Scornado

1 hour ago, Brian Duguid said:

For anyone who is interested, we will be running a week-by-week group read of The Glorantha Sourcebook on the Glorantha discord server, starting 26th May and running into mid-September.

It doesn't matter which version you have, although note Nick's confirmation above that if you want the new version, you don't need to wait for it to come back into stock in print in the US.

This invite link will expire after 7 days: https://discord.gg/vUEUBBHN

Is that a real-time read through?  If so, what time zone?  Thanks.

7 hours ago, David Scott said:

21 hours ago, Scornado said:

Otherwise, if a human speaks in a language that the spirit understands (spirits with INT may know such languages) then I presume the spirit can understand the human.  Is that reasonable?  Can the spirit speak back so it is audible? Less plausible I suggest.  Can the spirit "get inside the human's head and impart their message that way, assuming they share a language?

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I've always imagined it like Makaton, with its symbols, signs and speech geared towards the spirit world.

 

Well I've now learnt what Makaton is, thanks.

Does not answer whether a spirit can generate sound though: I think the answer must generally be no, though some by their nature could, for example a spirit of air could make words if it wanted to.   I am going for mental communication intiated by the spirit in a common language.

The rules seem silent on this.

Can a human communicate with a spirit if the human does not have Spiritspeech as a skill?  Clearly they can with those spirits that provide Spirit Magic spells but I think that's a special case - a simple communication to specifically perform the magic that is learnt as part of learning the spell.   Otherwise, if a human speaks in a language that the spirit understands (spirits with INT may know such languages) then I presume the spirit can understand the human.  Is that reasonable?  Can the spirit speak back so it is audible? Less plausible I suggest.  Can the spirit "get inside the human's head and impart their message that way, assuming they share a language?  What if there is no shared language?

I'm happy to wing this but if there's a rule I missed then I'd be pleased to learn. 

12 hours ago, g33k said:

There has been; just not a big all-social-media push.

Basically:  "Shipping problems.  We're not sure how long before they clear up, so we are not announcing a new ETA."

I think it's that "not sure how long... so not announcing" element, that makes Chaosium not feel like a big all-social-media push is the thing to do.

(honestly, I disagree with that final element -- I think they should have made a big a-s-m push; we are seeing this sort of sentiment in pretty much every social media venue)

I would be happy with a small blog post on the Chaosium site updating the "Flying March 2024" post ... no need for it to be anywhere else.  If a company maintains a website that is where it should post its news at minimum IMHO

On 4/20/2024 at 8:07 AM, Darius West said:

In Xmas you said The Lunar Way would be released in March, so in April  I'm optimistically hoping for a September release date. 😄

I get it.  Proofreading is a B!TCH. 

It is disappointing that there's been no official communication from Chaosium about the delay.

Wish these vids had continued .. watching them second time round now!

Went and saw the Burma Exhibition before Christmas and saw those very objects.  The BM is a fine place to be able to visit for an hour or two - but only if you live in London like me!

Thanks David.

Another question has just come up.

p72 Lankhor Mhy Rune Priest - these are titled Sages.  However, in canon there is at least one instance of a Lankhor Mhy follower being termed sage who is not Rune Priests - Jorjera Latish in Starter Set book 2 - she has POW 12 so cannot be a Rune Priest.  Is there a specific term for a proper LM Rune Priest?   Alternatively, is the Starter Set wrong?

22 hours ago, Scornado said:

Just a query about Jonstown Compendium ... is there any danger that material may be superseded and invalidated by a canon publication? 

 

OK guys, it was only asked to satisfy my curiosity .... my Glorantha already varies, and our gaming is SLOW.  Thanks for all your thoughts though ....

Just a query about Jonstown Compendium ... is there any danger that material may be superseded and invalidated by a canon publication? 

Because I've set the scenario 1 year after the liberation, the approach of the anniversary causing the wyter to "wake up", I have assumed that over the year any other Seven Mothers cultists have left Jonstown (or died) because it's just not a good place to live any more.  The dwindling congregation must have an effect on the wyter, indeed I assume it has contributed to its madness.  The way things are going, the remaining few Seven Mothers worshippers are going to leave for points north in my campaign.  The departure of the last remaining congregants will probably solve the problem as the wyter will wither and presumably dissipate or return to the spirit world.  The loss of the congregation is a weak point for setting the story a year after the liberation: of course, as the wyter is "mad" it may not behave as a normal wyter would - that's my excuse. 

My instance (linked above) is PBeM and that means the players have a lot of time to think and find holes in the plot ... oh yes.

9 hours ago, Nick Brooke said:

Hey, @Scornado, are you trying to generalise based on the incident described in “A Fire in the Darkness”? It seems to me that would be a bad idea, for what I’d have thought were fairly obvious reasons.

Quite the opposite - I am trying to determine in FiD what it is reasonable for a PC to do within the confines of existing rules or conventions.  In a way it does not matter for MGF but I'd prefer to know what rules I am bending before bending them.

I am currently running this scenario but set a year after the liberation of Jonstown.  It's a great scenario but you have to do some work.  See here for my write-up - it may give some ideas https://www.scorn.me.uk/RQ website/Stories/1626-3 Earth Season C2.html

thanks.  pretty much what I had concluded. 

So for a temple wyter, does it have to be a Rune Priest (not just someone fulfilling the priest role - as Ferene in Fire in the Darkness)?

If the senior Rune Priest of a temple dies unexpectedly, what happens to the temple wyter?  Does it hang around for 7 days (during which the priest could be resurrected) and the new senior priest consequently has some time to "adopt" it?  (What happens if it is adopted and then the priest is resurrected?)

p.89, Nature Of The Cult, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "takes lovers, who she then plows her lovers beneath the Earth" -> "takes lovers, whom she then plows beneath the Earth".

Thanks MOB - that's very helpful.  I don't have Cults of Prax (way before my starting with Glorantha) so your wise words will tide me over until the new book in March.

I am unable to find anything about Seven Mothers funereal practices: is anything available?

Runequest Starter Set in books 2 and 4 and Jonstown Map) - Jonstown has a "Merchant's Quarter" - should that be more than one merchant, as in "Merchants'"?    Similarly, for "Crafter's" and "Scholar's".

14 hours ago, Nick Brooke said:

I have a few collected thoughts about Dart Wars, Lunar Assassins, Blue Moon Assassins and the like in my Gloranthan Manifesto, which is a free download or a cheap paperback. See pages 117-118.

Thanks I will look. I see from the blurb at DriveThruRPG you're an Oxford man ... our paths may have crossed. 

The situation I have is that it is 1626 and Argrath is to make a flying visit to his birthplace and the cousin of the Thane of Apple Lane has been asked to arrange some pre-visit security ... what could go wrong?

2 hours ago, mfbrandi said:

I haven’t read it, but there is Blue Moon, White Moon from John Wick:

• A one-encounter adventure you can use to springboard other adventures or add in between longer campaigns.

• A new Background: Blue Moon Assassin, including new spells and magic items.

Only $0.99 (for 14 pages), so maybe worth a punt.

It indeed is worth a punt and I have punted, thanks.

Is there anything available to buy - perhaps in the Jonstown Compendium - that covers the basics of Lunar Assassns in the broader sense?  I have all the RQG books published so far and for GMing reasons cannot wait until Chaosium publish anything next year.  Thanks in advance.