Corrections thread - Cults of RuneQuest: The Earth Goddesses

[Gary Norton]

Page 64 (Caladra & Aurelion): It really seems odd that Mostal gives the Diamond Edge rune spell to this cult since Mostal cultists have no rune magic; nor do the Mostali have a Diamond Edge (or similar) sorcery spell. Mostal also seems to have no Associated Cults, so it seems odd that Caladra & Aurelion have Mostal as an Associated Cult. [Perhaps this is all deliberate, but it seems odd since there is ordinarily some sort of reciprocal relationship with Associated Cults.]

[Steve]

p.29, 1st col, last para, 1st sentence, remove erroneous comma after "Aldrya" (or move it to before "Aldrya").

p.35, Elder Sister, 2nd para, 2nd sentence, "goddess' primeval urges" -> "goddess's primeval urges*.

p.36, Benefits, 1st para, last sentence, "their goddess' natural" -> "their goddess's natural".

p.38, Speak With Herd Beasts, the WoD correction to the RBoM entry has not been made here.

p.38, Ernalda, 1st sentence, "her spell to Dismiss Earth Elementals" -> "her spell Dismiss Earth Elemental".

p.38, Ernalda, 2nd sentence, "Summon Earth Elementals" -> "Summon Earth Elemental".

p.38, Yelm, 1st sentence, "and therefore all elves" -> "and therefore to all elves", to prevent stumbling while reading (expecting "and therefore" to be followed by an assertion).

p.40, 2nd col, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "the spike" -> "the Spike"?

Edited September 28, 2023 by Steve

[Richard S.]

19 hours ago, Gary Norton said:

Page 64 (Caladra & Aurelion): It really seems odd that Mostal gives the Diamond Edge rune spell to this cult since Mostal cultists have no rune magic; nor do the Mostali have a Diamond Edge (or similar) sorcery spell. Mostal also seems to have no Associated Cults, so it seems odd that Caladra & Aurelion have Mostal as an Associated Cult. [Perhaps this is all deliberate, but it seems odd since there is ordinarily some sort of reciprocal relationship with Associated Cults.]

Just because the dwarves refuse to worship the World Machine as a god doesn't mean there's not a way to get rune magic from Mostal. The reciprocal relationship is probably just dwarves having access to earthbone and fireblood.

[Steve]

p.44, Centers of Power, 1st para, 3rd sentence, change the semicolon to a comma (it's wrong to use a semicolon with "and" like this).

p.46, Restrictions, 2nd para, "up to a maximum" -> "beyond a maximum".

p.48, Earthwarm, last sentence (as per p.23), "increases  the 50-meter radius" -> "increases the radius by 50 meters" (as per the RBoM). If this change was done to save space, it could be done much more effectively by leaving the original wording and changing "kilometer" to "km", or various other ways that don't leave it ambiguous.

p.48, 2nd col, last sentence, "when needed by depositor" -> "when needed by the depositor".

Edited September 28, 2023 by Steve

[davecake]

pg 20 and pg 120 the Know Lineage spell (Pamalt variant) is given the Fire Rune both here and in the Red Book of Magic - even though it is from Faranar who is an Earth Goddess (and Ernalda equivalent) and does not have the Fire Rune (and nor does Pamalt). 

Nyanka's spell Pathway is given the Earth Rune, though in the Guide Nyanka is a Water deity. 

In the RQG rules and here pg 21 Ernalda gets Healing Trance from Chalana Arroy, despite Chalana Arroy not having the spell herself. 

