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Orlanthi

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    I’ve been roleplaying on and off since the 70’s. My first exposure was AD&D and then Traveller and I started running my own Traveller games soon after (for about 5 years).

    I continually eyed off the original Runequest in the game shop but (stupidly) never bought it. My first real Chaosium rpg was Pendragon, which I absolutely adore and always will. I started running the Boy King Pendragon campaign in the mid 90s but that eventually petered out. I would still love to run a Pendragon campaign but chivalry seems to have died.

    I dabbled with Stormbringer but the asymmetry in the races and magic always kind of stopped me from running an adventure.

    I was (am?) an Initiate in the Gloranthan Trading Association and that started my love affair with Glorantha. I’ve most of the published books and many fanzines but, too my shame, have never actually run a Gloranthan game. But I’m close! I swear!
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    HeroQuest, D&D 5e.
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    Canberra, Australia
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    Gloranthaphile. Traveller tragic. Pendragon piner.

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  1. There's some good material in the Guide on this. Tosti Runfriend's account (p732) says that "While [in the Sky realm], Kallyr and her companions befriended the Star Dragon so that she could defeat the Empire and free her people. This was all in preparation for a far more dangerous magical ritual Kallyr had planned." IIRC, Gathering Thunder's story line has this occur as well, though off-stage from the PCs, and after they leave the Sky realm. Later the same account says that "even Orlaront Dragonfriend did not know [the dragon]. So he was new, brought there for that moment by the magic of Orlanth." Interestingly, the sidebar (not Tosti) says: "The green beam was the manifestation of the Dragon’s Head. It was more than the conjunction of stars, for the Orlanthi had plotted for years to cause this moment. They had sailed on the maiden voyage of the new Boat Planet and negotiated with the Star Dragon so that it would manifest at that moment in five places: in the sky, where Stella Draconis took a bite out of Shargash; in the Middle Air, where the green star of the Ring appeared; in the earth, which devoured the nascent temple and people; in the deepest seas, where a coupling occurred; and in the Otherworld, where a monster was formed." If Kallyr was unaware of this then perhaps there was some deeper and more mysterious plot and purpose. Awesome stuff either way!!!
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