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PDF Back cover, final paragraph: "Cults of Glorantha" should be "Cults of RuneQuest".

Quick note since there's no dedicated corrections thread yet: on the back cover, in the last paragraph, "Cults of Glorantha" should be "Cults of RuneQuest". Unless there's a separate Cults of Glorantha supplement/series that I'm unaware of.

New typo found in the January 2022 v1.01 PDF:

p. 114, first column, fourth paragraph, first sentence: Remove the errant period before "can" in "Cult skills (listed in RUNEQUEST, pages 289–320). can always be learned".

Version 1.01, p. 86: Should there be stats for medium and large bronze-bound shields? The Shields table and Shield Types listing include bronze-bound medium spiked shields, but no non-spiked equivalents, and there are no bronze-bound large shields. Do Gloranthan hoplites not use bronze-bound one-meter (large) shields like their real-world equivalents?

p. 125, Extraordinary Gems section: "Prices are for a stone of size ENC (1/10)" uses a fraction instead of the parenthetical-divisor notation used elsewhere in the book. Should this be "Prices are for a stone of size ENC (10)"?

Same issue on p. 126, in the first paragraph: Should "1/10 ENC" be "ENC (10)"?

p. 120, Types of Crystals section, Combination entry: "a POW 4 Sensitivity/ POW 3 Healing focusing crystal has a POW of 7 for attunement purposes but can only double 3 points of Healing and aid four Detection spells" has a mixture of numerals and numbers spelt out. Suggest recasting as "a POW 4 Sensitivity/ POW 3 Healing focusing crystal has a POW of 7 for attunement purposes but can only double three points of Healing and aid four Detection spells"

p. 121, Spell Strengthening entry, final sentence: "This does not drain the POW from the crystal, it will always have a POW of 4" is a run-on. Suggest recasting as "This does not drain the POW from the crystal, which will always have a POW of 4".

p. 121, Spell Storing entry: "the spell and spirits are lost" should be "the spells and spirits are lost".

p. 122, Opened Binding entry: "If sold, the buckle disappears instantly, but they may be stolen by guile or force" switches from singular to plural partway through. Suggest recasting as "If sold, the buckle disappears instantly, but it may be stolen by guile or force". (And recasting the preceding sentence in the singular, too, if possible.)

p. 124, Common Enchantments table, One-use Leap Rune spell entry: missing period at end of description.

p. 119, first paragraph: The final sentence ("More than any other chapter in this resource, the gamemaster should weigh carefully whether any of the items presented here are available, and limit access as appropriate") is immediately repeated, with one word differing, as the first sentence of the second paragraph ("More than any other chapter in this sourcebook, the gamemaster should weigh carefully whether any of the items presented here are available, and limit access as appropriate"). Suggest removing the first-paragraph instance and leaving the sentence as-is in the second paragraph.

Book 1 – Rules, p. 26, third paragraph in Shields subsection: "adjadent hit location" should be "adjacent hit location".

p. 118, Sorcery Spell Teaching Costs table: I'd suggest changing the plural entries ("Common spells", "Uncommon spells", "Cult secrets", and "other unique spells") to singular ("Common spell", "Uncommon spell", "Cult secret", and "other unique spell") to make it clearer that the listed cost is for learning a single spell.

Same page, same table: It would make more sense to reverse the order of the last two table rows, so that all the per-spell costs are grouped together.

p. 118, first column, second paragraph (starting with "The Malkioni use sorcery…"), final sentence: "before the any formal sorcerous tradition commences." "Before the any" is garbled, and "tradition" isn't an activity that can commence. Suggest recasting as "before any formal sorcerous education commences".

p. 118, first column, fourth paragraph (starting with "An adventurer with the…"), final sentences: "A spell generally takes a season to master. See RuneQuest, pages 389–390, for rules on spell training and research." This information is independent of the private-trainer context of this paragraph; suggest breaking this sentence off as its own paragraph to make this fact clearer.

p. 117, Etyries Spell Exchange subsection, first paragraph, first sentence: "Another means of learning spirit magic, practiced primarily in the Lunar Empire and where Etyries cults or traders are found, is through the Etyries’ cult Rune spell Spell Exchange allows the caster to trade possession of one spirit magic spell of their choice for another spell known by someone else." This is a run-on, and also uses the wrong name for the Rune spell in question according to The Red Book of Magic p. 49; suggest recasting as "Another means of learning spirit magic, practiced primarily in the Lunar Empire and where Etyries cults or traders are found, is through the Etyries’ cult Rune spell Exchange Spells, which allows the caster to trade possession of one spirit magic spell of their choice for another spell known by someone else."

p. 115, Types of Characteristic Training section, POW bullet point: "An appropriate temple can train POW to its members and to those from associated cults" should probably be "An appropriate temple can train POW for its members and for those from associated cults".

p. 116, first paragraph of Improving a Characteristic Through Research section, first sentence: "It is also possible to self-teach oneself" is superfluous. Suggest recasting as "It is also possible to teach oneself".