[Steve]

p.51, Organization, 1st para, second sentence, "high Axe Maidens" sounds odd to me and this term isn't used elsewhere in the book. Consider changing to "high priestess Axe Maidens".

p.53, 2nd col, 2nd para, last sentence, "divination" -> "Divination" as elsewhere.

p.56, Since Time Began, 1st para, 1st sentence, "in only in Caladraland" -> "only in Caladraland" or "in only Caladraland".

p.57, Inter Cult Organization, last sentence, "their own judgement " -> "their own judgment" (US spelling).

p.57, Intra-Temple Organization, 1st para, missing period/full stop after "Priestess".

p.59, 1st col, Requirements To Join, 1st sentence, "normal sacrifices of POW" -> "normal sacrifices of magic points". However, this is a requirement to belong rather to join so seems in the wrong section (and possibly related to the Requirements to Belong having the wrong text, from Issaries).

p.59, 2nd col, Mundane Benefits, "Initiates are available to obtain" -> "Initiates are able to obtain".

p.59, 2nd col, Skills, 1st para, 3rd sentence, "Other training available" -> "Other skills available", because "Other training available … are Cult Lore …" doesn't work.

p.59, Favored Passions, only Loyalty is listed here but p.62 gives Initiates Devotion too, so probably needs adding here.

p.60, Rune Magic, 1st para, "Summon Small Earth Elemental, Summon Small Fire Elemental" -> "Summon Earth Elemental (small), Summon Fire Elemental (small)".

p.60, Earthwarm, last sentence (as per p.23), "increases the 50-meter radius" -> "increases the radius by 50 meters" (as per the RBoM). If this change was done to save space, it could be done much more effectively by leaving the original wording and changing "kilometer" to "km", or various other ways that don't leave it ambiguous.

p.60, Unisonance, 2nd para, change the period/full stop after "Second Age" to a comma.

p.62, Initiates box, Cult Spirit Magic, the points costs are wrong for Detect Diamond/Earthblood/Firebone compared to p.59.

p.63, Tessele, 5th para, last sentence, "reduced to 6 POW points or less" -> "reduced to 6 magic points or less".

p.63, Lodril, 1st sentence, "every temple of the Twins still pay homage" -> "every temple of the Twins still pays homage".

[Steve]

p.66, Mythos amd History, 3rd para, 2nd sentence (and also p.68, Aram Ya-Udram, 2nd para, 2nd sentence), this reads oddly. I suggest either putting commas before and after "during a long duel", or changing the order of the clauses to "During a long duel he tricked Gouger into the arms of his enslaved black demon".

p.66, The Cult In The World, 1st para, 1st sentence, "found in only in" -> "found only in" or "found in only".

p.67, Skills, 2nd sentence, "the Bloody Cut (following)" -> "the Bloody Cut", because the skill description precedes this sentence and it's on the same page, so "(following)" is unnecessary and looks weird given that brackets are usually a qualifier for a skill.

p.68, Leader, 2nd para, 1st sentence, should "A candidate for priesthood must" be instead "A candidate for leader must"? Because as things stand, priests are said to be a subset of leaders and priest requirements are stated, but no requirements are given for non-priest leaders and yet they have responsibilities and benefits. And these stated "priesthood" requirements say nothing about magic.

p.68, Aram Ya-Udram, the first three paragraphs are either exact or almost exact duplicates of content from two pages earlier under "Mythos and History".

p.69, Seal Wound, 2nd sentence, "but not heal hit points" -> "but does not heal hit points". The RBoM entry (p. 77) has the same issue.
 

[Steve]

p.71, 1st col, 6th para, last sentence, "with the fall the Greater Darkness" -> "with the fall of the Greater Darkness".

p.73, Initiate Membership, 1st para, 1st sentence, "who has a 90% in a cult skill" -> "who has 90% in a cult skill".

p.77, 1st col, last para, 1st sentence, "The first is called Herd Eiritha" -> "The latter is called Herd Eiritha", because they're the other way round in the preceding paragraph.

p.78, Praxian Tribes, 2nd para, 1st sentence, "Each of the five major nomad nations has a single High Priestess who is the Respected Elder who heads" reads initially as if there is a single High Priestess, but this is explained much more clearly in the 3rd sentence. It would be very easy (without taking any more space) to re-order the words at the start of this 1st sentence to "Each of the five major nomad nations has a single Respected Elder who is the High Priestess who heads", which would be much clearer.

p.78, The Paps, "the Paps is an echo of the once great Earth religion that once was centered there" -> "the Paps is an echo of the once great Earth religion that was centered there" (repetition).

