THE WORD Runequest Campaign
Player-Originated Materials

It is a certain fact that no matter how good a GM might be, without good players who take an interest and get involved deeply into a campaign world, a campaign will come to naught. I was fortunate to have a very dedicated group of players who, despite sometimes having to roll up a new character every session (RQ is a very deadly game and I was running a very heroic and combat-oriented campaign), stuck with the campaign for many years and managed to develop some quite memorable characters.

What I do not have are a bunch of stale character sheets. What I do have are character backgrounds and character journals written by the players themselves. I am sure GMs running other campaigns can find nice items here to use as NPC backgrounds or as examples of character backgrounds for new players. Where I can recall what player wrote a given piece I have tried to credit him or her. Unfortunately, time has dulled my mind a bit and for some items I cannot properly recall who wrote them, so for those oversights, I beg the authors' forebearance.

Player Character Backgrounds (these are the pre-adventuring backgrounds submitted to me by the players for their characters):

  • A Wind from the Sky - The Story of Durnel Trajen
  • Yggies Applevale
  • Kori Fire-Eye
  • Lady Gloriana of New Crystal (aka Corona Stargazer)
  • Greebley
  • Talonspear of Garhound
  • Barladon Sunfist
  • Garak Saladstomper Broobasher (yet another James Frusetta classic Uz)
  • Lord Kiri Windstorm
  • Merdar
  • Kalkin Samildanach
  • Alar
  • Korin the Strong
  • Player Character Journals (these are journals and diaries written in the first person perspective of the characters [and edited by me to delete game rule references]):

  • The Journals of Erik the Barbarian Hunter
  • Cycles of Faith - The Journal of Danar Tormalon
  • The Diary of Corona Stargazer
  • Player Character Documents (these are miscellaneous documents such as adventuring contracts, letters, et al):

  • Letter to the High Priestess of Seven Mothers from Lord Danar of Rone
  • Posted around Sartar - A Chalanna Arroy Healer Wanted
  • Letter to King Raus of Rone from Talonspear
  • Letter to Invictus from Talonspear
  • Letters from Talonspear to Hector
  • Letter from Talonspear to his son
  • The Kiri Adventurer's Contract (infamous in its own time!)
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