The Valley of Cradles

Drifter's RuneQuest II game set in the Zola Fel Valley. Recruitment Thread, In Character Thread, Out of Character Thread.

Setting

Setting and plot wise, I prefer to run a general sandboxy style, in that I like to know the interests of the players before nailing specifics, which is why I'm running this in Pavis, land of plothooks.

to give the area some context, please check out...

Some maps that put everything in context...

http://www.ironfort.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?PavisMaps

and a very good introduction and overview of the area.

http://home.freeuk.net/wimp/roleplay...ackground.html

The default setting is very early Iron Age, with magic slowing technology a little in some areas, advancing it in others. All the RuneMetals, for example, are alloys by alchemy rather than,say, a solid gold breastplate.

Pavis will be as in 1618-19, under lunar occupation but with rebellion still a far off gleam...or is it?

Houserules and Pricelists.

Skill category table.

Complete skill list.

The characters Inborn abilities.

Potted history of local gods

Wizards.

Wizards are a modern evolution of the shaman, losing the intimate link to ancestral spirits but adapting pow storage to charge up Battle magic to great power. If you want to go the wizards path, I'll go into greater detail...

Player Characters

- Drospin Sellinger. Pavis noble, aspiring dynast and mounted mercenary. Played by ChalkLine.

- Dunlang of the Colymar. Played by Max.

- Terasi Herlindha. Played by Stormraven.

- Iskilli Hawl-Beak. Alda Chur warrior, initiate of Humakt. Played by Mandacaru.

- Jonall Greenmile. Boldhome sage, initiate of Lankhor Mhy and Skillmaster.

Tools

- Standard Character Sheet

Links

RQ 2 Player aids

http://www.maranci.net/sheets.htm

The big Glorantha site

http://www.glorantha.com/

For a general overview of Glorantha, check here.

http://www.glorantha.com/library/world/intro-world.html

This is the original map of Pavis and Prax from RQ2

http://www.glorantha.com/new/images/cop-bitmap.jpg downloaded from http://www.glorantha.com

This page details the cult of Pavis and gives a basic history for the city.

http://www.glorantha.com/library/rel...ult-pavis.html

This page lists the lightbringer gods (Simplisticly, the nearest thing to good guys)

http://www.glorantha.com/library/rel...tbringers.html

This page, though designed for heroquest, gives a basic breakdown of the different peoples of the Pavis area. It also has some other odd bits that might interest folk.

http://www.glorantha.com/hw/tribe_pavis.html

This page will give you all you need to know and more about gods in Glorantha. Check out the Praxian pantheon for the barbarian gods, and check out the subheadings labelled Gods in Prax. This'll give you the basics on all the major gods/cults. Read other bits if you wish.

http://www.glorantha.com/library/rel...axian-pantheon

This page contains maps - check out Pavis County for the area around the city of Pavis. Nobby's Gloranthan Mapping Project has detail of the whole Valley of Ccradles and Prax, so is worth a look.

http://www.glorantha.com/new/fan/maps.html

For Chalkline for subcults

http://www.glorantha.com/hw/magical_pavis.html#joraz