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Decrease Temperature: This spell decreases the temperature by 1D6 °C for a radius

Decrease Temperature: intensifies the cold by an additional 1D6 °C or doubles the

Himile had 'Form Ice' in Troll Gods as one of his Rune spells. Is this now no longer in his repertoire? 

Page 58

Hurling: caster have their range multiplied by 5.  [no 'x']

[Note Glue on page 115 has it as: "...points powering the spell, multiplied by 10. Glue..."

 

Other potentially missing Rune Spell

Swems (deity of worms) had "Worm's Head" from page 84 of Troll Gods. All other Spirits of Darkness are in there, except this one. 

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Page 47. Lead [] has half-again the ENC of bronze unless enchanted, at which point is becomes equal. Even

-- To be the same as RQ Gamemasters Adventures, page 121 

 

Page 47. Lead

...Stealth-based skills. Enchanted lead formed into crushing weapons 

-- For clarity, if this is actually the case?

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Earthwarm: ...(and ten centimeters deep) to be warmed by 10 °C for 12

Earthwarm: ...or raises the temperature by +5 °C.

Page 49

Exchange Spells. If the Exchange Spells succeeds,...

Exchange Spells. If the spell passed gives the target more points of spirit magic than points of CHA...

Page 52

Firedwell: Only divine intervention by a Heat cult can undo this. 

 -- What's a 'Heat' cult? No mention of this in RQG

Page 52

Firelight...This spell heats one cubic meter of stone to 85 °C. The stone..

Firelight...spell adds +10 °C to the heat and brightens the light, until

Page 56

Harmony: ...emotion-affecting spells (such as Demoralize and Fanaticism, pages 112 and 114) that are weaker

--Alphabetical and chronological order

Page 52

Frost...frost until the ground or air temperature rises above 10 °C.

Page 57

Heat Blast: ...Earthwarm (page 46) or naturally warmed to at least 40 °C... 

Page 111

Cool...within the radius to be 5 °C cooler than the surrounding

Cool...to or below the freezing point (0 °C).

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Blinding ...light, such as trolls, dwarves, and gorps, are not hampered

Page 50

Extension

The number of Rune points used in Extension affects a spell’s duration as follows:

Extension Duration

Extension Rune points Spell Duration

1 One hour

...

-- There is only one Extension spell to learn. 

Page 62

Jabbers: impale, and do 1D8+1 damage plus any damage bonus.

Jabbers: The jabbers has twice the 

-- This nonstackable spell provides one jabber. The Bagog 'Claws' spell uses the above format

Page 62

Leap: up to 6 meters high or meters long. Each point stacked adds 6 meters to the jump

-- easier to read, and for consistency

Page 63.

Lie: They continue to believe it until they have incontrovertible evidence of its falsehood, or for at least one full melee round in any case. For example,....or until the end of the full melee round after the spell was cast.

-- The example makes no sense. If the Lie is evident at the end of the melee round there is no need to wait till dawn or do a Divination?

Page 64

Magnify Command

points were stacked with 2 Rune points used in Extension 2 (duration 24 hours) and a Command Water

--There is only one Extension spell

Page 85

Stinger...(which can improve with experience), doing 1D10 damage plus damage bonus, and

Page 85

Stone-biting..This spell is used only by troll initiates against dwarves. Each

 

Page 83 Spider’s Head This spell gives a spider’s Bite attack the ability to impale

Page 99 Transform Head (Locust)... a Bite attack with a skill of 25% (which can be improved

Page 99 Transform Head (Beetle) They gain an extra Bite attack doing a base damage of 2D6

Page 201 Venom Bite With a successful Bite attack that does damage

--predominantly capitalized elsewhere

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-- Use 'Chaos feature' as a hypernym for 'Chaotic feature' and 'Curse of Thed feature'

Page 24. Chaos Feature

This spell bestows upon the target a Chaos feature. Targets

permanent Chaos feature and the Chaos Rune at 60%

A successful cast means that the target gains a Chaos feature.

Each additional Chaos feature taken results in a

....assumption of another Chaos feature.

 

Page 27 Chaos Gift. The caster adopts a random Chaos feature from the Chaotic Features table (page 25). If

Page 33. Conversion of Chaos Side Effects

D6 Result
1 Target gains 3D6 Chaotic features (page 25) that last for 1D6 days...

2 Target gains 20% with the Chaos Rune but does not gain a Chaotic feature (page 25).

5 Target gets a permanent detrimental Chaos feature (see the Curse of Thed table, page 26) and gains...

6 Target gets a permanent detrimental Chaos feature (see the Curse of Thed table, page 26) and an obvious

--also put page reference in the first incidence discussed 

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Create Head ...Chaos feature, increased by +5% each time this spell is cast. Only one feature can be so acquired each time. The Chaos feature is not necessarily favorable.

Page 36 Create Head

Create Head Chaos Features

Create Head ...Once a Chaos feature has been gained, there is a noncumulative 

Page 71. 

Rebirth of Chaos ...Rune Masters undergo, and in addition gives the member a Chaotic feature (page 25).

--referring to the table not the spell?

Rebirth of Chaos ...A broo with two Chaotic features stands 

Page 123

Chaotic Features 24

Chaotic Features table 25

 

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On 1/24/2021 at 4:56 AM, jongjom said:

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Decrease Temperature: This spell decreases the temperature by 1D6 °C for a radius

Decrease Temperature: intensifies the cold by an additional 1D6 °C or doubles the

et al.

 

According to https://www.really-learn-english.com/degree-symbol.html, "

Rules for using the degree

Use the degree symbol for temperatures in Celsius (C) and Fahrenheit (F)

Fahrenheit is the temperature scale that is used in the United States. It is abbreviated by a capital F.

All other countries use Celsius as their temperature scale. Celsius is part of the metric system. We abbreviate Celsius with a capital C.

When writing something informal, you can either use the degree symbol or write out the word "degrees."

When writing for science, use the degree symbol.
 

Examples:
  • Water freezes at 32° F or 0° C..
  •  

.....

Spacing with the degree symbol and temperatures

Style books do not agree on the spacing with the degree symbol and temperature abbreviations.

Some style books, such as The Chicago Manual of Style, tell us to not put a space between the temperature, degree symbol, and unit of measurement.

Examples:

  • 10°C 
  • 35­°F


Other style books, such as The AMA Handbook of Business Writing, tell writers to put one space after the degree symbol.

Examples:

  • 10° C
  • 35° F


Some scientific guides advise writers to put a space before the degree symbol.

Examples:

  • 10 °C
  • 35 °F


The space between the degree symbol and the temperature scale is really just a matter of the style guide you use. In most cases, it should not matter which style you choose to follow. "

 

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2 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

The space between the degree symbol and the temperature scale is really just a matter of the style guide you use. In most cases, it should not matter which style you choose to follow. "

Same method used in the rules book. Let's stick with that. 

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Page 113, Dispel Magic:

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and to dispel a Conflagration
spell with 4 magic points would require 4 points of Dispel
Magic.

No such spell as "Conflagration". One could deduce that it's a spirit magic spell, but it isn't much use as an example if you have to figure it out in reverse!

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