We do not know what the dragon means, just as we do not know the meaning of the universe, but there is something in the image of the dragon that is congenial to man's imagination, and thus the dragon arises in many latitudes and ages.

Look

One of the best pieces of interior art: the four most common evolutive stages of the dragonewts.

I love that they have shown the look of a huan to and the depiction of the jack o'bear matches my vision.

Content

The art for the elves is great: you can clearly identify from which kind of tree each of them was born from.

I love that troll's armor.

Broos have an appropriate disgusting and mutant look.

These pig dogs look menacing and are a recent addition in the Glorantha Bestiary.

Examples of wyters with game stats for RuneQuest

The illustration of Cwim looks exactly as the miniature in the board game The Gods War.

Opinion

The PDF version has the index linked to each section, which is handy, but it would have been even better for the alphabetical list at the end of the book to also be linked in the same way.

to also be linked in the same way. Some descriptions do not specify what regions the creature actually inhabits (e.g. pig dogs). Does that mean they are everywhere?

It would have been cool to include adventure seeds together with every creature, as in Elder Secrets of Glorantha or Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes . It would also have been cool to include ready to play non-player characters . (Hey, dreaming is free after all).

together with every creature, as in or . It would also have been cool to include ready to play . (Hey, dreaming is free after all). However, my main criticism is the missing creatures, such as the Teshnan elephants, lamias, catoplebas or basilisks. In the spirits section I miss the succubus and some others. On the one hand, I like it very much that they included creatures appearing in some old publications (such as voughs), because this makes it easier to play those scenarios with the new rules, a goal Chaosium has worked hard to achieve from the beginning. On the other hand, they have left some others out. Perhaps they had a tight deadline and were forced to publish a bestiary somewhat less complete than what they would have liked, even after focusing only on the northern continent. Whatever the case, it certainly looks like Chaosium is strongly committed to make RuneQuest more well-known (and more profitable, of course) and, in that regard, they have adopted the same successful plan as D&D: that is, publishing the rulebook, the bestiary and the gamemaster book separately and with an outstanding look. However, this plan includes publishing the three books almost simultaneously, and Chaosium, it must be admitted, still does not have the same production capability as Wizards of the Coast. If that were the case, I would have preferred to sacrifice the uniformity of the art in the book in exchange for making it more exhaustive. At the very least all the ones included in scenarios of previous editions of RuneQuest by Chaosium. But the bottom line is, it is preferrable to have the bestiary now, than a super complete bestiary in two years.

Wyverns just look beautiful in the Glorantha Bestiary.

You like well illustrated books.

books. You plan to run an adventure or campaign with RuneQuest : Roleplaying in Glorantha .

or with . You want to use its creature descriptions even if you prefer some other rules or RuneQuest edition to role play in Glorantha .

even if you prefer some other rules or edition to role play in . You love bestiaries and you may want to use these monsters even in other settings.

You don't like fantasy bestiaries.

The world of Glorantha does not appeal to you at all.

That dream dragon is gorgeous.