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October's issue of Monster of the Month is now available on the JC! The Salt Man is a creature which should be impossible. It is the birth of a barren womb. It is the seed of an impotent sire. It is dryness and drought, a walking extinction which pretends to live. This issue of MOTM describes a Praxian horror, its legends, the rites performed to appease it. About this Series: Monster of the Month is a series of new bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most entries will include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players.

This month's issue of Monster of the Month is now available on the Jonstown Compendium! In this month's issue of MOTM, our attention returns to the smaller scale of Glorantha. Petty spirits provide unusual explanations for in-world phenomena: Bookwyrms plunder libraries, Children of Daga cause liquids to evaporate, and Child's Fortune presents mischievous imaginary friends to children. Each of these spirits provide texture to the mythic world of Glorantha by both subverting, and supporting, our terrestrial "common sense." They're suitable for use by both gamemasters and player adventurers alike. About this Series: Monster of the Month is a series of bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most issues include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players. Bookwyrm illustration by Laura Galli

Edit: Ehnval Tallspear is now available on the Jonstown Compendium! Coming this weekend, on the Jonstown Compendium... (or maybe Monday, if I get lazy)

April's issue of #MOTM is now available on the Jonstown Compendium! The fourth installment in MOTM's mini-series of Rune Masters is Wenkarleos, a Lunar Tarshite noble and Rune Lord of the Seven Mothers. A confidante of King Pharandros of Tarsh, Wenkarleos provides the gamemaster with opportunities supporting adventures about the Tarsh Civil War between the patriotic heroes of King Pharandros, and the traitorous sons of General Fazzur Wideread. In addition to describing Wenkarleos, this issue includes: The Philigos Medallions, made by good King Phargentes to commemorate his brother's death at the swords of Orlanthi assassins—an excellent Family Heirloom for adventurers from Lunar Tarsh! Several supporting characters, including Wenkarleos's lover Beautiful Orland, and the Pelorian sorcerer Darveya the Far-Seeing. Darveya is accompanied with notes and advice for playing a sorcerer in RuneQuest, applicable to gamemasters and players of sorcerer adventurers alike. This supplement is designed to be useful for RuneQuest players who only have the core rulebook. However, you may also need The Red Book of Magic, from Chaosium. In addition, A Rough Guide to Glamour, also available on the Jonstown Compendium, provides additional background for Lunar cultures, and is thoroughly recommended. About this Series: Monster of the Month is a series of bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most issues include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players.

This month's MOTM is now available on the Jonstown Compendium! Continuing our series of Rune Masters, this month's issue of Monster of the Month presents a shaman of the Golden Bow. Vajra is a grief-stricken elder of the Pure Horse People who wanders the skies of Dragon Pass on the back of the great vrok hawk Sunfriend. He is designed to allow the gamemaster to use him as a tragic antagonist, a flawed mentor, or with a blending of themes. In addition to describing Vajra, this issue includes: A sidebar discussing Drugs in Glorantha, including optional Addiction rules, and four new intoxicants The Sun Horse's Mane, a magic item woven by worshipers of Yu-Kargzant the Sun Horse Two minor spirits associated with Light—Whisperstars and Illumes This supplement is designed to be useful for RuneQuest players who have only the core rulebook. However, some content will be enriched by Chaosium's official publications The Red Book of Magic and/or The Smoking Ruin & Other Stories. Content Warning: This product contains themes of addiction and drug abuse. Please consult with your whole group before introducing those elements into your game. About this Series: Monster of the Month is a series of bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most issues include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players.

This month's #MOTM is now available on the #Jonstown Compendium! RENHARTH BLACKVEINS This month's issue of Monster of the Month continues the series of Rune Masters begun last month. Inside, you'll find a terrifying Sword of Humakt, Renharth Blackveins. Raised under the rule of the Lunar invaders, Renharth embodies patriotism without hatred, antagonism with respect. In addition to describing Renharth, this issue includes: Gamemaster advice for using this new Rune Master, including adventure seeds to inspire immediate play Several cult spirits Renharth has bound, including the Nightmare of the Inevitable Path, which threatens all who see it with visions of their death A new subcult, Humakt Indomitable, suitable for adventurers and antagonists alike Two additional non-player characters, and directions for Renharth's retinue in war and peace Although most of this supplement is usable with the core rulebook alone, you’ll need a copy of The Red Book of Magic from Chaosium in order to use the new subcult included herein. About this Series: Monster of the Month is a series of bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most issues include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players.

