Guide to the Mostali scheduled for January

[The King]

I am pleased that Glorantha becomes more and more interesting with a sourcebook on another Elder race.

May we know who's working on it?

This is essentially why I don't won't new RuneQuest rules so soon. I really prefer all these sourcebooks over pure rules.

 

[Loz]

Me.

 

[The King]

Excellent news.

Though it is the last book of the series on the major Elder Race, I hope the Durulz book will open the way to some sourcebooks on the lesser Elder race.

 

[duncan_disorderly]

Excellent news.

Though it is the last book of the series on the major Elder Race.

Mermen?

 

[The King]

Yes I had forgotten them. Waertagi especially.

 

[TRose]

Excellent news.

Though it is the last book of the series on the major Elder Race, I hope the Durulz book will open the way to some sourcebooks on the lesser Elder race.

Well the Broo could use a book of their own .
along with the Timmints , they are an important group in the second age
And although perhaps not a race a book on Hsuchen would also be nice.
Thats just my 2 cents worth

 

[Osentalka]

There is a book with the working title "Beastmen".
Maybe that means "Hsunchen", but maybe it really means "Beastmen" (Centaurs, Minotaurs, Satyrs, etc.).

Then there is a book on Telmori on the list also... does that could as "minor race"?

 

[The King]

Excellent news.

Though it is the last book of the series on the major Elder Race, I hope the Durulz book will open the way to some sourcebooks on the lesser Elder race.

Well the Broo could use a book of their own

A Gloranthan book of chaos is scheduled. I suppose they will include them there with the other chaotic races.

 

[duncan_disorderly]

There is a book with the working title "Beastmen".
Maybe that means "Hsunchen", but maybe it really means "Beastmen" (Centaurs, Minotaurs, Satyrs, etc.).

Then there is a book on Telmori on the list also... does that could as "minor race"?

If Telmori are on separately then I'd suspect that "Beastmen" is not hsunchen. Maybe a chapter in "Telmori" on other Hsunchen, with the possibility of expanding into one of more books later?

 

[The King]

all good ideas

 

[GianniVacca]

There is a book with the working title "Beastmen".
Maybe that means "Hsunchen", but maybe it really means "Beastmen" (Centaurs, Minotaurs, Satyrs, etc.).

I thought the beastmen had been created by Delecti's experiments. Are there any beastmen in the Second Age?

 

[Rurik]

There is a book with the working title "Beastmen".
Maybe that means "Hsunchen", but maybe it really means "Beastmen" (Centaurs, Minotaurs, Satyrs, etc.).

I thought the beastmen had been created by Delecti's experiments. Are there any beastmen in the Second Age?

Glorantha: the Second Age talks about them, and Minotaurs are in the Players Guide as an established race (Centaurs too? I can't recall) so it does not seem that in the Second Age the Beastmen are associated with Delecti.

Perhaps seven hundred and odd years later it is 'true' that Delecti created the Beastmen, but it doesn't seem so in 908.

 

[duncan_disorderly]

I thought the beastmen had been created by Delecti's experiments. Are there any beastmen in the Second Age?

...

Perhaps seven hundred and odd years later it is 'true' that Delecti created the Beastmen, but it doesn't seem so in 908.

Something deep in the recesses of my memory suggests that the "stitched zoo" was an attempt to re-create Beastmen from the Golden(?) Age. I also think I read somewhere that while (many of) the centaurs in 3rd age Dragon Pass were the result of this stitiching, Ironhoof (at least) was a "natural" Centaur.

I could use this to argue either that there are no Beastmen in the Second Age - They've all died out, until new versions are created, or that there are Beastmen, but there numbers are low (and dropping) until they turn to Delecti and his followers for help. Generally the second option seems to be more fun though...

 

[soltakss]

Regarding beastmen - they are of different origins.

Minotaurs are descended from Storm Bull and probably always existed. They may have been brought back in the Second Age, but I would guess that there were some anyway.

Centaurs seem to have been created by Delecti. At least some of them became Grazelanders after the Dragonkill, but some stayed as centaurs. Ironhoof is sadi to be the Horse God's nephew, although which horse god is never stated and nephew may be a vague concept rather than an actual physical relationship.

The origins of fauns and satyrs have never been stated and ducks are related to keets and came from Ganderland originally, but may have been reintroduced by the EWF, although the new Duck Book may well change this.

Broos are descended from Thed and Ragnaglar, Scorpionmen are descended from Bagog and neither of those were introduced by the EWF.

I can't think of any more, offhand.

But, they are a very mixed bag - there is no single origin for the Beastmen any more than there is a single origin for mortals.

 

[The King]

There is now a cover for the book:

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/common_incs/popup.php?id=rqdwarfs.jpg

 

[MongooseMatt]

Though it is the last book of the series on the major Elder Race, I hope the Durulz book will open the way to some sourcebooks on the lesser Elder race.

Durulz? Lesser race? This is _exactly_ the kind of prejudice that has kept duck-kind down for all these years!

 

[The King]

[For once] no prejudice was intended. It's just that Durulz didn't mark Gloranthan history as strongly as Uz, Aldryami, Dragonewts, or Mostali.

But if you want to open a sub-series on martyrised races, I suggest you add newtling to it; you know, these froglike humanoids which are chased after for their tail.

 

[MongooseMatt]

[For once] no prejudice was intended. It's just that Durulz didn't mark Gloranthan history as strongly as Uz, Aldryami, Dragonewts, or Mostali.

Cyncially overlooked by Gloranthan historians and scholars, I'm telling you

 

[kintire]

Cyncially overlooked by Gloranthan historians and scholars, I'm telling you

Yes, Gloranthan historians are famous for presenting ethnic glorifications, and ducking the real issues.

 

[master of reality]

Cool cover!