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I am launching a new campaign in January 2024. The first session is on January 15th, 2024. We use Roll20 for the VTT and Discord for audio.

This is my second campaign set in Glorantha using customized 2nd Edition Pathfinder rules; the first campaign is completing this month with 20th level characters.

We will be using the Remastered Second Edition Pathfinder Rules (i.e., Pathfinder Player Core, Pathfinder GM Core) along with 2nd edition rulebooks. Hopefully, Archives of Nethys will be updated with the remastered rules soon.

My current plan is to have a total of approximately 20 players spread across 4 sessions with a new scenario every two weeks. Players are allowed to switch from time slot to time slot if that helps them. I'm currently planning on the four following time slots. These aren't necessarily set in stone, but I've found it best to propose several slots and work from there.
Monday at 6 PM Pacific / 9 PM Eastern (first session on January 15, 2024)
Thursday at 5 PM Pacific / 8 PM Eastern (first session on January 18, 2024)
Saturday at Noon Pacific / 3 PM Eastern (first session on January 20, 2024)
Wednesday at 5 PM Pacific / 8 PM Eastern (first session on January 24, 2024)

This campaign is intended to run for around 20 sessions and will take the PCs to 7th or 8th level.

PLAYER INTRODUCTION

This version of Discovering Glorantha is a hybrid version taking the remastered rules of Pathfinder Player Core and combining them with Pathfinder Second Edition Core Rulebook and other Pathfinder rulebooks. The remastered rules of Pathfinder Player Core and Pathfinder GM Core take precedence in conflicts with any other Pathfinder books.

These rules are further modified to exploring the world of Glorantha (created by Greg Stafford). There are several key differences between traditional Fantasy Role-Playing Games (FRPGs) and Discovering Glorantha.

Gods of Glorantha: Worshipping one or more gods is integral to every sentient being on Glorantha. In most FRPGs, worshipping a god is typically no more than a role-playing hook (excepting for clerics and champions). In Discovering Glorantha, selecting a god to worship affects how every character interacts with the world. All PCs need to consider their god’s Edicts and Anathema. Think of the ancient Greek myths and how individuals worshipped gods that supported their role in life.

Everyone uses magic: All characters cast basic magic spells known as Spirit Magic. Additionally, every character casts divine magic known as Rune Magic. The character’s spell selection is strongly influenced by the god that the character worships. If you wish to focus more on spellcasting, you can take a spellcasting archetype starting at 1st level. All characters also have access to Focus Spells, Armor and Weapon Property Runes, and Rune Gifts related to the runes you selected during character creation.

Culture and Religion: A major focus of Gloranthan campaigns is the interaction of cultures and religion. In most FRPGs, a majority of plots involve defeating rampaging monsters or evil villains attempting to conquer or destroy nations. In Glorantha, the opposition largely consists of opposing nations and cultures; the opposition may merely have a different point-of-view.

Alignment: Characters do not have an alignment. This comes from Glorantha but is also consistent with the Remastered Pathfinder rules eliminating alignment. The ever-present threat of Chaos threatens to bring down civilization and no right-thinking person will consort with Chaos.

Darkness: Darkness is dangerous. Most PCs won’t have innate Darkvision; some ancestries (e.g., troll) do have innate Darkvision. The Darkvision spell has limited availability. The Light cantrip is only available to spellcasting archetypes and only if they take Cantrip Expansion. In general, you will need torches when exploring caverns and other underground areas.

Literacy: Most people in Glorantha are unable to read or write. Characters may learn to read and write any languages they speak by taking the Literacy feat. This includes characters that use Formula or Spell Books; the notations used by those characters do not include the learning required to obtain general literacy.

I'm finding the rules on the origination point of line effects to be ambiguous (essentially non-existent). I'm looking to the hive-mind to see if someone can find some rules that I have overlooked.

A line shoots forth from you, following a straight path in a direction of your choosing. The line affects each creature whose space it overlaps. Unless a line effect says otherwise, it is 5 feet wide. For example, the lightning bolt spell’s area is a 60-foot line that’s 5 feet wide.

I see that 2E removed the 1E verbiage "It [the line] starts from any corner of your square and extends to the limit of its range or until it strikes a barrier that blocks line of effect." That indicates that the line effect no longer is required to start from a corner.

Conversely, the templates on page 456 seem to show that line effects do originate from a corner. So maybe the line does originate from a corner.

I'm confused and would appreciate any help.

What is the origination point of a line effect?
1) The center of your square
2) The corners of your square
3) Any point within your square

I’ve reviewed the CRB to see the extent of alignment embedded in the rules. The good news is that alignment doesn’t affect too many places in the rules. A number of sections have spoilers for length; these spoilers include many specific rules implications. Everyone’s game without alignment will be different; I’ve included a few suggestions and questions for you to ponder if you are going this route.

There are many references that are general and don’t need any rules updates. These references include the general rules on alignment (pages 28-29), character sheets, ancestry preferences, Lost Omens setting, and the Glossary.

First up are the classes; the Champion and Cleric classes both embed alignment prerequisites into them. For the Champion, I assume that the PC will pick one of the causes (Paladin, Redeemer, or Liberator) in the same sense that a Barbarian picks a totem; the choice gives the Champion’s Reaction and affects other feats and class abilities. Many Champion abilities will need updates. Cleric works fairly easily, though some class feats are affected.

Only a small number of spells have alignment references.



Only a small number of items have alignment references. Do Holy Water and Unholy Water exist in your game? Both do aligned damage. Holy Water only damages fiends, undead and creatures weak to good damage; however, you may want to keep Holy Water for its ability to harm undead.

Aligned weapon properties (anarchic, axiomatic, holy, and unholy) shouldn’t work in a game without alignments.