I've gathered 2020's issues of #MOTM into one nice, convenient bundle over on the Jonstown Compendium. Need man-eating Illuminate clowns? A cult of trap geeks, or clouds made of sheep? How about a duck leviathan? Monster of the Month has all that and more in this 150+ page bundle. Including printer-friendly NPCs, weird spirit cults, and a full-length adventure, MOTM has something for all players of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. Note: I gave it a discount, because I felt slightly silly bundling these together without one. I gave it a *small* discount, because I felt that was most fair to those lovely persons who have bought issues as they came out. If you're looking for a larger discount, you'll have to be patient, and wait for one of DTRPG's site-wide sales.

This month's issue of Monster of the Month is now available! Enormous thanks to Diana, of Beer With Teeth infamy for designing this wonderful monster (though I must confess, I encouraged her). Air Toads! brings an amphibian with explosive temper to your games of RuneQuest. A cousin of the common cliff toad, air toads can be found on mountain crags and in sullen marshes anywhere in Glorantha. This supplement includes: An essay on the behavior and biology of air toads Advice for the gamemaster, including adventure seeds and "The Proper Use of a Deceased Air Toad" Brief perspectives from non-Orlanthi cultures And printer-friendly handouts for ease of use at your table. About this Series: Monster of the Month is a series of new bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most entries will include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players.

This month's issue of Monster of the Month is now available — Happy Halloween! Content Warning: This supplement contains themes of grisly horror and violence. Gamemasters are encouraged to confer with their players before bringing this material to their group's game. The Troupe of Terror presents a gang of six man-eating ogres with which the gamemaster can terrorize their players. Woken to Illumination by the magical performances of the Puppeteer Troupe, they represent the worst evils enabled by that mystical consciousness. Now, these ogres roam Dragon Pass in the guise of minstrels and clowns wielding the reality-warping illusions of the Puppeteer. This supplement includes: A sketch of Illumination and Puppeteer magic, including markers to where the interested reader can learn more. Three adventure seeds to help introduce the Troupe into your game of RuneQuest. Six antagonists with a variety of skills, magics, and stories. A Note: there's fair odds I'll expand this a bit in the next few days or weeks. I've got a short story in the works I'd like to include but I'm not quite satisfied with, and of course I still need to add the printer-friendly versions at the back of the PDF. About this Series: Monster of the Month is a series of new bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most entries will include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players.

August's MOTM, Storm Rams, is now available on DriveThruRPG! Filling the Air from horizon to horizon, the noble Storm Rams are a new spirit for your game of RuneQuest. They are the embodiment of rain-giving clouds, found anywhere throughout Glorantha. Included in this supplement are: A description of what the Orlanthi believe about these spirits The bestiary detailing storm rams, lightning rams, cloud sheep, and advice on how to create your own unique, more powerful variations One minor magic item—the heat-relieving Mistwool An alternative perspective from Prax, including a brief spirit cult If you're interested in keeping up with what I'm working on, I suggest checking out Wind Whispers, the weekly Glorantha newsletter the fellas behind the Wind Words podcast publish. If I've got something odd or juicy up my sleeve, I usually let them know before I post about it publicly. Plus, there's oodles of other news they pick up throughout the week—it's really convenient.

In case you needed even more Gloranthan goodness in your life, July's #MOTM is now live at DriveThruRPG! This month's issue describes an odd, sorrowful beast with inscrutable instincts. Also he's just so damn sad. Don't you want to hug his widdle face? You can purchase Dolorous Edd here.

HEORTLINGS OF SARTAR This month's installment of Monster of the Month is now live! Monster of the Month is a series of new bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most entries include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players. Heortlings of Sartar is a collection of game aids for gamemasters of RuneQuest. Included in this supplement are 23 generic non-player characters, provided in a printer-friendly format for use at the game table. They range in importance from minor Rune Masters and clan elders, to humble bandits, stickpickers and thralls. You can find it here on DriveThruRPG. (Disclaimer: this is an affiliate link. If you buy anything over on DTRPG after clicking, I'll get a small percentage, which inevitably dribbles back into my art budget.)

