Cults of Glorantha
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Lord High Munchkin
Mongoose
That's weird... a map in a Mongoose book, and no Kyger Litor.
lostbritinoregon
Mongoose
what i'd like to know is does it have humakt in, really want to play a humakt character in living glorantha, but if isn't in here, then i'll find another use for that money in next months rpg budget
lostbritinoregon
Mongoose
Loz said:
OK i'll have to ask my local games shop to order a copy for me when i'm there tomorrow.
Thanks for the quick response
duncan_disorderly
Mongoose
Lord High Munchkin said:
He didn't say it was a good map :!:
(I haven't seen the book, or the map in question, so it might be a good one - though that would be even more shocking than the lack of KL)
daxos232 said:
I haven't counted the number of cults in the book, but I think you would find it very useful.
I am still operating on first impressions as I just got it from the friend who picked it up for me at Gencon, but my first impression is: Wow!
Even the Introduction chapter and Cult Structure and Format chapter have valuable information. I have started reading it from the beginning, but I have also skimmed it and read some things that caught my eye. The section on HeroQuesting jumped out at me, especially the example HeroQuest.
The book has five chapters covering cults and are generally categorized as follows.
1. Barbarian and Nomad Cults - this is a broad spectrum of cults for Prax, Pent, beast spirit peoples, ancestor cultists, and others. Some of the specific cults include Waha, Eiritha, Storm Bull, Kargzant, Pamalt, Magasta, Foundchild and Hearth Mother.
2. Draconic Cults - this covers draconized divine cults, mysticism, and some other types of cults within the EWF.
3. Invisible God - monotheists who venerate prophets and saints of the Invisible God. There are a lot of Malkioni Sorcery Orders in this chapter. Besides the specific orders, there is a Generic Minor Saint/Sorcery Order to serve as a template for creating your own.
4. Solar Pantheon - these are the gods associated with Yelm.
5. Storm Tribe - these are the gods associated with Orlanth.
Each of these chapters starts off by describing the general cosmology of the "pantheon", some of their shared myths, the culture, the magic and such. Then specific cults are detailed. These include at least one myth, the cult's specific mythos and history, its organization, magic, etc.
There is a chapter titled "Magic". It lists the standard divine spells, has a section about divine spells from allied cults, and the descriptions for new spells introduced in the book. Three new common magic spells. (Hah! I did count something.) There are plenty of new Divine and Sorcery spells.
Ask me what I think in a few weeks when I have had a chance to read through the whole thing. But I have a feeling this book will not disappoint me.
Lord High Munchkin
Mongoose
No, no... Kyger Litor should be in every book that even tangentially mentions cults and/or trolls!!!
