Corrections thread - Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers

[kalidor]

Benefits section for Odayla Rune Lords is missing

Edited August 31, 2023 by kalidor

[metcalph]

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The cult is quite open in its racial requirements. The only
races it does not allow are broos, ogres, giants, and other things
tainted by Chaos.

Storm Bull writeup p131

The cult is open in its racial requirements. The only races
it does not allow are broos, ogres, giants, and other things
tainted by Chaos.

Ygg writeup p152

Given that Giants are tied to the disorder rune (Glorantha Bestiary p45), I suggest deleting the bolded words..

 

 

[Steve]

• p.34, 1st col, last para, last sentence, "Orlanth religion" -> "Orlanthi religion" (as per p.21)

• p.35, Ingolf Dragonfriend, last para, last sentence, "like many of others" -> "like many others".

• p.36, Flood, 3rd sentence, "the area effected" -> "the area affected".

• p.37, Esrolia, 1st sentence "and ruled by" -> "and is ruled by".

[Lordabdul]

p131: “with terrible consequences to the population protecting by them.” -> not sure if it should be “protected by them” or “protecting them”… maybe it’s a new brilliant turn of phrase to mean both 😝

[Steve]

p.38, Orlanth's Ring, 2nd para, 3rd sentence has major repetition from the 1st sentence. Also the 1st sentence mentions eleven stars rather than the normal eight, which then doesn't work when we get to p.39, 1st col, 1st para, 4th sentence, "eleven stars instead of eight", since the eight star version is not otherwise described here.

p.39, Flood, 3rd sentence, "the area effected" -> "the area affected".

p.43, 1st col, Spirit Magic, 2nd para, "Disrupt" -> "Disruption".

p.46, Arroin, 2nd para, 2nd sentence, "Healing 6" -> *Heal 6".

p.46, Restore Vision, 2nd sentence, "Heal Wounds" -> "Heal Wound".

p.46, Refine Medicine, last sentence, "Finding Healing Plants" -> "Healing Plants" (to match the section title).

[Steve]

• p.47, Speak With Herd Beasts, the WoD correction for the RBoM has not been made here.

• p.49, 1st col, step 4, 2nd para, 2nd sentence, "wounds of either type of poison" -> "wounds or either type of poison".

• p.46, Refine Medicine, 1st sentence refers to the "Other" category on p.48. However there.is no "Other" category on the Usefulness table, and the potency table only has an "other" category as a plant part for seasonal potency. See below for other issues with p.49 and Healing Plants.

• p.49, Example, 2nd para, this doesn't match the preceding tables. It says that the healer looks at the second plant and a roll of 6 means "other". But this doesn't match the tables, since the first roll is for usefulness and a roll of 6 there makes it a plant for Systemic Poison. The third para has her rolling again to determine potency and usefulness, so clearly this doesn't match the preceding description and tables. The 3rd para says that 3 MP are required to change Systemic Poison to Shakes, but it would be 4 MP required based on the usefulness table to shift from Systemic Poison (6) to the Shakes (2). 

[Lordabdul]

p151: “They pursued him into the Neleomi Sea” -> Neliomi Sea

[Steve]

• p.54, Crack, "Instantaneous" -> "Instant".

• p.54, Crack, the WoD correction to the RBoM has not been made here.

• p.55, Lightbringer, 2nd para, "Clever Tongue and Hide Fire* -> "Clever Tongue" (repetition).

• p.56, Trickster Priest, 2nd para, 1st sentence, "put upon then" -> "put upon them".

• p.59, 1st col, 2nd para, 1st sentence, remove apostrophe from "Gods' War" (as elsewhere).

• p.59, Since Time Began, 1st sentence, "Issaries's" -> "Issaries'" (apostrophe at the end).

• p.59, Otherworld Home, "Issaries's" -> "Issaries'" (apostrophe at the end).

[RandomNumber]

p.36 LH column provides details of the rune spell "Flood"

p.39 RH column repeats details of the rune spell "Flood" - two explanations in three pages.

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p.38 RH column, 4th para - the third sentence virtually repeats the first: 

• This constellation has ten orange stars and one prominent green star, called the Dragon’s Head.
• It is roughly shaped into a circle or spiral.
• All but one of the stars are orange; the last star, called the Dragon’s Head, is green.

