#heroquesting

[lyreofsheliak]

King of Dragon Pass heroquests: Uralda's Blessing.

[silver-leaf-girl]

A commission I did for a Glorantha book, part of the Jonstown Compendium of fan work.

For those not familiar with Glorantha (you might know it as the setting for King of Dragon Pass), it's a bronze-age fantasy setting written by Greg Stafford, an anthropologist. There's some bits that are a bit 'hmmm', but overall - it's a fresh and enthralling take on the fantasy genre, driven by a genuine interest in how ritual works in Bronze Age societies (I've heard it described as 'as Tolkien was to linguistics, Stafford was to mythology).

The paintings here intend to showcase one of the rituals in question, with a hero being anointed and girded to assume a mythic role (specifically Humakt, deity of swords and truth and death!)- around her, her masked clan-members prepare her for her transit into the mythic realm, while above her, Humakt himself wields/blesses the blade that she takes up. The second painting was for the back cover - it shows a devotee of Eurmal, trickster and storyteller, entertaining a couple of children and inducting them into the clan's mythic cycle, while their hunting cat (an alynx - Gloranthan cultures tend to favour cats where Earth ones would dogs) looks on.

Both paintings were done in gouache, early in the pandemic. I wanted to capture a sense of genuine mystery and weird spiritual power, and also to present a female Humakti in a role that many character artists have usually shown a traditional male warriors. It's also one of my (too rare! I should get back to this!) experiments with light and darkness in a painting.

[dungeonsandmonsterminis]

[foone]

Friendly reminder that the best thing about HeroQuest is this video

[clankhead]

Goblin (2/2)

Avalon Hill

Back with the second set of the HeroQuest best:

Goboghoulies

[oldschoolfrp]

Heroquest: Wizards of Morcar (Les Edwards box art, 1993)

[herrnethar6]

[rohirric-hunter]

Are these races or classes

[trollbite]

Here's another step in my NMM journey. The background was created with Stable Diffusion and digitally blended into my terrain.

[aspiring-awesomeness]

“I don’t want to complain, but sometimes I feel like dinner should JUST be dinner, ya know? Not this whole social political thing.”

First answer DONE - question came from insta! Quite happy with drawing all of that in a few hours :3

If you wanna ask Del something - here is the post: https://www.tumblr.com/aspiring-awesomeness/734639663585918976/got-the-time-to-draw-and-a-need-for-del-to-get?source=share

[paint-pot-pete]

A batch of beautiful HeroQuest miniatures to celebrate another Friday 😁

One of the Orc warriors, the Dwarven player character, a mummy, a skeleton and a gorgeous piece of tortuous scenery 😁

[lyreofsheliak]

King of Dragon Pass heroquests: The Making of the Storm Tribe

[drnightstone]

Mythic Synthesis Movement

The world of Glorantha has been one of the key determining factors of TES lore. But it is a shame that there isn't much interaction between the two communities. That is why I have made the Mythic Synthesis Movement, a Discord where one can discuss such comparative lore. Whether a newcomer or expert, in one or both, this place is for all, as the path of learning is endless! We are also currently doing a weekly lore playthrough of the Six Ages and King of Dragon Pass games - feel free to heroquest along us!

[dungeonsandmonsterminis]

The classic HeroQuest boardgame with painted miniatures.

[bluemoonperegrine]

When a kid has a great sense of humor

...and his parents are D&D nerds 😂

My stepson is visiting, so my husband and I are playing HeroQuest with him. The game is a simplified version of D&D adapted to a board game. Neither stepson nor I had played it before. It's fun! You get to make characters as in regular D&D.

My characters:

female elf fighter/sorcerer Sabine Bloodoak

male dwarf fighter Gronk Ironbeard

Stepson's characters:

male half-orc barbarian Fluffy the Fierce

male human wizard Jamal the Scarce

I didn't get the "the Scarce" part until Jamal started running away from things. And kept running away. 🤣 Dude was truly scarce.

We completed the first quest with only one casualty, the brave dwarf Gronk, who turned into a pile of 109 gold pieces after being slayed by a dread knight three times his size. Fortunately the other heroes--most of whom almost died as well--persevered and got a bunch of treasure, including a resurrection potion. Gronk is back, baby!

[clankhead]

Orc (1/2)

Avalon Hill

Something something best thing about HeroQuest:

Orc’Reilly Auto Parts