At the end of the same sentence, "whether through discipline, exercise, experimentation, and eliminating any unfavorable habits" has broken parallelism; suggest recasting as "whether through discipline, exercise, experimentation, or eliminating any unfavorable habits". (I'd write "or elimination of unfavorable habits", myself, to better match "experimentation".)

p. 116, second paragraph of Improving a Characteristic Through Research section: "multiplied by ×5" is superfluous. Suggest recasting as "multiplied by 5".

p. 114, first column, fourth paragraph (starting with "Cult skills can always be learned…"): "some service may be required in stead of traditional payment" should probably be "some service may be required instead of traditional payment".

p. 114, second column, second paragraph (with page references omitted): "Skill groups are grouped by occupations and those taught by cults." This sentence probably belongs with the list of three broad skill types under the Finding a Skill Trainer heading on p. 113, but even if it's moved, I don't understand what it's telling me. Seems superfluous given that we've already got the definitions for common, professional, and magical skills, and "skill groups are grouped…" just confuses me further. Suggest dropping this sentence/paragraph altogether.

p. 112, Land Events table, 51–55 Wildfire and 61–70 Minor Raid entries: replace - (hyphen) with – (en dash) in –10 penalties to match style of all other entries in the table.

p. 112, Land Events table, 56–60 Pests entry: "An infestation by insects—locusts, bloodflies, wasps, fleas, mosquitos, etc.—vermin such as mice, rats, etc." should be "An infestation by insects—locusts, bloodflies, wasps, fleas, mosquitos, etc.—or vermin such as mice, rats, etc."

p. 112, Land Events table, 81–85 Major Raid and 91–95 Invasion entries both say, "…the next year’s Harvest roll is impacted." By how much? All other entries that affect the Harvest roll specify penalty values.

p. 111, second paragraph of Profits & Losses subsection: "During any harvest that results in a bonus to the Income roll, part or all the bonus maybe stockpiled" should be "During any harvest that results in a bonus to the Income roll, part or all of the bonus may be stockpiled".

p. 97, Dugout description: "If a dugout overturned" should be present-tense "If a dugout overturns".

p. 95, third paragraph in Watercraft section: broken parallelism in "Boats and ships are common methods of travel along Glorantha’s coasts, waterways, and across its seas." Suggest recasting as: "Boats and ships are common methods of travel along Glorantha's coasts and waterways and across its seas."

p. 95, second paragraph in Watercraft section: "all sea-born travel" should be "all sea-borne travel".

p. 73: missing colon between the weapon name and description in the Bow, Long entry.

p. 125, Green Cube description:

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The gamemaster should determine what this is by rolling a D100. On a result of 01 it produces a protective Axe Daughter who swears herself to the nearest Ernaldan, friend or foe, for a year’s service. On a roll of 21–00 it is another gem from this or any other gem list but can also be a handful of grain of a local variety.

What happens on a roll of 02–20?

On 12/4/2021 at 11:30 AM, SaintMeerkat said:

p. 255, Column 1, Paragraph 3, Sentence 1 - should be "by 6 m" (missing space)

While we're at it, 20-feet high should be 20 feet high (no hyphen).

A late question: both RQG p.317 and The Red Book of Magic p. 10 both list the Runes for Absorption as Earth and Darkness, but the Rune Spell Reference accessory lists the spell's Runes (on pp. 23 and 24) as "Varies".

All the other spells listed as "Variable" on p. 23 of the accessory do indeed have "Rune depends…" or "Rune varies…" notes in The Red Book of Magic. Have I missed a correction for Absorption somewhere?

p. 2: "Original Concept" credit appears twice in left-hand column.

Back cover: "Organised Play" should be "Organized Play" if you're sticking to US English.

19 hours ago, Rick Meints said:

The first edition had one supplement published for it.

I had always thought that both Shadows of Yog-Sothoth and The Asylum and Other Tales were for the first edition, as evinced by their original product numbers being in the 20xx series to match the first-edition boxed set product number (2009). But I'll take your word for it, Rick.