Steve

Oops, never mind.

Fantastic art.

I've updated the dates for the new RQ in the initial posting based on Jason Durall's post at https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?819569-What-s-the-status-of-RuneQuest-Glorantha&p=21522753#post21522753

Thank you for reminding me (again!) about Hamlet's Hit Points, @David Scott. I bought that a while back and then forgot about it. I've started reading it now, very interesting.

Not yet. The original schedule has slipped somewhat, and the Kickstarter backers are waiting an update from @Rick Meints on that topic. There are lots more books to come - Pavis, Big Rubble, Griffin Mountain, Borderlands, SoloQuest Collection, Trollpak and RuneQuest Companion.

Loving this thread. Related to this, can I recommend Robin Laws' book Sharper Adventures in HeroQuest: Glorantha, one of the Kraken Chapbooks available from http://www.the-kraken.de/fundraiser.html It's all about how to structure an adventure, and despite the title it's relevant to pretty much any rules system, since it's all about the storytelling and not about the rules.

The original RQ2 Apple Lane has been available for a while as a PDF, as part of the RuneQuest Classics series (from the Kickstarter on that topic). See https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-classic/ Eventually all this stuff should be available in print too, but there hasn't been any news on hard copy for some time.

On the RQ Classic (as opposed to Gloranthan Classics) Kickstarter, @Rick Meints recently posted this update:

"No point" physically, but what about mythical significance/benefits? Those platforms on the way down could act as platforms for those taking part in or watching ceremonies there.

Yep, it's in Forgotten Secrets.

http://www.princeofsartar.com/comic/111-a-strange-place/

Given that it does seem more difficult to make a dome, it would imply that there was a special reason for having a hemispherical roof, i.e. it wasn't just about practicality/protection. Perhaps there was a religious/ritual significance to the dome? Perhaps calling on the gods to help protect those inside?

Did you hear anything at The Kraken on this, @GianniVacca ?

http://www.princeofsartar.com/comic/110-down-below/

It doesn't imply that all laws are different, but neither does it imply that it must be an exception and all other laws are the same as the RW. Another highly relevant quote from @Jeff, this one much more recent: Action and reaction is likely another fundamental example. An effect similar to our own RW action and reaction (in terms of physical forces in the RW) was likely from a god doing something very early on in the God Time. A god pushed against something, and the item pushed back against him too - therefore in Gloranthan Time, there is an action/reaction effect because of this.

You're applying way too much RW physics to Glorantha. It simply doesn't work like that. Otherwise how do you explain Glorantha's magic and the God Time with our RW physics? Obviously the answer to the latter is you can't. So you can't compare the two like this. Glorantha's "elements" (their equivalent) weren't made in the same way as our RW elements. As @Jeff said a while back:

They do, but it's Mostali engineering, with a lot of magic to back up any physical effort involved. Very different from our own world's engineering. Glorantha's "physics" is based on myth and magic. Our own physical laws simply do not apply in Glorantha. In our own world when some culture says that spirits cause disease, we know that they're wrong because of our modern understanding of science. In Glorantha, spirits really *do* cause disease. Gravity as we understand it here does not exist in Glorantha - however a similar effect occurs for completely different reasons, as discussed at :

Coloured version:

Just black & white for now, but colour version to come soon. http://www.princeofsartar.com/comic/109-save-yourself/

Fabulous work, Martin.

It depends how you interpret this. One possibility is if the gods of the sea were made out of salt water and when they died, the water disappeared (for whatever reason) and only the salt remained. Or whether there was something differerent about the way the gods of the sea were made, e.g. bones of salt, and their bones (salt) were left behind. I don't think we're given enough here to be specific. We're told (Guide p.460) that after the Surface World appeared from the depths, "rivers crept across the face of the land". These don't sound like they were dependent on the rain from Heler, and originated from the ocean. So were the original rivers salty and this only changed when their direction changed? Is the Syphon river salty? Or did the rivers originating from the ocean leave their salt behind once they hit the land?

p.17 of the Guide (3rd column, 1st para) confirms that Glorantha has "Salt seas", and p.460 tells us that "seas are large saltwater bodies". p.460 also tells us how everywhere was water at first, then the surface world was pushed up from the depths, and rivers crept across the land. Was the initial water salty and the rivers somehow lost their salt, or was the original water non-salty and somehow became salty later? Or something else? The former seems more likely to me, but we obviously need a mythic explanation for this.

^^^ This, because the below I find true only at the most superficial level. Sure, it *looks* similar, but usually the underlying reasons for the existence of any part of nature are totally different from our own planet, and based on myth and magic rather than any science that we would recognise here on earth (Gloranthan "science" being totally different to our own).

p.377 - has this image been mirrored? Because it doesn't seem to match the description of the hands on p.376, e.g. Destroyer is said to have in the right hand a flanged mace and the left hand a black sphere. But in the art these appear to be the other way round, i.e. the black sphere is in the right hand (though the left of the art).

Aaahhh!!! My eyes!!! Sorry, not my favourite art (blue guy and red girl)