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Hrm... It just suddenly struck me: there are many, many possible symbols for "common labor." Farming is likely the most ubiquitous such labor, so farming-tools would be apt (or a fishing-net where fishing replaces farming as most ubiquitous occupation). But this symbol is -- rather specifically -- an anti-Aldryami symbol. I mean, it isn't ONLY, it isn't ALWAYS, so anti-Aldryami... sometimes an axe IS just an axe. But couldn't a less-fraught symbol of common-man labor have been chosen? Specifically... wouldn't it have been chosen? FWIW

Tricksters??!? Where? Exile 'em, quick! Or find an O.rex to Bond 'em. Me? I'm just the weeee bit more adventurous than the average Orlanth Adventurous, nuthin trickster-y atall about li'l old me, nuthin atall ...

100% (ya see what I did there?) a matter of personal/table preference. I often see it expressed that you should NOT have all the skills in a given BRP game... specifically, that a well-tuned suite of skills goes a long way to establishing the setting, the genre, the tone/feel of the game. YBRPMV -- and it assuredly should V!

Let me just say, for the record -- I'm enjoying the different POV's on the Merchant Gods, and enjoying the different game-able Glorantha's they each present! Y*GWV, M*GWV, E*GWV * Your * My * Everyone's

It probably does add some overhead, at that. It also lets them begin getting revenue earlier ... possibly MUCH earlier, for an art-heavy item like a 2-vol cults book! -- and that's pretty valuable in its own right. I'm not saying it's clearly the best move for them. But it does look like it's at least worth a solid "think-about" the several upsides vs the downsides, rather than a dismiss-out-of-hand. 😁

Oh aye, that I am. 'Tis my one besetting sin! But when the toleratin' an' the respectin' get too much fer me... Well, there's the lightning. Violence is always an option!

Huh. To me, the androgynous look seems spot-on. I remember all the covers showing a rather badass & masculine Elric never matched the vibe I got of him from the books.

This is, of course, nothing more than foul Lunar propaganda! Chaos can never, ever be trusted. If it is a tool, it is an accursed one, that will do ill deeds no matter the will of the owner, and indeed lure the owner into willful ill-doing. There, d'you see? D'you see??? They even admit it up-front, the Nysalorian link and their plan to go even further... And as everyone knows, the next step after Nysalor is Gbaji !!! You had Nysalor, a God smuggled inside the Compromse by sorcerors more powerful than wise; Nysalor seemed nice to many, but was unveiled eventually as Chaos incarnate. Now you have this malformed seven-part trumped-up goddess, brought again inside Time by sorcerors more powerful than wise, using unmitigated Chaos like the Crimson Bat, and Broo in her army, and... Can ye not SEE it, man? Are ye so blinded by her glamour's??? [/Orlanthi Old-Timer]

🤯 Alas, for the lost 3rd volume of the Guide ... 🤡

We are all us. We are all Gbaji.

In my Glorantha: During the sack of Pavis, there was a reasonably high number of drunk soldiers assaulting the female citizenry to rape them; something like half the number you'd expect, during a RealWorld sack of a city, because many of 'em knew better, even drunk. Because y'know what? There was a metric crapton of berzerk Uroxi in town, and every time some asshole tried that shit, a bunch of "Sense Chaos" lit up nearby, and they dropped their other amusements and went off to make their objections known in that special way the Uroxi have... And Babsy-G ... Yeah, the Axe Maidens know the risks of war and a city-sack, and when Eiritha nudged her sister in warning, I'm sure she sent some extra "deterrents" along. And Eiritha herself, lotsa rune-priestesses and shamans who were probably planning all along to do a sharp pivot from "take the city" to "prevent atrocities." Glorantha is not Earth. A patrol of soldiers drunk on both stolen liquor and heady victory, stumbling into a hide-out full of women? In the real-world, that sounds like a dire risk of a tragedy. In Glorantha, they have a reasonable guess that someone might have a spirit running overwatch, and it's on THEIR side while they behave honorably... but if they slip Chaos-ward, there's a real possibility of retribution catching them with their pants down. So while YES there were attempts, it was much less than one might expect; and many of the attempts were stopped in short order. YGMV

