Slightly unpopular opinion: All official lore is crap and should be generally ignored. (Even the stuff I kind of like) If I want to play in a world where what I can do is limited by the generic, inoffensive, middle-of-the-road, crowd-pleasing writers at some corporation I’ll just play a AAA video game. The ability to be participatory in the creation and evolution of the in-game world is what makes TTRPGs different from consumer media. Why would you give that part up, but still leave yourself with all the cognitive load?
This is probably why Greg Stafford, the guy most responsible for Runequest and Glorantha’s deep and wide lore came up with his sort of prime directive: “Your Glorantha Will Vary”. He presented his version of the lore but wanted people to re-write it to their hearts’ content.
Slightly unpopular opinion: All official lore is crap and should be generally ignored. (Even the stuff I kind of like) If I want to play in a world where what I can do is limited by the generic, inoffensive, middle-of-the-road, crowd-pleasing writers at some corporation I’ll just play a AAA video game. The ability to be participatory in the creation and evolution of the in-game world is what makes TTRPGs different from consumer media. Why would you give that part up, but still leave yourself with all the cognitive load?
This is probably why Greg Stafford, the guy most responsible for Runequest and Glorantha’s deep and wide lore came up with his sort of prime directive: “Your Glorantha Will Vary”. He presented his version of the lore but wanted people to re-write it to their hearts’ content.
Very strong agree on this.