"THE GLORANTHAN BESTIARY contains more than 60 entries, excerpted from the ancient Compendium of Species. It includes descriptions, game statistics, and innumerable notes for each creature. Additionally, many entries are accompanied by a detailed illustration, and every two-page spread contains a world map showing population distributions of the accompanying entries. The GLORANTHAN BESTIARY is written (or Standard Edition RuneQuest. All materials used from Deluxe Edition are reproduced in this book. Of course, the GLORANTHAN BESTIARY can be used with Deluxe Edition RuneQuest."
Carl Sanford Joslyn "Sandy" Petersen is an American game designer. He worked at Chaosium, contributing to the development of RuneQuest and creating the acclaimed and influential horror role-playing game Call of Cthulhu. He later joined id Software where he worked on the development of the Doom franchise and Quake. As part of Ensemble Studios, Petersen subsequently contributed to the Age of Empires franchise.