RuneQuest fans: the Open Seas ritual was a success and now great ships are upon the Oceans, bringing RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha to our shores:—OOCL GENOA, heading for Longbeach: http://bit.ly/2MG2vrF—CGM MARCO POLO, heading for Southhampton: http://bit.ly/2nQ9QqD(and a third ship is said to have disappeared over the horizon* on its way to the Great Southern continent...)
*yes, although Glorantha is a flat lozenge, rather than a globe, it too has a horizon. Let Clement Longhair of the Nochet Lhankor Mhy Temple explain:
ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENTS: HOW FAR CAN SOMEONE SEE ON THE OCEAN?
As is well known Light, like Fire, is a manifestation of Aether and thus properly belongs in the Sky World. The elements always seeks their own proper level in the bubble that is Glorantha, thus light tends to curve upward slightly as it flits along at a great pace. This