OrlanthRex Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I like the various blank verse poetry that appears in Cults of Prax. Is there a web link with additional Orlanthi verse? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewTBP Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 There's a fair amount published, but not collected on the Well of Daliath, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, OrlanthRex said: Is there a web link with additional Orlanthi verse? John Hughes wrote a lot of Heortling skaldic poetry for his Far Place material. You can find it here: https://myth-o-logic.org/glorantha/gloranthan-fiction/heortling-skaldic-poetry/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerg Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 These verses aren't that hard to come up with. Find a mythical motif, settle for a rhythm, and alliterate away: Umath ascending - Aether's abode, proud planets plunging - panicked and old. Jagrekriand standing - steadfast alone cruelly crashing - Storm King to a hold. Far north they went fighting - with fire and bolts white pillar toppled - painful the trip. Seduced below surface - siring a son forced to fight the ferocious - fire-born foe. Hell-spawned hostile - hospitality-breaker Jagrekriand wrestled - recovering raider Stormfather in shackles - smitten apart uncles find Umath's - underaged offspring. 3 Quote Telling how it is excessive verbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrlanthRex Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 Thanks for the feedback. Having my Orlanthi priest or runelord recite verse before a challenge or encounter adds a since of flair to an encounter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Dangerduck Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 21 hours ago, OrlanthRex said: Thanks for the feedback. Having my Orlanthi priest or runelord recite verse before a challenge or encounter adds a since of flair to an encounter. So long as it is Bad Poetry. That's the traditional Orlanth skill. Good poetry? Somebody else... 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akhôrahil Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Rodney Dangerduck said: So long as it is Bad Poetry. That's the traditional Orlanth skill. Good poetry? Somebody else... 🙂 For actually good poetry, is probably better to find a good translation of Icelandic poetry (not a rhymed translation, sheesh!), like Egil Skallagrimsson, and modify it. (Also, improvising poetry in order to save yourself from execution? Peak Orlanthi.) Edited July 28, 2021 by Akhôrahil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 1:36 AM, OrlanthRex said: I like the various blank verse poetry that appears in Cults of Prax. I used to love reciting Orlanthi Poetry as a Wind Lord. Foul slime, curse of existence, begone! Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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