Chaosium doesn't want to do this as a KS project. But... huh... y'know, that doesn't mean they cannot take some of those same KS notions and apply them to their own business practices, and come out with a best-of-both-worlds situation This is actually a decent notion, IMHO... I realize the art & layout need to be done, the printing, etc. But for those of us who are REALLY eager -- and see some of this content as "essential" -- what about a "very-early-access" PDF? I mean, you see (quoted above) that this group won't even consider playing without this content (I presume they are not alone); the entire production is wonderful, but the writing is essential. So: let us buy the PDF (text-only), at the regular PDF price, just as if it were ready for commercial release: text-complete but without art & layout. It could give the "tribal edit" crew all that much more time to work before Chaosium places the order for the print run. As per normal Chaosium practice, you can update the PDF and provide customers with periodic updates (art&layout, tribal-edit, etc.), and (also as per normal Chaosium practice) an e-coupon for the price-of-PDF discount on the printed-copy. Everything the same... except early access to the text. And -- not to put too fine a point on it -- early access to the revenue! Which kinda looks win-win, to me. @Jeff or @Neil(and/or whoever else @Chaosium) ?

Nah. I'm pretty sure there's an NPC that's the GM's MarySue. But I'm not sure if the MarySue is Conan or NubilePrincess.

Yeah... In BRP (all variants I've seen) sheer numbers are a credible threat. HP don't scale up as PC's advance; those crits/specials stay almost as dangerous from a wimpy little Goblin as from a Conan. Of course, a Conan is gonna Crit a lot MORE of the time... But that's why the mooks are a credible threat IN NUMBERS. Their collective chance-to-crit can be every bit as high. Admittedly -- even Conan's non-Crit is pretty scary! But hey -- the GM's can't have everything! Oh, wait... Yes they can!!! Horde of Goblins led by Conan FTW!!! In fact, FTTPK...

Well... She is the Moon, on her way to the Sky where She belongs. The Middle Air -- Orlanth -- stands in her way. Also, since we ARE all us, the whole thing where the Orlanthi are foolishly resisting the Lunar civilization is... well, foolish. Stupid Barbarians! Better to bring them into the fold and enlighten them, no matter how they might resist. As to not being killed on sight... Eff (above) has a bunch of good options.

Not quite. In the Lesser Darkness, before Time, many gods died. Yelm the sun, the Emperor of the Universe, was dead -- killed by Orlanth with the new thing called Death. Gods and demigods, stars and planets, fell; as did the moon; or perhaps more than one Moon. The Evil Trio summoned Chaos from the Primal Void into the world for the first time. In the Greater Darkness, Chaos was rampant in the world. Gods died, and some more-than-died; Kajabor devoured their beings, their ever-having-been; their names are unknown, their natures gone from Creation. The world itself was being destroyed, un-made. Great battles included Earthfall, where Genert died -- that place is still the Wastes, Chaos-riddled and with little Fertility )they say the Void itself sometimes leaks through in places, still; and Stormfall, where Chaos defeated Orlanth and Urox and Humakt in one great battle. Finally the Gods made the Great Compromise, the Gods' Pledge. The great goddess Arachne Solara took their Pledge, and spun a web of it, devoured Kajabor and bound him in the web as well. That web, that compromise, is Time itself. By that compromise, the Gods are bound to the Godtime... outside of Time, outside of the mortal world of Glorantha. By that compromise, the Sun is in the sky for half the time. But part of that compromise, inextricably intertwined, is Chaos itself. Sedenya was born -- or reborn; or even assembled -- within Time, part of the world. She was no part of the Compromise, and her relationship with it is... ambiguous.

