Darius West

Ahh Horse Collars, another fine God Learner technological development, like the stirrup. 😎

According to the new Cults of RQ: Lighbringers on page 75, the Cult of Buserian is the same as Lhankor Mhy. Apparently they aren't separate deities anymore. The only difference is that Buserian is associated with the Yelm Pantheon, not the Lightbringers. Go figure. I had always personally imagined them as being really quite different, with Buserian worshippers being deeply interested in filing systems and astronomy. That means your LM Yelmalio can be a Buserian worshipper afaik.

Records suggest that weapons would become caught in Viking shields, and with strength, the shields were used to disarm opponents. This demo seems to show how that could happen. Some Viking duelists would let their enemy batter away and shatter up to seven shields, allowing them to tire out before the duelist would then finish them from a relatively fresh position. Records suggest that disposable shields were quite real.

Okay thanks for the clarification. I misread the section and thought Fetches became embodied in animals like allied spirits. My bad. New Question: So what about the situation with cults like Waha where you can be a Waha Khan and gain an allied spirit, and a Waha Shaman and gain a fetch? The Allied Spirit can be in the animal, but the fetch cannot be. How do the Allied Spirit and the Fetch interact with each other? Can anyone discuss what they can and cannot do for each other? It wasn't covered in the rules afaik.

I was just perusing the Red Book of Magic and on page 40 I discovered the spell "Dead Place Ferry". Does anyone know which deity/cult grants this spell?

I'd like to draw people's attention to question 5 for purposes of something I am writing. If a shaman dies, but self-resurrects, what happens to their fetch, if it is in an animal? I'd love to hear some opinions. Thanks Scotty for your detailed response btw.

Dragonewts likely don't even know what a Chalana Arroy is, other than a human with a green sash. They have no religious ties to the Lightbringers, and thus no duty to protect or honor healers. Remember also that the dragonewts alive today are the drop-outs and no-hopers of the Dragonewt Community. All the talented mystics of the Dragonewts have long since become True Dragons. There are even dragonewts who still haven't figured out "I need to eat to live", and basically starve to death, then have a fresh incarnation. Many dragonewts behave strangely. This is partly because they are part of a very alien mystical tradition, and partly because they are literal dumbasses.

It is worth pointing out that none of the tribes and clans presently alive are related to the EWF clans. All the EWF clans were annihilated, so their tombs are fair game. Also, my mummy says cursing is bad.

Hmm... Remember how Valind seizes the Air Rune when Orlanth dies? Sounds a bit "dogs and cats living together in sin" doesn't it? All a bit apocalyptic....? Why not hail in Prax? Everything else is upside down...

Well, potatoes are one of the hundreds of cultivars we owe to the Incas. On the other hand, is there any way in which Glorantha is harmed by the inclusion of potatoes? I can't think of one. If they come from some far away place, then they were clearly introduced by the God Learners. They are a realistic catch-all means to introduce anything anachronistic. Why, just the other day I was wandering the streets of my suburb and considering the origins of all the plants in people's yards. They came from every settled continent courtesy of our own God Learnerism.

Oslira has a connection with Orlanth Thunderous due to being conquered by him when she tried to molest Kero Fin.

Oslira is much like Zola Fel except she gets different Rune Spells. She provides all standard Rune Spells. Obviously she gets Summon/Dismiss Water Elementals of all Sizes. She also gets Breathe Air/Water. Command Crocodile, Command Fish, and her personal spells Flood and Control Flood. Initiates can buy River Eyes and Glue at half price. Associate cults give Command Water Bird, Bless Crops (Rice), Stabilize Earth, Heal Body, Cloud Call, Ride River Horse, Fear, Cloud Clear, and Float. This info is taken from RQ: Gods of Glorantha preview edition, and may well be superseded when The Water Tribe Gods of Glorantha is released in the next couple of years.

True, there have been a number of commodities that have served in place of specie. Salt. Cocoa beans. Cowrie shells. Blankets. Flint nodules. Bronze Axe heads. Animal pelts. Some are easier to carry than others. The issuing of currency is important, and something that most rulers would want to control, asserting Fiat currency in this time by deciding what the medium of exchange would be. Cities developed long before coinage was ever considered. I would also argue that Sartar doesn't really have large cities apart from Boldhome. The Sartarite economy is largely decentralized and agricultural, with only a tiny portion of the population living in any cities. Life at this stage is still all about the agricultural surplus.

