 23 years (from 1602 to 1625). For the first 11 years, they ruled directly through an appointed provincial governor, and then through a client king. During…
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…
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…
The Triceratops Queen
The Triceratops Queen is a priestess of an Earth Goddess who rules over a herd of triceratopses. From time to time, the matriarch of the herd selects a new Triceratops Queen based…
Orlanthi ownership
Here’s a little snippet from a forthcoming players-oriented book I am working on: The Orlanthi divide ownership into two types of property, called earth and chattel. The Orlanthi view the Earth as…
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…
Sartar Map Closeups
Some close ups of Sartar including one with the tribal overlay. How close were the RQ2 Trollpack maps to Greg’s map? Pretty close. A few minor errors here and there (even more…
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…
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…
The countryside of Sartar
Is that Poland or is it Wyoming near Jackson Hole? I can’t tell. But both work. Neither are Scotland or Wales. I think it is near Jackson Hole in Grand Teton National…