[Gary Norton]

p.138, 1st col, Spirit Magic, "Disrupt" -> "Disruption"

p.138, 2nd col, Spirit Magic, "Disrupt" -> "Disruption"

[Steve]

p.61, Temple Organization, 1st para, last sentence, "Merchant's Guilds" -> "Merchants Guilds" or "Merchants' Guilds".

p.62, Trader Prince, 1st para, last sentence, remove comma since it currently changes the intended meaning (we already know that they are priests from the 1st sentence). Or simply change to "They also lead worship ceremonies to the god".

p.64, Herald Goodword, 1st para, 4th sentence, this appears to have become garbled. Firstly, "they hire him" doesn't make sense because no-one else has been referred to in this section yet that could be "they". Suggest "they hire him" -> "he is hired" or similar. Secondly, "who carries words" is out of place when following "enemies". Suggest "who carries words" -> "since he always carries words" or similar.

p.66, 1st col, 1st sentence, "Sartar' arrival" -> "Sartar's arrival".

p.68, 1st col, 1st para, last sentence, "judgements" -> "judgments" (US spelling).

 

Edited September 6, 2023 by Steve

[Steve]

• p.74, Associated Cults, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "permits a spell" -> "provides a spell" ("permits a spell … to" sounds very awkward).

• p.31 and p.78, Plow, listed as Touch but the description refers to the caster being affected. So either "Touch" is wrong or the description. Same problem in RBoM.

• p.88, Temple Organization, last sentence says that the selection of the different categories of Hunters is explained further in the Initiate Membership section. However, the Initiate Membership section on p.89 says nothing on this.

• p.89, Master Hunter, Requirements for Acceptance, 1st para, "Each year, there is a Great Hunt in which normally only Master Hunters take part" aopears to conflict with the p.88 Temple Organization section that says that all followers of Foundchild participate in "the" Great Hunt - "the" implying there is only one Great Hunt and not a separate one for Master Hunters.

[Steve]

• p.92, Particular Likes/Dislikes, 1st para, 3rd sentence, "sacred time" -> "Sacred Time".

• p 92, Particular Likes/Dislikes, 2nd para, "Orlanth chief" -> "Orlanthi chief" (consistency).

• p.93, Requirements For Acceptance, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "the Waste" -> "the Wastes".

• p.93, Mundane Benefits, 1st sentence, "the bands raids" -> "the band's raids".

• p.94, Whirlvishes, penultimate para, 3rd sentence, "hits points" -> "hit points ".

[Steve]

• p.95, "and brings" -> "and bring" because even though "they* is being used to refer to a singular being, "they" still goes with "bring" and not "brings", and "they" is the subject and not "Rain God".

• p.96, Before Time, 1st para, 3rd sentence, "was freed" -> "were freed", to match the earlier "they".

• p.97 and throughout, "Requirements For Initiation" is sometimes "Requirements For Acceptance" for initiates in other cults in the book. Should ideally be consistent. Similarly sometimes for Rune levels it's "Requirements To Join" and for others "Requirements For Acceptance".

• p 97 and throughout, "Requirements To Remain Initiated" is sometimes "Requirements To Belong" for initiates in other cults in the book. Should ideally  be consistent.

• p.97, Lay Member Spirit Magic, 1st sentence, "Healing" -> "Heal".

• p.97, Initiate Spirit Magic, 1st sentence, "Healing" -> "Heal".

• p.43, 1st col, Spirit Magic, 1st sentence, "Healing" -> "Heal".

Edited September 10, 2023 by Steve

[Steve]

• p.102, Temple Organization, 2nd para, 3rd sentence, "extra Lords" reads a bit oddly  here since Lords haven't been mentioned in this section yet. Consider changing to "extra Swords* or whatever is intended.

• p.103, Requirements To Belong, 1st para, 1st sentence, add a reference  to the gift and geas tables (pp.105-6), since these are 2-3 pages ahead.

• p.105, Skills, 3rd para, 1st sentence, "use temples premises" -> "use temple premises".

• p.105, Humakt's Gifts table, 9, "Bless specific weapon" -> "Bless a specific weapon" (as per other similar gifts).

• p.105, Humakt's Gifts table, 14, missing period/full stop at end of gift description.

• p.106, Sword, Requirements For Acceptance, 2nd sentence, "any other weapon attack" -> "any other weapon".

• p.109, 1st col, 3rd para, 1st sentence, "how warriors were to deal with" -> "how warriors are to deal with" (past tense is inconsistent here).

• p.109, Yanafal Tarnils, last sentence, "Yanafal Tarnil's cult" -> "Yanafal Tarnils' cult".

[Steve]

• p.112, Requirements To Join, 3rd para, last sentence, "judgement" -> "judgment" (US spelling).

• p.113, 1st col, Skills, 4th para, 1st sentence, add reference to "p.114" since these are detailed over the page.

• p.120, Holy Days And High Holy Days, "Mastakos' holy days" -> "Mastakos's holy days".

• p.120, Holy Days And High Holy Days, "Mastakos' worshipers" -> "Mastakos's worshipers".

• p.125, 2nd col, 2nd para, 1st sentence, "a year and day " -> "a year and a day".

• p.125, 2nd col, 2nd para, 1st sentence, should this apply to Bearwalkers as well as initiates?