The Red Moon Goddess is also a composite, a rebuilt whole comprised of fragments and shards from other Ages, other conflicts. It's not entirely clear that all of Her pieces come from the same source; she may be made of very-different entities. <wonders idly if El Cid is more-informed about the character concept after we've "helped" ... or more-confused>

Yeah, e-mail's. I set up to follow you (and this thread), and to get e-mail's; at least, that's what I tried to do.. I get that maybe it doesn't report to me what I post in the thread... but I should have seen your reply to me, and did NOT see it (yes, I checked the Spam folde But I /have/ gotten other emails from BRPCentral. @Trifletraxor ?

Hello & welcome to the site! Quick recap... RQ is alive and well, in a GLORIOUS new edition. Bestiary + GM-Pack also out, with a slipcovered set of the trio, if that;s your fancy. Lots more content coming along, some of it really soon! 2 other official Glorantha RPGs -- HeroQuest (a very-narrative game engine) and 13th Age (a descendant of a D&D variant) each have "Glorantha" core rulebooks (although each has independent non-Gloranthan books too). Borderlands itself isn't currently in print, but "Borderlands & Beyond" includes virtually all of the original Borderlands... plus a bunch of other relevant content! If you love the world of Glorantha, but have been out of the loop for years... there's a real treat in store for you: the Guide to Glorantha, in 2 massive oversized volumes. No game mechanics, but the setting-bible to overmatch EVERY other setting-bible for any RPG, ever. 😁 More recently, the Glorantha Sourcebook (also mechanic-free) added its own wonderful myth-centric (anbd somewhat more accessible) variation... It is an amazing time to be a fan of RQ & Glorantha!

Mourneblade is an active license in France, IIRC... So the Video & RPG rights may be separate in this case. Although when I went to check, the website seems dead. Maybe that license isn't so active after all...

Yeah; the art and layout just take TIME. Especially, I believe, the art. The 2 books of adventuring materials, that Chaosium expects are coming out next, are simply easier to produce, and shouldn't slow the Cults Duo by much, if any. Holding up everything else for the Cults would just be an artificial -- and needless -- delay on those products.

In a vague and general sense, broadly speaking, I'm in agreement. But... This is a specific case, and it's highly atypical. Specifically: it's already a volunteer organization. We already put in hours of prep time. Some (as noted by @Todd@Chaosium above) create various props and promo material already, for yet more hours given to the Cult <ahem. that sounds so wrong...> And (and this is the kicker, so note well) Chaosium gives us -- for free -- a large amount of commecial-caliber and "official" game-content, that we would normally pay money for... plus a library of less-polished but still excellent material. Free, free, free... all round. And (and this is the other kicker) it is specifically this free material, and the volunteer effort, that is being promoted. This logo is NOT the logo on a product for FLGS-shelves or webstore. In fact, the Cult activities COST money for Chaosium. They give us free stuff... and they pay for the privilege of doing so! Prep of the Cult materials, various support stuff for events, etc etc etc. I mean... I don't doubt that -- overall -- the Cult pays them back in "exposure" -- the very "exposure" that is so problematic when exploited the other direction. But "exposure" is literally 100% of Chaosium's return on investing in the Cult! (how's that for a "kicker?") In this context... yeah, I think the contest is appropriate and non-exploitative.

+1 ! I'm not entering this giveaway... but ONLY because I won a copy of Odd Soot last giveaway, so if the luck of the draw got me another win I don't want any appearance of clarence rigging things! 😁

Rather than a who-is-better analysis, ask: which-way-makes-the-party-stronger?

I think that some things are inborn; mostly tendencies & inclinations, not locked-down fates. Even a newborn infant is not a blank slate equivalent to every other newborn. I think that some things come from how you are (and aren't) raised, & sundry external influences. I think some things come from the choices you make, or don't make, what you decide; what you make of your life. This is true in My Glorantha, just as I think it's true in the RealWorld. But when we inscribe our Adventurers onto character sheets, the player is the primary arbiter (within the rules) of what goes where, and why.