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metcalph

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  1. I don't agree that Gark is deceptive. His claims of peace and eternal life could be totally legitimate and he would still be just as bad to the Cosmos.
  2. The nearest is the Duke of the Blue Moon, who might also be the Emperor's Cousin.
  3. No different from Ash Odin's Day, Holy Thor's Day or Good Freya's Day, no?
  4. My modest Lantern proposal. It's the first step in a mystical quest to become the Last Light (cf Arinsor Clearmind "[...]. was so devoted to Yelmalio that he shone with an internal glow during the darkest nights" Pavis: Threshold to Danger p51) . Unfortunately all teachers of it were conscripted by Sheng Seleris for his wars and the full teaching has been lost. Now to do the Farsee...
  5. I think the Darkness and Chaos books won't be needed so soon as we already have Cults of Terror and Trollpak. I'm struggling to muster much enthusiasm for the water book and think that spirits will next in line after the Solars. I could (probably will) be wrong.
  6. On a related note, I just had the idea that for his religious services to Humct (whom he worshipped before turning to Vivamort), Delecti will wear a mad scientist's lab coat.
  7. To give some idea as to Delecti's status, in the Troll War he fought on the side of Ironhoof and other good guys. Nobody likes him, he's too tough to be done in and nobody wants to see him on the other side.
  8. They probably have Limnades (Cults of Runequest: Prosopedia p77). The Hidden Greens for example have the Women of Seclusion (Guide p453).
  9. I don't think there's a specific occupation of Lunar Assassin. Rather the Satraps use a whole variety of magicians, gladiators and criminals.
  10. I always liken sorcery as being best performed with a clear head and knowledge of spirit magic to be under the influence of various intoxicants and narcotics.
  11. Apostates might be a better word for them. Krarsht is my guess.
  12. Judging from the Cults of Runequest books released so far and the Red Book of Magic Biselenslib - Command Water Bird Everina - Bless Wild Rice. Jaderenasa - Awaken Loon Pelora - Bless Barley River Horse - Rider River Horse. Yestendos - Float That leaves Lodril, Orlanth Adventurous, Shargash and Yelm. I think it probable they would provide Shield as they are unlikely to alongside each other in the same temple (ie an Osliran temple which honors Orlanth Adventurous is unlikely to honor Yelm, Shargash or Lodril).
  13. I think Storm Bull had a much greater range in the God Time but that was whittled down to Chaos-Killer - he has lost nearly everything and now only has his rage. Pretty much like how Yelmalio was a Fire God and left with only Light. The main subcults (Bisos, Bemur etc) are relics of what Storm Bull was like. Storm Bull/Bisos has 18,000 worshippers in the Western Reaches which is only slightly less than Prax's 19,600 worshippers (5,600 Bison , 3,900 High Llama, 6,000 Impala, 3,200 Morokanth and 900 Pol Joni). Sartar only has 2,500, the Far Place 1,050 and Talastar 3,750. Heortland has a large number (over 10,000) but it is unclear how much of the 1621 population is controlled by God Forgot in 1625. So the Western Reaches has a problem with Chaos, which is comparable to the Wastelands and more than Snakepipe Hollow. The Lunars are unlikely to be a cause as Storm Bull is not worshipped in the Heartlands. There is a chaos land in Charg the details of which are literally obscured (cf the Argan Argar Atlas for the Bleak Land p17). In addition, there is a bygone detail in Avalon Hill's Gods of Glorantha which mentioned Krjalki infesting the borders of the Ban. Now to sus out the Bull Society in Seshnela...
  14. Good: Orlanth Bad: Argan Argar, Waha, Ugly: Gagarth, Maran Gor
  15. Such a grisly fate can be avoided by using the eye as it was originally intended - by wearing Vecna's head.
  16. Bisos is remembered for defeating YarGan and sending the Blue People away. His father is Tawars or KefTavar and his mother is Esus (think Zeus and Euopra). Since Tawar is a Hsunchen God descended from Hikym and Storm Bull is the son of Umath and Mikyh, it's fair to state that they are the same. The Entekosiad has a few things to say about Bisos, such as how he defeated the enemy god. This seems similar to the Earthpower Runespell and so is apparently Bisos's runespell in action. Now Bisos immediately does the same thing to his fallen foe: The action is repeated by his cult in history: This is illustrated with a relief of Mithras killing a Bull, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tauroctony Then: So Bisos's runespell is the Dethronement of the Unjust in which the caster sacrifices himself for a greater victory. Bisos is the sacrificial bull, so to speak. I think Storm Bull's cult in Carmania and Seshnela is constrained by their submission to the Invisible God. They still fight as typical bikies and berserks and when bereft of the civilizing influences of the Invisible God, rule as such (cf the Bull Shahs). .
  17. The Kachasti still have a Speaking Tour p93 so I doubt it. The Ten Thousand Wondrous Isles actually goes back all the way to Avalon Hill's RQ3 Book 5 (p237 combined rulebook and is mentioned as another name for the Eastern Isles. In Revealed Mythology there are the Wondrous Islands, Tadeniti and the Vaybeti Islands (Map p8 - collectively labelled as the SW Islands or perhaps the 800 Islands, which in turn becomes another island group in the pdf edition map)). Given that the God Learners misinterpreted the Stela Corpora to place the Heron Hegemony there, I think a similar misunderstanding has occurred in the How the Islands were Made myth to illuminate some shadowy corner of Glorantha. Given that an invasion of beakies is mentioned in Malkioni mythology, it may be New Keetela (Revealed Mythologies p79)
  18. The only change is that the Kachasti speakers are now the Magicians.
  19. The six original peoples of Danmalastan are still there just under different names. Thinobutu is now part of the Empire of New Serenity (which I suspect is a God Learner construct as the original sequence of events there is a mess). Storm Age and Lesser Darkness have been interchangeable for some time although I like the Guide's interpretation that the Lesser Darkness was really the Late Storm Age. The dating of events is largely one of style and interpretation methinks.
  20. I always used Yelmalions or Sun Domers. But assholes works fine.
  21. Borists: the reason that the Borists are called squids is that while conventional means of acquiring chaos features run the risk of turning the chaotic into a broo, the more rational Boristi version can turn the chaotic into an (intelligent) walktapus.
  22. metcalph

    Tapping

    According to the Guide Personally I think that in acquiring the Runic Knowledge of Chaos (useful for Tap Chaos), the Boristi magicians lose their fear of it and so feel free to use other chaotic sorceries. These would mimic the rune spells taught by the Lords of Terror while at the same time the Boristi remains chaos-free. Little wonder everybody hates them.
  23. Dara Happan Sacred Alphabet. Used as a prefix to denote an Immortal, Deity or Celestial. Box Guide p349
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