Brian Duguid

9 hours ago, Jason Farrell said:

Late?  Oh, that's sad.  😞 

That's a charming little scenario, and it only came out a year or two ago...

See: https://www.chaosium.com/blogjourney-to-jonstown-68-rpg-writer-workshop-runequest-adventure-collection-celebrates-new-creators-for-runequest/

A wise sage once said: "In Glorantha, we can say that cult is the source of culture". But the Great Sister-shaped hole in The Lunar Way is an opportunity to say: no, it isn't, or at least not the only source.

Perhaps this is one of those spaces where defining what someone is not is more useful than defining what they are. A sort of blank land within our understanding of a Gloranthan Culture.

The Great Sister is not a significant object of worship, nor is she the head of a cult. She is not the wielder of temporal political authority. She does not continue the line of Dara Happan emperors. She is not a patriarch. She does not control any kind of battlefield army.

We know she is "tasked to teach everyone something of the truth of Nysalor". She establishes the "Sisterhood of New Consciousness". She commands a troupe of fantastically glamorous magical dancers.

Even in the most religiously zealous real-world communities, much of what defines society does not arise from religious beliefs, nor from the top-down directives of the state. Maybe it's better to leave that space open to our imaginations, than to chisel away and over-define.

This isn't an RQ session report, but with permission of @Divadllah I can share this photo of (most of) the attendees in the Home of the Bold freeform.

(David asks that the participants please don't give anything away about the content of the game itself!)

3 hours ago, scott-martin said:

Really just here though to find out if the phantom "Erona" is still a land goddess separate from her near-identical-twin Frona. Cool if so, just want to know.

I think the map in question (showing Eronela) has been eliminated, and replace with the map from page 22 of Mythology.

Your framework for heroquesting arises out of your understanding of the metaphysics of the setting.

Vs

Your framework for heroquesting attempts to describe what arises from the story you are telling or experiencing.

Vs

You cannot ever define how heroquesting works because its power is in the mystery, and if it is not mysterious, it is no longer heroquesting. Add words here like "numinous", "liminal" etc to justify whatever bullshit you want to get away with. 

All of the above, but I prioritise them in reverse order. But nor would I allow time travel. 

I have uploaded a second update to this book, which includes:

• added reference to the 2nd edition Glorantha Sourcebook
• expanded the entry on Mad Knight Miniatures from 1 page to 3 pages, with full details of all their previous Kickstarters, and information on what may appear in their next Kickstarter

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5 hours ago, Tatterdemalion Fox said:

Quick question for anyone who has the new printing. Gods of the Lunar Way, list of the Seven Mothers, pg. 148-149 in the first printing: which lunar phases are Deezola and Jakaleel associated with?

Note that in contradiction to the above, The Lunar Way has Jakaleel as Crescent-Go Moon, and Deezola as Dying Moon, both in the Seven Mothers write-up, and in their own chapters.

I played Died in the Wool, a scenario by the late Braeden Harpool, GM'ed by @Andrew Cowie, which was good fun, with a splended final trollball scene that Andrew had modified a little bit from the original. The scenario is available on the JC: https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/419385/Died-in-the-Wool?affiliate_id=1107865, and as part of the collection: https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/468235/RPG-Writer-Workshop-RuneQuest-Adventure-Collection?affiliate_id=1107865.

I was also in Market Day, GM'ed by Terry Belles, a seemingly simple visit to Jonstown to sell an heirloom and buy trade goods, which was certainly not as simple as it seemed, and was also enjoyable. We were completely fooled by what was going on throughout most of it!

My final RQ game was a session of RQ Classic, Family Dinner, run by @RQStaffan. This had a slow and fairly straightforward first half, ramping up into a properly thrilling climax with some very memorable foes. We greatly enjoyed the old-skool feel, especially with the chance to use now-deprecated spells like Harmonise.

I was Old Herb in Home of the Bold - I didn't get the chance to tell any of my shaggy dog stories (not even my Shaggy God Story), but had come armed with plenty of bad Gloranthan jokes. It was indeed fairly hectic, with a huge amount going on that any one character (there were 50) could not possibly take in. Tremendous fun all round, tons of memorable moments, and I'm looking forward to hopefully playing it all over again in July at Continuum! As with the others, I'm avoiding saying too much to avoid spoilers. Perhaps @Divadllah will share the group photo and other details here.

1 hour ago, theconfusingeel said:

are there illumination mechanics in the book?
No spoilers if there are though please.

Yes. Several pages of both mechanics and more general discussion about what Illumination is all about.

Multiple pages throughout: incorrect apostrophes - lefthand curly when it should be righthand curly (e.g. Yelm's, page 3; Sedenya's, page 23); and the same issue with quotation marks (e.g. "Young Life" and "Spindle Hag" on page 27).