This month's installment of Monster of the Month is now live! Monster of the Month is a series of new bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most entries include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players. Geiron, Lord of Elephants is available on DriveThruRPG here. This new bestiary entry includes: Description of Geiron—his powers, where he appears, and what he remembers of the God Time Two adventure seeds to help the gamemaster utilize Geiron in their campaign A spirit cult by which players can initiate their adventurers into the worship of the Lord of Elephants Publisher's Quality Stock Art © Rick Hershey / Fat Goblin Games

FLEE! FLEE FOR YOUR LIVES, FOR THE QUACKING DEAD HAVE COME!! This month's installment of Monster of the Month is now live! Monster of the Month is a series of new bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most entries include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players. Night of the Quacking Dead is available here (affiliate link). It is designed to start you and your adventurers out on an adventure into the Upland Marsh, home of the infamous necromancer Delecti. This new bestiary entry includes: Brief summary of the Upland Marsh A scenario seed in which a new Sword of Humakt, Orlaventus Great-Bill, leads adventurers into the Upland Marsh Description of three types of undead ducks—duck skeletons, duck zombies, and the awful duck goliath Cover illustration sans logos, suitable for your coloring pleasure Note: While this supplement can be used stand-alone, it is best used in conjunction with Chaosium's publication Wyrms Footnotes #15 and/or Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes. Art by Emily Wetterich

I've published the first installment in my Monster of the Month series! Monster of the Month is a series of new bestiary entries for Chaosium's RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. In addition to statblocks and behavior, most entries include supplemental detail and advice for gamemasters and/or new adventurer options for players. The first installment, Spirits of Madness, is available on DriveThruRPG here. This new bestiary entry includes: Description of the behavior, powers, & possible locations of madness spirits Gamemaster advice on using disease spirits The Madness disease, and sample afflictions ranging from paranoia to chaophilia An example narrative describing an adventurer's combat with a madness spirit

I went through the entries in the Bestiary and collected up each skill I saw which AFAIK isn't listed in the RQG core rulebook. For the most part, I've left out attack skills and skills which just fill in predictable blanks, like Speak Aldryami and Cult Lore (Kyger Litor). Figured that such a list might trigger some interesting conversation. I've organized it into three sections. Described Skills are those which have a dedicated sidebar elucidating the skill's functions. Adventurer Skills includes all skills listed in "Creating a X Adventurer" sidebars. These are skills which could see use by players at the table. Finally, I used Other Skills to describe anything else. Usually, those skills are just listed in a creature's statblock, but sometimes they have some explanation in the text. Most of the Craft and Lore skills in Adventurer Skills are on p. 58, Creating a Dwarf Adventurer. I've not cited skills which felt of obvious origin to me (like Darksense Scan). Described Skills: Beast Training (p.52) Bloody Cut (p.71) Quickdraw (p. 39) Adventurer Skills: Area Lore (elf forest) Area Lore (local) (p.29) Centaur Lore Craft (Architecture) Craft (Copper Smithing) Craft (Glass) Craft (Gold) Craft (Insect Care) Craft (Magic Item) Craft (Masonry) Craft (Plumbing) Craft (Secrets of Iron) Craft (Silversmith) Craft (Stonecarving) Craft (Tinsmith) Darksense Scan Darksense Search Earthsense Scan Earthsense Search Elfsense Glorantha Lore Metal Lore Other Skills: Don Armor (p.43) Find Edible Plants (p.113) Fly Glide Quietly (p.127) Hide in Snow (p.139) Hide Underwater (p.121) Move Quietly (while flying) (p.115) Riversense (p.23) Run Backwards (p.136) Sense Intruder (p.134, 174) Sense Life (p.102) Scent (p.143, 144) Scent Intruder (p.146) Scent Prey (p.152) Smell (p.133) Smell Blood (p.46) Smell Foe (p.155, 156) Smell Foodstuff (p.62) Smell Intruder (p.142) Smell Prey (p.120, 124) Spot Flower (p.134) Spot Hidden (p.141, 148) Track by Scent (p.79, 110, 112, 117, 144, 148, 150, 161, 162) Underworld Lore (p.77) Wind Lore (p.84) Some topics which come to mind for me are the use of Craft (Magic Item) and Craft (Secrets of Iron). In particular, if a human was to reforge a piece of iron--say, turning a sword into a couple spearheads--would they learn (Secrets of Iron), or something more mundane like (Blacksmithing). I also wonder if an adventurer could learn the Dragonewt-specific skill Quickdraw through training or research since it seems to me mostly physical, not mostly magical.