FFS, sending ducks to die is always the correct use of Death. You know it, I know it, every Humakti knows it, and so do the Ducks. 😤

Except that every camera used with CCTV has a chip in it these days, unless the system is a total antique. I would imagine that in a world where certain people are in the know about magic, the primitive old systems may well stay in service for exactly these emergencies, fossils or not.

On the contrary, a great many ancient civilizations operated this way. Most Bronze age cities had a rationing system in place as an extension of Royal patronage and power. What they didn't have was Currency in the Bronze Age. The oldest coins appear to date from 680 BCE. Of course Glorantha had the Second Age and God Learner mints to sort that out.

As if the Lunars or the Tarsh Exiles would do anything differently? This is what happens when you give power to illuminates. This is how they behave.

No argument. Characters who don't properly Loyalty (Clan)/Brown-nose (Chieftain) deserve what they get.

I strongly recommend that your character hire themselves a properly accredited Lhankor Mhy lawspeaker next time these issues arise. There are in fact precedents in Orlanthi Tax Law that go back all the way to the Marks on Bark. If you are dealing with sufficiently large sums, it may well be worth the coin to hire a Tax Professional with enough Customary Practice to find you the loopholes you need. Of course there are some unsavory operators in this field, as Thanatari have often turned to the worship of the Severed God specifically to gain the legal expertise they need to avoid excessive taxation and get a head in the world.

On page 232 of the RQG there is an image of Argrath accepting Vasana's oath which he posted on r/roastme, so here goes. You can clearly see that Argrath has a very big nose, the true majesty of which modern artists struggle to depict, or do not know about. Argrath's mighty nose marks him out as a scion of the Royal House of Sartar, and an Orlanthi holy man, as he can draw upon more of the power of the Air than other men, for is it not writ in the holy of holies "blessed are the big noses"? It is a magnificent monster of a nose ! Bestial ! Heraldic in its ugliness ! His gigantic nose hangs minotaury over all proceedings he oversees like an inverted question mark, and augurs other bull sized parts the White Bull may possess. There is not a woman alive who doesn't quiver at the thought of gazing, nay falling into, the terrible abyss of those cavernous nostrils, for it is a symbol at once both phallic and vaginal, such is it's power. You wonder how he drank the Giant's Cauldron? Now you know it wasn't with his mouth alone ! This feature makes Argrath a lord among men for they dare not, nay cannot, meet his gaze. Onlookers fall silent, as they dare not stare at it, and yet they cannot quite look away. Argrath's prodigious proboscis points ever towards destiny, and where the nose goes, all eyes must follow, for such is its' power and charisma. Kallyr Starbrow had many fine and heroic gifts, but she was a failure. Had she but been born with a nose like unto that of Prince Argrath's, history might have been written differently. Crowds stand transfixed by the power of it as Argrath orates. People forget his speeches, but they never forget his nose. This is a nose that points to revolution, to conquest, to victory, and ever sniffs out the weak and rotten heart of the Lunar Empire. It is a nose that will rip down the Moon ! By this nose he rules ! You wondered why so little of Argrath's own words were ever recorded? Well now you know the reason. His scribes were distracted and muffed up their shorthand.

I suspect that the passenger is limited by their ride skill. They won't control direction, but they can scythe their dagger ax at enemy heads as they pass by. Considering the implacable speed of High Llamas and the +10 to hit location leading to 60% of their hits being head hits, you will inevitably begin to make a series of increasingly rude and politically incorrect jokes about the outcome.

I know I did, but I couldn't remember what the forum topic was called. 🥺

There is no Kuschile High Llama Archer skill.

Doesn't Prax have its own equivalent of the God Wall devoted to its many spirits ? Wasn't there a forum topic discussing it?

Thunderbolt might be tied to having the primary air rune? Or maybe thunder alone is? IN either case, it seems odd that air elementals don't have a thunder power if that is the case.