On 4/20/2024 at 11:08 PM, Akhôrahil said:

1. One of the players made a temporary Voralan PC to use while his main one is off fighting in Hahlgrim's War. It seems INT 22 gives you a lot of solid skill category modifiers...

2. You missed the opportunity of calling this RuneQuest: Mycology.

It's always good to hear about stuff actually being used rather than just read, so thanks for that!

Not sure where best to put this, but I'll try here. I know this may be difficult with nervousness around large file sizes, but it would be really nice to get a higher-resolution PDF of the new 2nd edition Glorantha Sourcebook - I'm particularly looking at Katrin's coin images in the various royal genealogies, where both the images and the text would benefit from being rendered at a higher resolution. Because, you know, who doesn't want to zoom in and admire Jar-Eel, Sorana Tor et al more closely?

Many thanks to everyone who has bought this book and has now made it a COPPER BEST-SELLER.

I have uploaded the first updated version, which includes:

• added Redbubble art from DMs After Dark / Katrin Dirim
• added The Greatest Tournament in the World freeform booklet availability (German language version)
• updated link to the free Rune Hearts game, which now has its own dedicated web page
• added the Quest Portal VTT, with first impressions of its content including its AI assistant used in an RQG context

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From The Eleven Lights, page 162:

Earth Season

The Dragonrise (date as above); The Liberation of Boldhome

Dark Season

Tarsh siezes Alda-Chur

The Battle of Dangerford

Page 168 of The Eleven Lights has Fazzur marching south from Alda-Chur on Godsday, Harmony Week, Fire Season, reaching Herongreen Fort on Waterday of Death Week, then camping there throughout Clayday. I assume that's an error and intended to be Dark Season. The Tarshite forces then march towards Dangerford on Windsday of Death Week, and the battle takes place that day (page 171).

Sacred Time

Kallyr's Short Lightbringer's Quest

2 hours ago, Muwatallis said:

The Dragonrise 

I don't think they all have precise dates, but the Dragonrise was on Clay Day, Harmony Week, Earth Season.

https://glorantha.fandom.com/wiki/Brown_Dragon_Rising

40 minutes ago, Simulacrum said:

My PoD copy arrived today - looks great! Only one small disappointment - it doesn't have '4' on the spine so doesn't look like it's part of a set with vols 1-3 on my shelf!

 

See Ian's post here. If you contact him, he and Fabian are offering to compensate early buyers with "some kind of bonus item":

https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/15587-pavis-big-rubble-companion-the-directors-cut-relaunch/page/29/#comment-352374

2 hours ago, svensson said:

And given the GM's Pack content, the Glorantha Bestiary content, and so forth, I'm not really seeing what a GM's Guide could add to the body of material already available. But then, I've been wrong before. There's no doubt a corner or cranny that I have thought of.

Two years ago, in Weapons & Equipment, it promised that the RuneQuest Gamemaster Sourcebook would provide information on ships, naval combat, owning and maintaining a ship, magical effects of poems and songs, membership of guilds, guild training, creation of magical items and minor enchantments, crystal attunement etc. I think it's a reasonable assumption that it's fairly well progressed.

14 minutes ago, Runeblogger said:

Like this?

Perfect! You can't go wrong with three duck characters on show!

Hi all. I am looking for screenshots of RQG in any VTT, for inclusion in my forthcoming book An Unofficial Buyer's Guide to RuneQuest & Glorantha.

Are you happy for me to use your Foundry screen images above, @Tyrian Telbenj? Or do you have any @Dangermouse?

And does anyone have any for Roll20, showing the character sheet in use?

I believe the Fantasy Grounds version never happened?

39 minutes ago, Rick Meints said:

Can we see a sample page or two?

Here you go!

The ad shows what the book will cover: products that are available today. The aim is to have little or no overlap with the Meints Index to Glorantha, which (3rd edition) covers everything published up until around 2015, and also not to duplicate Nick Brooke's invaluable Jonstown Compendium Catalogue. Think that doesn't leave much? Well, the work-in-progress draft is sitting at 57 pages so far ...

Have you ever been surprised to discover a product you can buy for RuneQuest or Glorantha that you hadn't previously known even existed? Did you know that you can still get brand-new copies of that Gloranthan fanzine that quit publishing 15 years ago? Have you ever bought a RuneQuest book and then been annoyed to discover it was half the price on a different website? If so ... then this book, coming soon to the Jonstown Compendium, is for you.

Which Gloranthan fiction is still available to buy right now? How many Gloranthan boardgames are for sale today? How many languages is RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha available in, and what are they? Where can you buy a Seven Mothers apron? Does anyone make a Gloranthan dragon snail miniature? Which artists are selling prints of their Gloranthan art? Where can I find alternatives to the standard RQG character sheet?

Answers to all these and more are ... coming soon!