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eaifqowpg.zhbus a z Roleplaying in Glorantha All you deities, spirits, and saints that look upon humankind, we ask you to look here upon us. We stand upon the edge of war, gazing into the abyss and hearing the roar of annihilation. Moon Design Publications 3450 Wooddale Ct. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 -yklr/vxjdm'tcn Credits HeroQuest Design: Greg Stafford. Original Game Design: Robin D. Laws. Development Assistance: Mark Galeotti, Stephen Martin, and Roderick Robertson. Additional Author Credits: Creatures statistics by or based on statistics by Jamie “Trotsky” Revell; “Dragon Pass” section of Introduction to Glorantha chapter by Ian Cooper and Greg Stafford; “High Pressure Front” by Dave Camoirano and Mark Galeotti; “Chasing Kites” and “Heavy Earth” by Jeff Kyer; “Fish Rain” by Greg Stafford and Mark Galeotti; “Arshkuveth’s Own” by Mark Galeotti; “Heartdrummers” by Bryan Thexton; “Prophets of the Golden Age” by Martin Hawley. Additional Text, Commentary, Inspiration, and Editorial Assistance: Dave Camoirano, Melissa Camoirano, Charles Corrigan, Ian Cooper, David Dunham, James Frusetta, Phil Hibbs, Jeff Kyer, Martin Laurie, Mark Leymaster, Julian Lord, Rick Meints, Peter Metcalfe, Peter Nordstrand, Wesley Quadros, Jonas Schiött, Gary Sturgess, Ian Thomson, Nils Weinander. Content Review: Dave Camoirano, David Dunham, Mark Galeotti, Jeff Kyer, Stephen Martin, Rick Meints, Roderick Robertson. Content Editing and Text Editing: Merlin Cox, Jonathan Geere. Proofing: Merlin Cox, Andrew Dawson, Jonathan Geere, Sara Martin, Stephen Martin, Jonas Schiött. Cover Illustration: Lee Moyer. § Cover Design: Gevin Shaw and Stephen Martin. Interior Illustrations: Bernard Bittler, Simon Bray, Heather Bruton, William Church, Tanner Critz, Larry Dixon, Lisa Free, Ossi Hiekkala, Paul Jaquays, Angelo Montanini, Mark Moreno, Duck Nicolson, Jim Pavelec, Kevin Ramos, Markku Silvennoinen, Darran Sims, Tom Sullivan, Greg Walsh. Maps: Cyrille Daujean and Charlie Krank, except page 127 by William Church. § Diagrams: Stephen Martin. Layout: Gevin Shaw. § Layout Design: Melanie Haage and Stephen Martin. Character Sheet Design: Stephen Martin and Gevin Shaw. § Lettering: Dave Camoirano. Playtesters: Benedict Adamson, Mark Adri-Soejoko, Andrew Armstrong, Todd Beckley, Tom Beeson, Simon Bray, Tabatha Bray, Max Breeks, Dave Camoirano, Melissa Camoirano, Steve Canon, Mike Connolly, Tracey Connolly, Ian Cooper, Charles Corrigan, Suzanne Courteau, Bryan Davis, Kenny Dunn, Bryan Feir, Dave “Fergie” Ferguson, Mark Galeotti, Chris Geddes, James Hawkins, Guy Jobbins, Chris Jones, Brian Kendall, Janina Konopka, Jeff Kyer, Brian Laxson, Chris Morrell, Paul Rocchi, Mark Rowe, Tom Salas, Chris Siebenmann, Darran Sims, Greg Stafford, Jason Stafford, Louise Stanhope, Mark Stanhope, Jennifer Stant, Bryan Thexton, Steven White, Bastian Wolfe. (We apologize if we have inadvertently left anyone off of this list.) Hero Wars Development, Additional Text, and Rules Consultants: Shannon Appelcline, David Cake, John Carnahan, David Dunham, Alex Ferguson, Phil Hibbs, Simon D. Hibbs, Martin Laurie, Stephen Martin, Wesley Quadros, Mikael Raaterova, Jamie Revell, Roderick Robertson. Contents copyright © 2003 by Issaries, Inc., all rights reserved. Similarities between characters in Glorantha and any persons living or dead are coincidental. Cover illustration copyright © 2003 by Lee Moyer. Interior artwork and graphics copyright © 2003 by Issaries, Inc., except on pages 183 and 234 copyright © 2000 by Duck Nicolson and on page 196 copyright © 2002 by Larry Dixon, used with permission. Reproduction of material from this book for personal or private use or profit, by pho- tographic, electronic, or any other means of storage or retrieval, is strictly prohibited except where otherwise indicated. Issaries Publication ISS 1001. First Printing July 2003. ISBN #1-929052-12-X Would you like to know more about HeroQuest? See