Re: Question(s)

From: BEThexton <bethexton_at_...>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 16:19:15 -0000

wrote:
> If you were new to Glorantha, and wanted to start a campaign for
people who have had no exposure to Glorantha, but had access to all published Gloranthan settings (official or unofficial),
>
> 1) Which one, if any, would you choose?
> 2) If you chose NOT to go with a previously-established Gloranthan
setting, which non-published area would you go with?
>
My answer to this would very clearly be "it depends." Who is running the games (I prefer being player to being narrator, as frankly I'm better at it) and what are their strengths and weaknesses and interests. Then who is playing, and what do they like?

All of that aside, I love having a rich background to work with, as it gives more hooks for adventure and more leverage for making things happen. Therefore I would want to play amongst the Heortlings, since between Thunder Rebels, Storm Tribe, and Barbarian Adventures we know a lot about them. Oddly enough, none of the classic RQ stuff seems to have really been set amongst the Heortlings (and yes, I include Apple Lane in that statement!).

With the right narrator and group I think a variation on the "These women need help" idea from BA would make sense, as the heroes could be drawn fresh from the farm, not knowing much beyond the next hill, so the narrator would only have to be a little ahead of the players in understanding everything.

For a more combat oriented group I'd probably just look at creating a heroband of desperate and violent rebels, giving lots of chances for fighting lunars, but also good reason to go and attempt to plunder rich treasures and to interact with weird and strange people for one reason or another.

Either of those campaigns could easily end up spending some time in Balazaar or Pavis, however.

--Bryan