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<blockquote data-quote="SMHWorlds" data-source="post: 7768768" data-attributes="member: 6853809"><p>In 1992 I sat down at a table with my green and yellow d10s to play Runequest. That moment began my second age of role playing and my love has continued to this day. With the release of <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-glorantha/" target="_blank">Runequest: Glorantha</a> I am ready to run my first RQ game in many years and I plan on running the game from the Empire’s point of view. You see, 27 years ago my first RQ character was a Lunar soldier and that has defined my view of <a href="https://www.glorantha.com/" target="_blank">Glorantha </a>ever since.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]103916[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p>Full disclosure: My first actual RQ character, not from Glorantha, was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorantha#Specifically_Gloranthan_creatures" target="_blank">Broo </a>with a Scottish accent and identity. Chaos is fun, people! Playing the adversary is often popular. I can think of another Empire and its attendant dark priests that have captured our imaginations since 1977 or so. Other dark wizards and soldiers hold our attentions as well, but in Glorantha there is a strong assumption that those who follow Orlanth and their allies are the “good guys” and the Lunar empire are the “bad guys”. This is deeply ingrained despite there being a very strong core of Lunar oriented players. </p><p>[h=3]Playing As The “Bad” Guys[/h] How do you go about setting up such a campaign? How do you sell the idea to new players or established Runequest players? If you are new to RQ and Glorantha, I want to talk about some steps I take to get such a campaign going. Before getting into the details though, let’s talk about playing bad guys. Especially Lunars, who get their name from their goddess, the Red Moon.</p><p></p><p>Glorantha is a complex world and has gone through cycles of conflict over the years. Now back in the hands of the folks at <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/" target="_blank">Chaosium</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Stafford" target="_blank">Greg Stafford</a>’s world has undergone changes and been the setting for several RPGs, board games, computer games, and <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/glorantha/" target="_blank">webcomics</a>. Chaos is generally seen as evil though not necessarily in conflict with Law or Order. Chaos is more akin to an enemy of the natural world and the Universe itself. One of the major issues with the Lunar way of life is the way that it embraces chaos, not strictly chaos, but as part of a broader view of the world. So playing a Lunar character is more nuanced than say, just being an evil character in <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons</a>, or a Bounty Hunter in <a href="https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-edge-of-the-empire/" target="_blank">Edge of the Empire</a>. Culture is so important to your character in RQ, that they could love or hate chaos, agree with the aggressive nature of the Empire or not, and still be considered a good Lunar. </p><p>[h=3]Setting Up Red Sky At Night[/h] There was no question that I was going to run a Lunar oriented campaign in RQ:G. If you are new to Runequest, that would be your first decision. Assuming you take on the challenge of running a Lunar focused game, here are some suggestions on how to go about that. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Check out <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/champions-of-the-reaching-moon-pdf/" target="_blank">Champions of the Reaching Moon</a> and <a href="https://www.chaosium.com/imperial-lunar-handbook-volume-2-pdf/" target="_blank">Under the Red Moon</a>. These are part of Chaosium’s Heroquest Vault. Both provide information on the Lunar culture and beliefs and are not expensive. If you can, grab the Glorantha Sourcebook too. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Go to the official Chaosium <a href="https://basicroleplaying.org/" target="_blank">forums </a>and ask questions. The folks there are friendly and full of knowledge about all things RQ and Glorantha. Google is also your friend. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Focus on specific conflicts, depending on the length of your campaign and the needs of your players. Remember, RQ characters are (generally) not murder hobos and dungeon delving is not a goal of the game. Combat is dangerous. Read up on Hero Quests and how they affect play and the world. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Never forget this rule: <em>Your Glorantha May Vary</em> (YGMV). Embrace the idea that you can make your Glorantha, and indeed your Lunar Empire, be anything you want and you are not wrong to do so. </li> </ul><p>My intention is to blog and possibly stream Red Sky at Night for folks to follow in the coming year. There is so much more preparation to do and if there is interest, we can share that here in the following weeks. As always, your feedback helps EN World create the content you want to read! May the Red Moon bless your new beginnings in 2019.</p><p></p><p><em>This article was contributed by Sean Hillman (<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?6853809-SMHWorlds" target="_blank">SMHWorlds</a>) as part of EN World's Columnist (ENWC) program. If you enjoy the daily news and articles from EN World, please consider <a href="https://www.patreon.com/enworld" target="_blank">contributing to our Patreon!