Edited September 13, 2023 by Steve
Corrected my error on Mastakos possessive

[Brian Duguid]

17 hours ago, Steve said:

• p.119, Life After Death, 2nd sentence, "Mastakos's entourage" -> "Mastakos' entourage".

• p.120, Initiate Membership, 1st para, 1st sentence, "Mastakos's small cult" -> "Mastakos' small cult".

I'm not sure this thread needs additional pedantry, but the original is reasonable: the normal advice is to follow spoken pronunciation in these cases (https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives has a good discussion).

[Steve]

On 9/12/2023 at 9:26 AM, Brian Duguid said:

I'm not sure this thread needs additional pedantry, but the original is reasonable: the normal advice is to follow spoken pronunciation in these cases (https://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/possessives has a good discussion).

Edit - thanks, you're right, and I've corrected my changes to make all the Mastakos possessives into "Mastakos's".

Edited September 13, 2023 by Steve

[Brian Duguid]

20 minutes ago, Steve said:

The whole book generally lacks the additional "s" in most cases, so it should stick with that.

We run the risk of derailing this useful thread (and your own helpful efforts), so we'll probably have to agree to disagree 🙂 or take it to PMs. My view, and that of the style guides I've checked, is it should be consistent with how it is spoken; so any simple rule based solely on the presence of a written terminal "s" is ill-advised. Hence the difference between Thomas's and Socrates' in the link I shared, and why we don't write bus' when we say bus's.

[andyl]

Barntar.

p.77 "Note that Barntar is worshiped using the Worship (Orlanth) skill."

p.78 Summary box (top left) says Initiates get "Worship (Barntar) +20%" (also "Cult Lore (Barntar) +15%" although I am not too fussed about that)

[Steve]

• p.132, Benefits, throughout, "Priest " -> "priest" for consistency with the other sections in this chapter.

• p.134, Parts Of The Bull, 1st para, 3rd sentence, "Not every High Priests" -> "Not every High Priest".

• p.134, Parts Of The Bull, The Bull's Head, 2nd sentence, remove erroneous comma after "When visible it".

• p.134, Speak With Herd Beasts, the WoD correction for the RBoM has not been made here.

[Steve]

• p.142, 1st col, 5th para, 3rd sentence, "goddess' cult" -> "goddesses' cult".

• p 143, Organization, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "has" and "are" clash here because one is singular and one is plural, and the subject is "none of these ". Suggest "and are outranked" -> "and they are outranked" to resolve this.

• p.147, Associated Cults, Eiritha, "Speak With Herd Beast" -> "Speak With Herd Beasts".

• p.147, Speak With Herd Beasts, the WoD correction for the RBoM has not been made here.

• p.147, The Animal Nomads, 1st para, 3rd sentence, "High llama" -> "High Llama", and "morokanth" -> "Morokanth".

[PhilHibbs]

p.14: Yinkin is not labelled.

[Steve]

• p.150, 1st col, 4th para, 1st sentence, "Neliomi himself" -> "Neliomi herself", based on the Prosopaedia describing Neliomi as a goddess (Ygg entry).

• p.150, 1st col, 5th para, "Vadrus' Palace" -> "Vadrus's Palace".

• p.11, Vadrus, 1st sentence, "Vadrus' nature" -> "Vadrus's nature".

• p.96, Before Time, 2nd para, 2nd sentence, "Vadrus' cruelest son" -> "Vadrus's cruelest son".

• p.52, 1st col, 1st para, 5th sentence, "Hofhadalos’ peers"-> "Hofhadalos’s peers".

• p.150, 2nd col, last para, 2nd sentence, "which carry " -> "which carried", since everything else is in past tense.

• p.151, 1st col, last para, 1st sentence, "at Three Step Island"  -> "Three Step Isles".

• p.154, 2nd col, 2nd para, 1st sentence, "Yggs Islands" -> "Ygg's Islands" as elsewhere.

• p.154, 2nd col, 2nd para, 2md sentence, "Yggs Islanders" -> "Ygg's Islanders" as elsewhere.

• p.3, Names, 1st para, 3rd sentence, "as separate deities" -> "as a separate deity" ("each is singular).

Edited September 18, 2023 by Steve

[Steve]

p.43, Healer, Requirements to Belong, 1st sentence, when read in isolation (e.g. looking up during a game) this appears to mean that for an Initiate the oath is less restrictive in terms of "never to harm an intelligent creature" than for a Lay Member at the very top of the same page ("never to harm a living creature"). Suggest changing the text either here or at the top of the page to make the two consistent, since the intention (as clarified in the Rules Q&A thread) seems to be for them to be the same, or at least no less restrictive at Initiate level.

 

Edited September 19, 2023 by Steve