Nick Brooke

Google: "Succubi" gets 26.6 million hits, "Succubae" gets 60,000. Vox intertubes, vox dei?

This is all crazy talk, though, because most Sable clans are off in the deep Wastelands and might only return to Holy Prax once in seven years, or forty-nine years, or when they next need to make a Khan. Many Sable clans have never heard of the Lunar Empire, and most Sable clans have never heard of this Argrath White Bull chap. (They know the White Bull prophecy, of course, but not that some crazy mystic seems to be fulfilling it).

I'll have some unofficial thoughts about at least a couple of groups of post-Lunar Sables in my Moonbroth Oasis sourcebook. Should be finished this year, if I can stop writing other scenarios long enough to make progress with it...

My advice here echoes Jonathan Tweet’s, so I’ll just quote him.

At this point, we know his shoe size.

Argrath has a devoted personal warband of Praxian fanatics and funky Warlocks, and a working relationship with Harrek the Berserk's Wolf Pirates. He's looted pretty much every coastal region of Genertela and Pamaltela, knows secrets of the Giants and Dragons, and can access all the wealth and secrets of Old Pavis. Leika has... you lot, basically. The most deliberately backward tribe in the heartland of Sartar, existing in self-imposed quarantine from the power structures of the kingdom: no Royal Roads, no City Rings. (Quite a nice little whorehouse on one of the B-roads, I'm told, and the microbreweries are good) So that's another.

I think so. Leika could lead the Greater Colymar Tribe (plus misc. allies and hangers-on), but she can't ever be the legit heir to the Kingdom of Sartar, and Argrath can.

(shrug) We know she is killed in battle in 1626, so that's obviously bollocks.

Sauce?

Yeah, if you spell "Succubi" the normal way they aren't hard to find.

I think “large jewels” are always magical crystals; smaller ones could be powerless.

I thought Roger Raupp's cover art for Sun County, River of Cradles and Shadows on the Borderlands was superbly evocative.

Wasn't it in Hero Wars?

Yes, that map of Boldhome was beautiful. Olivier has surpassed it now, of course, but at the time it blew me away.

I hope the rules are changed soon to allow that. Currently they say: Note: we may permit content in other languages at a later time, but for now all Jonstown Compendium materials must be in English. Obviously it's easier if you write your own stuff (as you've already got permission, and don't need to work out any royalty splits, etc.), but if the original authors are happy for you to adapt their work for publication via the JC, go for it! It's great that there are so many scenarios on our community site.

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I'd say don't bother with conversions for most NPC opponents: use the RQ3 or RQ2 stats basically "as is," until something strikes you as wrong, then wing it in play. You do not need to be spending your time wrangling numbers before you start playing. If you're using some high-end type like a shaman or sorcerer or rune priest, you might need to take more care, but for grunts and cannon fodder: who cares? And I completely agree about ignoring Passions and Runes for NPCs. They don't ever get to try for inspiration unless it's an important part of your scenario, and in that case they probably succeed by fiat (eg: "The Malani warriors have +20% weapon skills in this assault because they Hate your group after you burned their stead to the ground").

Pray continue, @coffeemancer...

Antonia is illustrating them, even now!

In the latest draft of the Nysalor cult writeup I’ve seen, the answer is yes. (Kinda) That is, you can obtain the Illumination “skill” via madness, and you can become Illuminated by making that skill roll. Answering riddles is still easier, but you can certainly become Illuminated by going insane.

You might have forgotten (or never known) that I played in the original Greydog Campaign back in the nineties, and pay keen attention to my old stamping-grounds. The idea that the Lismelder tribe is pro-Lunar isn’t supported by any source I’m familiar with. And they’re included in the most comprehensive list of anti-Lunar tribes ever drawn up. But YGWV, and I’m cool with that.

In keeping with the best traditions of the Seven Mothers' cult, I can neither confirm nor deny that faithful Lunars enjoy an existence of perpetual bliss dwelling in the bejewelled and radiant palaces, cities, countryside and wilderness of the Red Moon itself.

If all Orlanthi can travel to Orlanth's Stead during worship services on High Holy Days, then I'm sure all good Lunars can travel to the Red Moon on theirs. Makes sense, no?

There are cities (plural) on the Red Moon. (The Guide to Glorantha, Appendix I is a four-page gazetteer of its surface features, with a beautiful painted map by Eric Vanel - here's a small excerpt). Think Barsoom.

No, that's a Bjork. He's the outermost layer of the trunk, stem or root of a woody plant.