the extensive Issaries website at www.HeroQuest-rpg.com. To buy HeroQuest products, start with your local game retailer. If you can't find what you want locally, you can buy them online from Steve Jackson Games at www.warehouse23.com. 2 eaifqowpg.zhbus Glorantha Trading Association This book made possible by the Glorantha Trading Association The publisher and authors give thanks to the members of the Glorantha Trading Association who have made this possible. Your contributions have made HeroQuest a reality and you have proven yourselves to be true members of the Glorantha Tribe. May the favor of all the gods, the luck of all the spirits, and the blessings of all the saints be upon you. Thank you, friends! Demi-Gods Initiates P David Hall, Sandy Petersen. M Anonymous, Dave Bailey, Jeremy Baker, Mark D. Beardsley, Chris Bell, C. Magnus Berglund, Sonia Marcia Nils Bird, Kevin Blackburn, Fernando Blesa, Brendan Boesen, Michael Bowman, Scott Boyd, Bill Bridges, Heroes The Brotherhood, Michael Bumann, David Cake, Camo, O Anonymous, Rex Andrew Bean, Paul Chapman, Michael A. Ciempil, Wulf Corbett, Britt Daniel, The Book of Drastic Resolutions, The Clan Coriales, Mark Davidson, Nick Davison, Laureus Debordus, Leo DeLong, Andrew Cowie, Merlin Cox, Andrew Dawson, Richard Develyn, Martin Dick, Oliver Dickinson, Aidan Dixon, Reinier Dobbelmann, David Dunham, Charles Domino, Dr. Moose, Paul Drussel, Anthony Dunn, Jonathan Geere, Hanataka the Stormer, André Jarosch, David Ebrey, Nick Eden, Maddy Eid, Tim Ellis, David Empey, Andrew Joelson, Christopher Johnson, Tadaaki Kakegawa, Ulf Eriksen, Bryan Feir, Raúl Fernández Rielves, Richard Katsaros, Hiroto Kawakami, Andrew Kelly, Jeff Kyer, Glenn and Joanne FitzRoy, Stéphane Francois, James Frusetta, Thomas Laborey, Chris Lemens, Mark Leymaster of Grammarye, David Gadbois, GAZZA, Mark Gilles, Allyn Glosser, Jim Gould, Walter Manbeck, Richard J. “MIG” Meints, David Millians, Thad Gutshall, Cathy Hamaker, Paul Harmaty, Yoko “Anesan” Miyamoto, Hayato Niitsuma, Terry Harvey-Chadwick, Scott Henry, Simon Hibbs, Roderick Robertson, Randy Tomaszewski, Michael Trout, Michael S. 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Curtis “Bad Karma” Taylor, Terra Incognita, Bryan Thexton, Ian Thomson, Jon Thorvaldson, Timo Tempest Tender, Toru the Silver Sword, Dom “Thazar” Twist, Koichi Uchida, Hitoshii Uematsu, Anthony Utano, Don Walli, Peter Wallström and Friends, David Weihe, Adrian White, Peter J. Whitelaw, Bill Williams, Marc Willner, George M. Wisz, Yahring, Michael Zaitz. Are you interested in learning more about the GTA? Check out the web site at: http://www.HeroQuest-rpg.com/gta 3 -yklr/vxjdm'tcn Contents Forewords and Introduction .....................................6 Contest Consequences .................................................................74 K Playing HeroQuest.................................................9 States of Health .....................................................................74 Nonlethal Combat ................................................................76 Roleplaying in Glorantha ...............................................................9 Modifiers and Augmentation........................................................76 The First Rule: Play the Story, Not the Rules.......................10 Modifiers ...............................................................................76 The Hero Wars..............................................................................11 Augmentation .......................................................................79 Magical Landscapes ......................................................................11 Healing and Recovery...................................................................81 Our Story Begins (Example of Play) ............................................12 Map of Glorantha and the Hero Wars..........................................14
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