</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SMHWorlds, post: 7768768, member: 6853809"] In 1992 I sat down at a table with my green and yellow d10s to play Runequest. That moment began my second age of role playing and my love has continued to this day. With the release of [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-glorantha/"]Runequest: Glorantha[/URL] I am ready to run my first RQ game in many years and I plan on running the game from the Empire’s point of view. You see, 27 years ago my first RQ character was a Lunar soldier and that has defined my view of [URL="https://www.glorantha.com/"]Glorantha [/URL]ever since.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [CENTER][ATTACH=CONFIG]103916[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] Full disclosure: My first actual RQ character, not from Glorantha, was a [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorantha#Specifically_Gloranthan_creatures"]Broo [/URL]with a Scottish accent and identity. Chaos is fun, people! Playing the adversary is often popular. I can think of another Empire and its attendant dark priests that have captured our imaginations since 1977 or so. Other dark wizards and soldiers hold our attentions as well, but in Glorantha there is a strong assumption that those who follow Orlanth and their allies are the “good guys” and the Lunar empire are the “bad guys”. This is deeply ingrained despite there being a very strong core of Lunar oriented players. [h=3]Playing As The “Bad” Guys[/h] How do you go about setting up such a campaign? How do you sell the idea to new players or established Runequest players? If you are new to RQ and Glorantha, I want to talk about some steps I take to get such a campaign going. Before getting into the details though, let’s talk about playing bad guys. Especially Lunars, who get their name from their goddess, the Red Moon. Glorantha is a complex world and has gone through cycles of conflict over the years. Now back in the hands of the folks at [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/"]Chaosium[/URL], [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Stafford"]Greg Stafford[/URL]’s world has undergone changes and been the setting for several RPGs, board games, computer games, and [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/glorantha/"]webcomics[/URL]. Chaos is generally seen as evil though not necessarily in conflict with Law or Order. Chaos is more akin to an enemy of the natural world and the Universe itself. One of the major issues with the Lunar way of life is the way that it embraces chaos, not strictly chaos, but as part of a broader view of the world. So playing a Lunar character is more nuanced than say, just being an evil character in [URL="http://dnd.wizards.com/"]Dungeons & Dragons[/URL], or a Bounty Hunter in [URL="https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-edge-of-the-empire/"]Edge of the Empire[/URL]. Culture is so important to your character in RQ, that they could love or hate chaos, agree with the aggressive nature of the Empire or not, and still be considered a good Lunar. [h=3]Setting Up Red Sky At Night[/h] There was no question that I was going to run a Lunar oriented campaign in RQ:G. If you are new to Runequest, that would be your first decision. Assuming you take on the challenge of running a Lunar focused game, here are some suggestions on how to go about that. [LIST] [*]Check out [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/champions-of-the-reaching-moon-pdf/"]Champions of the Reaching Moon[/URL] and [URL="https://www.chaosium.com/imperial-lunar-handbook-volume-2-pdf/"]Under the Red Moon[/URL]. These are part of Chaosium’s Heroquest Vault. Both provide information on the Lunar culture and beliefs and are not expensive. If you can, grab the Glorantha Sourcebook too. [*]Go to the official Chaosium [URL="https://basicroleplaying.org/"]forums [/URL]and ask questions. The folks there are friendly and full of knowledge about all things RQ and Glorantha. Google is also your friend. [*]Focus on specific conflicts, depending on the length of your campaign and the needs of your players. Remember, RQ characters are (generally) not murder hobos and dungeon delving is not a goal of the game. Combat is dangerous. Read up on Hero Quests and how they affect play and the world. [*]Never forget this rule: [I]Your Glorantha May Vary[/I] (YGMV). Embrace the idea that you can make your Glorantha, and indeed your Lunar Empire, be anything you want and you are not wrong to do so. [/LIST] My intention is to blog and possibly stream Red Sky at Night for folks to follow in the coming year. There is so much more preparation to do and if there is interest, we can share that here in the following weeks. As always, your feedback helps EN World create the content you want to read! May the Red Moon bless your new beginnings in 2019. [I]This article was contributed by Sean Hillman ([URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?6853809-SMHWorlds"]SMHWorlds[/URL]) as part of EN World's Columnist (ENWC) program. If you enjoy the daily news and articles from EN World, please consider [URL="https://www.patreon.com/enworld"]contributing to our Patreon![/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]
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