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| The Red Goddess, by Jacob Rebelka |
(This is
Jeff Richard writing) ‘I just finished the draft manuscript of The Gods of
Glorantha, which is about 50 RuneQuest cults done long-style (as was done in
Cults of Prax and Cults of Terror).
We’re going
to include all the old favourites like Storm Bull, Humakt, Yelmalio, and of
course Kyger Litor (albeit fully updated and expanded for the new rules), and
cults that feature major overhauls like Orlanth, Ernalda, Maran Gor, Lodril,
and Yelm, plus plenty of cults that have never had a long version write-up
before (like say Babeester Gor, Dayzatar, Gorgorma, Lokarnos, Odayla, Valind,
even the Red Goddess, and plenty of others). This is the culmination of work I
first turned to after we finished putting the Guide to Glorantha together, and
I finally have a vehicle to get this into print!
The book is
done with a strongly God Learner perspective, and provides lots of guidance as
to Gloranthan mythology itself. You won’t need anything other than the
RuneQuest rules and maybe the Bestiary to use this book (since obviously if you
want to make Kyger Litor, Zorak Zoran, or Aldrya worshippers, you’ll probably
want stats for dark trolls and elves!). And for grognards, the new information
and revelations will definitely make this a must-have.
This is
going to be a big book – probably the size of the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rule
Book – and it is going to take time to get the art commissioned on it (and I am
sure we’ll be editing and tweaking this for quite some time). But the
manuscript now exists— we might even make a few copies of it available at some
point in the not so distant future.
And just to
be a completionist, I’ve been finishing up the cult descriptions of the Cults
of Terror – the updated and revised write-ups of the main gods of Chaos. These
cults won’t be included in The Gods of Glorantha, since they are antithetical
to most of the gods (although the Red Goddess might disagree), and because they
are really not intended as player character cults. But having that done now
helps us have resources for the scenario writers.’
As a RQ referee, I do hope we will also be able to have access to the latter cult write-ups!
