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Iirc there are rules for plate armors that must be fitted for new owners in D&D.

The tech level of Glorantha is about 300 BCE Mediterranean and China with its pike phalanxes, triremes, crossbows, water mills etc. Ie. centuries later than bronze age Earth. But the objects which would have been made from iron are made from bronze.

Fonrit has millers (Guide p. 43) and there are water mills in Peloria: The Empire works like a good waterwheel, which goes on day and night whether the miller is there or not. (Guide p. 307). And there's also a hamlet in Colymar called Greenbrass, though the name might not be from the mill's brass anymore.

Hah, he became a squire in my group too.

Blue elves perhaps?

Yeah this is the reason why I thought that Sartarites didn't use them, even though they would be useful and Sartarite craftsmen being able to make them. But looks like that they are more widespread than the Guide says, even if not common.

I use houserules for movement and encumbrance, so ditching greaves and shields is a valid option in many situations.

Smart move! As for the tazer, Demoralize and Befuddle are quite useful for that purpose, and get you POW increase chances too. Of course they have a limited duration.

My take is that they are buried Orgorvale's worshippers. Perhaps only priests and nobles?

Hah, that one almost caused a feud in my campaign, since the players went all murder hobo. It was settled with wergild, but they earned a few enemies still.

In my Colymar campaign bloodfeud is one of the themes, and the antagonist in the Quickstart scenario was from the feuding family, and the dead herders were from the pcs' family.

If a group of youths want to go raid some cattle, do they need permission from their family elders and clan chief for it? And how big a share can they keep from it, and how much do they give to the family elders and chief?

My guess is that it's for game balance reasons.

Yeah, the meaning of initiate is someone who has been initiated.

I asked about this in the first Q&A thread: Q: Page 269 in the RQG book: “Most who belong to a cult are lay members, without any authority or position within the cult.” Page 73 in the RQG book: “Nearly every adult is initiated into the cult of a specific deity.” Which is it? A: You’re confusing being initiated into a cult with being an initiate of that cult. Most everyone in the world is a member of one cult or another, a lay member. Only a small number take the test sacrifice a point of POW and gain a Rune point, and still fewer go on to become Rune Masters or God-talkers within that cult. I agree that the word choice on page 73 is confusing. A clearer version might be “Nearly every adult is a member of the cult of a specific deity.” For the purposes of player character adventurers, all are considered to be initiates, so the sentence on page 73 applies specifically to them.

Yeah, this should definitely be put in the books somewhere. 10-30% are the numbers I've seen in some threads, but I can't find an official answer.

Like, one elf using two other for skis?

Iirc this was mentioned in some older book.

I'd use height for strike rank, and mass for everything else, if the character's density is the same as humans'. But if the character is eg. made from stone, I'd use the height for armor price too (I'm using the older edition's rules where larger armors cost more.)

The Guide specifically mentions that the Snow Trolls don't use them, but perhaps Dark Trolls might. Oh yeah, I had forgotten about them.

Agreed. At times I've felt like a haruspex looking at entrails when trying to understand RQG's rules, but the official Q&A threads have been useful. And these days the response time is very fast.

Does anyone else other than the humans near Valind's Glacier use skis or snow shoes?

Yeah it worked fine when I ran it. My players' characters were from MOB's Sun County Cradle scenario, and worked perfectly for it. It's a well written scenario, quite Cthulhu-like, but unfortunately the rest of the book isn't as good.

Oh, this is a good one.

Isn't that a bit south?