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Fantastic Friday: The Aldrya Tradition (HQ2E)

I still intend to finish my D&D/OSE things, but I've got a lot of stuff saved up in the back of my mind. I need to make room! The Aldrya Tradition In the beginning was the One. Boundless and, yet, constrained, it contained the limitless All. All that was, and All that was Not. Being and non-being. This paradox, the Paradox of Self, fragmented the One, and it became Two: Grower and Taker.     The Grower contained within it all potential. This potential took the form of the Seed. This was the beginning of the First Plantings, the Age of the Grower.     From within the One, the fluid parts separated, and thus came the soothing waters, Eron. The waters were changing and fluid, containing within her nature almost all potential. Eron encircled the Seed of the Grower to provide nourishment.     Next, the heavy parts of the One accreted together, forming the solid earth, Gata. The earth was dependable and stolid, locking her potential within in s...

Fantastic Friday: The Way of Mostal (HQ2E)

So, I still intend to finish writing up some 5E D&D content, but I'm not running that system right now. One thing I might get to run soon, at a face-to-face honest-to-God gaming table, is HeroQuest. Back in the day, I started work on a campaign set in the classic world of Glorantha, but the game fizzled after session 1, so I never finished the work. Now, I'm dusting off the material I started on, and since they're written for HeroQuest 1st edition (which is now defunct several times over), I should probably commit it to the Internet for others to pick over for their own games. First up, the religion of the dwarves The Way of Mostal The World Machine In the beginning, there was the World Machine. A device of wondrous complexity, It encompassed the entirety of the Universe, somehow becoming something greater than the sum of Its parts. Self-created, it contained all possibilities within itself. It remains beyond the comprehension of lesser beings, but it may be termed Most...