Journey to Jonstown #78: Explore Distant Lands

By Nick Brooke

Although RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha focuses on homelands in Dragon Pass and Prax, Greg Stafford’s world of Glorantha includes two whole continents containing many exotic, far-flung cultures. These are detailed in the Guide to Glorantha. Many Jonstown Compendium contributors devote their efforts to fleshing out these distant corners of the lozenge. Here are some of their most recent creations:

The East Isles

Bezarngay Boil
By Hannu Rytövuori, Nils Weinander, Frank Montellano and David Cake, with art by Neil Gibson, Hannu Rytövuori, Juha Heinänen, Tania Rodriguez-Kaarto, Joni Aikio, Joel Sammallahti, Dario Corallo and Simon Bray
129 pages: $9.95 PDF

South of the Korolan Islands flows the treacherous Bezarngay Boil, concealing the islands of Cwat-Bajat and Bhat-Nupu. These islands are a hotbed of antigods and hungry monsters of darkness and chaos. Inside this book is everything you need to continue your campaign centered around the Korolan Islands including: Eastern Island Antigods, The Island of Cwat-Bajat, The Crew of the Sanguine Maiden, 80+ page Adventure: Bezarngay Boil, Alternate Adventure Hooks, and Pregenerated Adventurers.

Bezarngay Boil is the fifth book in the Hero Wars in the East Isles series in the Jonstown Compendium. Read the EN World interview with Bezarngay Boil co-author Hannu Rytövuori!

East Isles Character Pack
By Hannu Rytövuori and Frank Montellano, with art by Jussi Löytökorpi
20 pages: $2.00 PDF

This character pack includes six ready-to-play adventurers based in the East Isles. These adventurers can be used anywhere in Glorantha, but they are from the East Isles and would be most at home in the far-off lands and waters of the lands of Vith. Each adventurer includes a full background, statistics, gods worshipped, home island location and details, and ways to provide a few custom touches. The character pack also includes a section of everyday items that can be purchased in the East Isles, as well as a listing of East Isles weapons with images and damage amounts.

Kralorela

Players’ Guide to Kralorela
By Paul Baker, with art by Paul Baker
300 pages: $32.00 PDF; a discount bundle is available for previous customers

Paul Baker is an explorer of the mysterious eastern realms of Glorantha whose earlier works include the Kralori Primer and Houses of Teshnos. This guide is largely a collection of short-form writeups for the Cults of Kralorela which updates and expands on material previewed in the Kralori Primer. Adventurer creation adds a focus on the adventurers’ ancestors and their deeds. The writeups of Kralori cults have been expanded, and some have been rewritten to tie them more closely to the setting. Many imperial sub-pantheons are described, each with a presiding Exarch who provides a sampling of his sub-pantheon’s Rune magic and channels worship through himself to the other gods. Additional material allows creation of Kralori, Babadi, Keet, Yeeran, and Ogre characters, and cultivation of Aldryami characters from the east. (Parts of the book require The Way to be used effectively: this is available in a discount bundle.)

Dorastor

Perilous Plains
By Simon Phipp and Leon Kirshtein, with art by Elizabeth Kirshtein and Dario Corallo.
82 pages: $12.00 PDF

Perilous Plains covers the Illlands, Ash Flat, Ghostdirt Plain, and Rotground, detailing locations and a homeland in each area.   Here you will find four scenarios, seven new monsters, two new Cults, a Spirit Cult, a Sorcery School, four new magic items, three new trade goods, four new skills, three new Spirit Magic spells, four new Runespells, and four new Sorcery Spells. The Mad Sultanate and Clown Army are extensively written up, allowing you to visit probably the largest Eurmali society in Glorantha.

Foulvale
By Simon Phipp, with art by Juha Heinänen and Dario Corallo
91 pages: $16.00 PDF

Foulvale introduces the Grub Eaters, the Duck settlers of Riskland. Here you will find new locations in Foulvale, new rules for Spirit Places and Shamans, three Shamanic Abilities, three new Runespells, Personalities of the Grub Eaters, four magic items, twelve scenarios, including two HeroQuests, and seven new monsters. Adventurers can befriend the Durulz, or Ducks, help them settle in Fowlvale, build alliances with surrounding people, and even cleanse parts of Fowlvale of the Chaos that plagues it.

Scale & Chaos
By Leon Kirshtein and Simon Phipp, with art by Elizabeth Kirshtein and Dean Spencer
65 pages: $10.00 PDF

A companion piece to Draconic Enlightenment, this RuneQuest supplement focuses on the Draconic creatures of Dorastor. Here you will find Draconic locations, rules for Draconic Adventurers in Dorastor, three Personalities, a writeup of the two-headed Chaos Dragon, two Draconic Societies, two Draconic Creatures, a Divine Cult, three Spirit Cults, five new skills, two new Spirit Magic Spells, five new Rune Spells, four magic items, and eight scenarios, including an expansion of the classic 'Dragonewt March' scenario from Wyrms Footnotes #14. 

Pamaltela

Tales from Slon: The Human Factor
By Leon Kirshtein and Simon Phipp, with art by Elizabeth Kirshtein, Simon Bray, VOVIN Arte and Dean Spencer
100 pages: $16.00 PDF

The first in a new series of supplements covering the land of Slon, in the southern continent of Pamaltela, The Human Factor describes the people and places of Slon and has a number of scenarios and HeroQuests to introduce new adventurers and embed them in this strange land.

The book describes the major locations and various peoples of Slon, including the Mostali, Friendlies, and Dinosaurs. There are nine new Rune spells, seven new Sorcery spells, three new Spirit Magic spells, three new Skills, seven new Magic Items, a Bestiary of thirteen new creatures (inc. Constructs, Dinosaurs, Serpent-Blood, Elementals of Fiery Water, and Wererats), seven new scenarios and a HeroQuest.

Jelmre
By Max Bantleman, with art by VOVIN Arte (Attila sz. Nagy).
29 pages: $3.00 PDF

The jelmre are a quirky and obscure lemur-like Elder Race from the southern continent, known for their unique form of magic whereby they can crystalise their emotions for others to use. This beatifully-illustrated supplement fleshes them out as playable adventurers, and includes story seeds to introduce them to Dragon Pass.

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