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FWIW... while the term does indeed seem to be a Renaissance-era neologism, the concept is much older. The "Griffon X Horse" cross was famously used to portray "True Love" (love despite being natural enemies) and an improbable mating -- Love Overcomes All. The cross is attested at least as far back as Virgil, and used in art at least as far back as Augustus. I stronly suspect that only our incomplete records prevent us from tracing it as rather more extensive than that; Virgil's usage seems to be in a short list of well-known / obvious exemplars.

I don't see why Waha would be embarrassed to be related to a faithful member of the Survival Covenant. Arguably, the Herd Beasts (for whom Eiritha provides Her blessing directly) were the WINNERS of the Covenant, after all ...

Maybe @Jeff has relevant comments ... ?

I know that hot stones in containers is a RW tech, but in Glorantha (using magic) I don't see any reason the container itself couldn't be the physical source of the heat.

<Me, handing my wife the Artisan sheet>: "They call this the "Arteeeesinal" character sheet. Apparently lots of people report that it's harder to use, handwriting a bit less legible against the background of the sheet. Pretty though, isn't it?" <Holds out hand to take it back> <Her, looking suspiciously at me and withdrawing the sheet slightly>: "I'm an artisanal kind of roleplayer!"

You are an evil, evil man, sir. I approve.

I suppose it's worth reminding folks that you can buy the PDFs NOW (generally Chaosium prices them near-ish to half to cost of the hardcopy) and when the printed version is in fulfillment centers they will send you a "coupon" (a code to enter at their webstore) for that same amount the PDF cost, that applies toward the printed copy. In effect, it's a "PDF is free with the printed copy" policy... but I like to think of it as getting the PDF early when I put down a deposit on my pre-order (but Chaosium doesn't DO pre-orders ... so I just pretend reeeeally hard... )

Time will tell. I'm doing RQG for the rules, I'm just not certain where I'm going to start.

I think the Lunar notion of "Occlusion" is very relevant, too. They still are some form of "mystic" but their "enlightenment" is... erroneous. Until it isn't, of course -- if All is One, then even Occulsion is an essential component... And thus, also still a pathway forward.

Please define "cool stuff." Oh, never mind. The only reason I haven't already bought this, is Chaosium doesn't take pre-orders. 😥

Nonsense. The Queen's English is the only correct form. Anyone varying from Shakespeare Shaksper Shakspe Shakp Shakspere Shakspeare The Bard is obviously doing it wrong!

+1, very enthusiastically ! It's worth noting that ALL the old MoonDesign "Gloranthan Classics" line are useful to RQG players! And for GM's wanting content for adventurers, Griffin Mountain is a great sandbox setting... Griffin Mountain was my first book of the Gloranthan Classics line. My two eldest kids bought it for me at DunDraCon many years ago (they were maybe 8&12 at the time?) because they knew how much I loved me some classic-RQ goodness & had regretted missing out on some of the Biggies due to them being published back in my Starving Student days ...

I met Prax in RQ2 and of course in Cults of Prax. I understand that WBRM & NG wargames are "prior canon." I'm just curious... has there (ever, not just in the nuChaosium reign) been any substantive revision to the Praxian Beast-riders since those early days? Have tribes been added, or removed? Great Tribes become minor ones, or minor ones become Great? I mean, I realize that canon itself describes things like the Ostrich and Bolo being added to the Covenant; the extinction of a few Tribes; the Zebras and the Unicorns and even the Pol-Joni; but the oldest sources have those events as canonical events. I'm wondering about revision to the canon. Offhand, I can only recall only 2 items... 1. Who "won" the lotteries with Waha? Did the Eaters win (who now must serve as herdsmen & protectors for the Eaten... waitWHAT winning made them servants?) ? Did the Eaten win, who themselves eat directly from the provender of Divine Eiritha (waitWHAT winning made them food) ? I have seen both perspectives presented, and honestly don't know if there *IS* a canonical "God Learner Right" right answer, OR if the answer has changed, OR if canon is explicitly & intentionally obscure on this. 2. the very-recent heresy of the Vegetarian Morokanth, which isn't "substantive" in that it doesn't elevate/deprecate minor/majors or introduce/eliminate Tribes at all... just heinously bowdlerizes one of the great pieces of Gloranthan weirdness and creepiness (YGMV (thinking of including "Vegetarianism" as an explicit (and shameful) heresy amongst the Morokanth)).

Just reviewed the GM Screen Pack calendar. It IS very pretty; and very useful! But ... I'm clearly going to need (for my group, for my campaign) to produce my own calendar, or modify one from somewhere online. It is, like much of Gloranthan lore, Too Much for newbies. For my campaign -- and it's not clear at this point whether I'm going with my original plans to RQG-convert Borderlands&Beyond, run pure-RQG-original scenariae, or Do Something Else -- I'll want a calendar showing ONLY the PC's cults Holy Days + local dominant culture (e.g. all Lightbringers in Sartar; CultsOfPrax cults for B&B; etc), and not much more. What's "common knowlege" and PC-specific; not a comprehensive, canon-infodump perspective!!!

But, of course, the Lingua Franca here is (ironically) ENGLISH (which is roughly 0.1% of the rootstock of the original "Lingua Franca..." hence, irony). And English verbs the nouns and nouns the verbs. English pursues other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. What's worse, this is a nerdy-geeky forum. We take what "rules" English claims to have and deliberately abuse them. We pluralize "octopus" as "octopi". We pluralize "Moose" as "Meese." We Latinize Greek words, and enGreek the Latin. As soon expect to stop the Red Moon from waxing and waning, as always expect formally-correct language use HERE, of all places. We are all Geeks like Us.

Wait... is this a new aspect, or have the Ostrich Tribe been notably "stealthy" (even compared to other Beast Riders) in prior canon???

I am -- shockingly! -- still waiting to get my very first copy of Trollpak (via the RQClassic KS). It's beginning to feel like it may be a race between the StretchGoal, and @boztakang's new Trollpack <whimpers piteously> ...

Never fear. The Inquisition will come for them... but not when they expect it!

Do any (all) of the non-Uz with "bug-ish" associations have any linkages over to Trolls? I'm looking at Wasp Riders, of course... But also, shockingly, chaos-ridden Scorpionmen...

Trolls have long been associated with insects. What about the other arthropods, not technically insects? Spiders? Scorpions? Centipedes & millipedes? What about the watery ones, crabs & crayfish &c?

I would agree, but ... apparently I'm not supposed to agree with soltakss? AFAIK, there /is/ no policy on this. Be as necromantic as you want, if you have the POW / MP for it ...

Really looking forward to this! Is it far enough advanced for y'all to reveal any details? Or whether "2019" is a guesstimate or a confident plan (with the understanding that even the most solid plans are subject to revision in the face of Eurmalian influences ... i.e. don't hold such an estimate as a commitment or even an announcement)?

TYVM @Rick Meints for all the info/feedback!

I do not recall hearing that this applied to Glorantha in general, or Sartar in particular, but I do recall from anthro in college where in some cultures, children were an important-enough critereon that many prospective grooms insisted their bride-to-be be pregnant or even give birth, before they'd get married; and largely NOT insist on any certainty of paternity. They just wanted to be sure the woman was fertile...

Is your map somewhere we can all enjoy the awesomeness? Linky please ?!?