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Some guy wrote a book in the 60s that had the premise that stirrups were some kind of super invention, that made the mounted warriors the new ruling class. That is 100% incorrect. Lance charges and mounted warrior ruling classes existed centuries before stirrups. Unfortunately the stirrup thing became a part of pop history and slithered from there into rpg and strategy game rules. So, once again: stirrups aren't needed for lance charges.

Heavy cavalry charges with lances were done centuries before stirrups, and over 1000 years before the medieval chargers. And the medieval chargers weren't particularly large horses either. RQG's rules overstate the importance of massive beasts for lance charges.

And that support comes from the saddle. Stirrups aren't needed for cavalry charges.

It does not require stirrups. That was invented by a guy in the 60s, and it has been debunked many times since.

Haven't heard about this before. What's the source?

Here's one from the Finnish edition of the Elder Races:

Ah, yes, forgot about those.

Even thrusting swords were used as "lances" in RL, so there's really no minimum length, except that when you're using a longer weapon you get to strike first. The idea of a "lance" is that if you strike with one in the same direction your mount is moving, the blade will move faster than it would if you were charging on foot. RQG isn't a physics simulator, so only proper lances work in it for the purpose. As for the "pikes", bayoneted muskets were used for the purpose, so a short spear should work too. The required length needs to be long enough to reach the target obliquely from the ground, so the under 3' long Zulu iklwas wouldn't be useful. In RQ3 all spears worked for cavalry and infantry. I'd call the long spear the Goldilocks weapon, eg. the Greek hoplite's Dory was 2-3m, as were the 19th and 20th centuries' cavalry lances. My group is now playing RAW RQG, but after the first scenario is done, I'll probably pick some houserules from my FrankenQuest, one of which was that charging lancers (or people using other suitable weapons) don't use the mount's damage bonus, but instead their own, and the weapon's basic damage is rolled twice. Iirc, Call of Cthulhu lances used the same rule.

RuneQuest long spears top at 3m. Spears longer than that are referred to as lances or pikes.

Perhaps they burn the dirt away.

I could definitely see that a matchmaker is a profession in Glorantha. But should it be a job for Ernalda or Asrelia worshipper?

Are the marriages usually inter-tribal? And how are they arranged? How much do the groom and bride have a say in it? Which people are involved in it apart from them and the family heads? Do all marriages have to approved by the clan chief or ring?

It's from the RQ3's Gods of Glorantha.

Yeah, definitely. And the God Learners were the biggest pcs of all.

Ah, he's a pc.

The longer quarterstaves and bo staffs are in the same range as long-spears. Long spears were historically used usually one-handed, even by militia, so I find it strange that in most RPGs they are only usable with two hands. Perhaps an easy fix would be to model the one-handed long spears after the short spear's rules, so that one-handed long spear would need two points more strength and do one size smaller dice of damage. Like so: STR/DEX: 11/7 Damage: D8+1 Un-couched lances are imo too long to use one-handed. Couched lance's damage in RQG is a bit iffy too. The size and strength of the mount shouldn't affect the damage, only the mount's speed. Playing RAW, a lancer riding full tilt mounted on a Great Sea Turtle with a movement of 1 would do more damage with a couched lance than a lancer on an average horse.

Voria is the goddess of miners.

When in RL did Elmal lose his Fire spells? Did Elmal have them in HQ?

Looks interesting!

Haven't heard about the Secrets of Dorastor before, what's that?

What's NGS?

Yes, if I knew that the PCs were heading in that direction.

Darn. e: I'll send MOB a pm about it.

My guess is that the buildings in the countryside are built communally and owned by the clans, but who owns and builds the buildings in cities and towns?

Yeah, I meant own with quotation marks. Edited them in.