From: Loren J. Miller (MILLERL@wharton.upenn.edu)
Date: Wed 02 Feb 1994 - 18:40:34 EET
Here's how I'd reword your copy.
RuneQuest: Adventures in Glorantha
Glorantha is back! One of the first and most complete fantasy
In Dragon Pass slumber dragons and giants that are so huge they are
A game of epic roleplaying
roleplaying game worlds has been updated and expanded for today's
roleplaying audience.
mistaken for mountains and hills. Foul broos and hungry trolls skulk
through the hills, hunting farmers on their steads, and in Boldhome
rebels plan bold strokes against the encroaching Empire.
- Walk through a land of myth, armed and armored with
In 1978, the first edition of RuneQuest set the standard for roleplaying
Adventures in Glorantha is the perfect introduction to roleplaying. It
For the advanced player, Adventures in Glorantha provides innovative
Glorantha is a world of magic and magicians, where anyone can learn to
Crisis is at hand - it is the time of the Hero Wars, where the forces of
the bones of the gods.
- Search out arcane, ancient magics
- Probe forbidden secrets
- Bring Lunar civilization to the savage Orlanthi hill tribes
or save your people from the decadent, chaos-embracing Lunar
Empire.
games that would follow. With the world of Glorantha, RuneQuest brought
roleplayers out of the dungeon and into an entire world brimming with
adventure, romance, tragedy, and slapstick comedy. This new edition of
RuneQuest continues the evolution of the game system, making it even
easier to use Glorantha as a roleplaying setting and remaining
consistent with the previous rules so that if you have old RuneQuest
materials you can continue to use them with this new edition of the
rules. If you have already been introduced to RuneQuest and Glorantha,
this new edition will bring you to a new level of understanding. If you
have never seen Glorantha, then within these pages you will discover a
rich, satisfying setting with terrifying monsters, cruel enemies,
generous friends, and the greatest scenery in the universe.
tells you what a fantasy roleplaying game is, how to create an
adventurer, and provides you with the detailed mechanics and
comprehensive background material needed to begin play in the magical
world of Glorantha, which Greg Stafford began to write about in 1965.
The game provides everything you need to begin your adventures in
Glorantha with this game of epic storytelling.
rules and comprehensive background material, and the best developed game
world in existence, Glorantha, a world in which creation has not
stopped. It allows you enter a world unlike any other, where you can
learn the inner mysteries of the gods and venture on unexplored paths of
mythic reality.
use magic. You can call on the gods to become their avatar to defeat
your foes... but Divine Intervention has a high price.
the Lunar Empire will confront an uneasy alliance of foes. Benevolent
missionaries, well meaning officials, homesick soldiers... these are the
Lunar invaders. Barbaric warriors, savage beast riders, dangerous
rebels...these are the Orlanthi tribes defending their homes. Your
character can help decide who wins and what is the future course of the
world.
And I like this one of the ones that didn't make it.
> Worship a hundred different gods of death...
whoah,
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Loren Miller internet: MILLERL@wharton.upenn.edu
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