In RQ2 it is unclear to me, but in RQ3, inside the Glowline the phase of the moon was always Full Moon. However, in The Guide and HeroQuest books this was changed to Half-Full, as is now the case in RQG. But, why was it changed?
A friend of mine is very pro-Lunar, and he often complains how the Lunars have been "massively nerfed" in the current edition in his opinion. ๐ He also whines about the Madness spell being now a 2-point Rune spell, since it was a 1-point spell in RQ3 (although it was originally a 2-point spell in RQ2!).
But his "complaint" about the new Glowline reaches its zenith with the Cyclical Characteristic Rune spell in The Red Book of Magic. According to its description, characters who use this spell within the Glowline do not experience any beneficial effect! This seems counterintuitive. It would be much more powerful if the phase of the moon within the Glowline was always Full Moon. What do you think? Is this spell meant to be used only outside the Glowline?