p.79, 1st col, 5th para, the Father of Independents is listed here but unlike the others is not explained in the later Associated Cults section.

p.79, 2nd col, Requirements To Join, 1st para, 1st sentence, "goddess' gifts" -> "goddess's gifts".

p.79, Skills, "Understand Herd Beasts" -> "Understand Herd Beast".

p.80, Rune Magic, 1st para, last sentence, "Speak to Herd Beasts" -> "Speak With Herd Beasts".

p.80, 1st col, Speak With Herd Beasts, the WoD correction for the RBoM has not been made here.

p.80, Herd Sister, Benefits, 2nd sentence, "and maintain" isn't right because it appears to go with the singular "a Herd Sister". Perhaps "and can maintain" or just "and maintains" instead.

p.80, Herd Sister, no restrictions are mentioned. Should they be the same as for a Herd Priestess? Perhaps the whole Restrictions section for Herd Priestess should be moved to the Herd Sister section, with a note in the Herd Priestess section saying that restrictions are as per Herd Sisters? This would also address the issue with the out-of-place note about Herd Priestesses being treated as Herd Priestesses by Storm Bull.

p.80, Herd Priestess, General Statement, 2nd sentence, "do not maintain their fighting skills up to a maximum of" -> "do not maintain their fighting skills beyond a maximum of".

p.81, 1st col, Allied Spirits, "to Herd Priestess" -> "to Herd Priestesses".

p.82, Initiates of Eiritha box, "Understand Herd Beasts " -> "Understand Herd Beast".
 

[Steve]

p.84, Otherworld Home, last sentence, "or into the Lesser Darkness" -> "or go into the Lesser Darkness" or similar. On its own, "into" doesn't work.

p.85, Sprout, the heading style is wrong for a spell - just the size possibly?

p.85, Seed Father, Requirements For Acceptance, 1st para, 1st sentence, "Worship Flamal" -> "Worship (Flamal)".

p.86, Miscellaneous Notes, 1st sentence, "This constellation has one of two visible bodies of green light in the sky" reads very oddly (are we talking about the Tree as a single body here, or referring to one of its constituent parts?), especially without the bracketed clause that the Guide version has. I suggest instead "This constellation is one of two visible bodies of green light in the sky" if the whole of The Tree is green, otherwise "This constellation includes one of two visible bodies of green light in the sky" if only part of The Tree is green.

p.89, Otherworld Home, should "Flamal's primeval plant" be instead "Flamal's primeval plants"? I don't see mention ot a singular primeval plant in Flamal's write-up, and only multiple plants.

p.89, Nature Of The Cult, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "takes lovers, who she then plows her lovers beneath the Earth" -> "takes lovers, who she then plows beneath the Earth".

p.90, 2nd col, 1st para, 1st sentence, "goddess' gifts" -> "goddess's gifts".

p.90, Initiate Membership, 3rd para, "If neither parent were initiates" -> "If neither parent was an initiate" ("neither" is singular).

p.90, Skills, 1st sentence, "Worship Grain Goddess" -> "Worship (Grain Goddess)".

p.92, 2nd col, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "Ernalda is amongst both cultures, Pelora is the Grain Goddesses" isn't right and perhaps more than one thing is wrong here. At the minimum it should be singular "Goddess". But the odd-sounding "Ernalda is amongst both cultures" followed by a comma splice suggests that there's another issue here too. Perhaps the whole thing should be "Ernalda is worshiped amongst both cultures, and Pelora is the Grain Goddess"?

p.94, Earthwarm, last sentence (as per p.23), "increases the 50-meter radius" -> "increases the radius by 50 meters" (as per the RBoM). If this change was done to save space, it could be done much more effectively by leaving the original wording and changing "kilometer" to "km", or various other ways that don't leave it ambiguous.

p.95, Voria, "awakens the Grain Goddesses to awake" ->  "alerts the Grain Goddesses to awake" as per Prosopaedia (or similar to avoid repetition).

p.95, Grains Of Genertela, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "The various grains depicted shortly before" -> "The various grains are depicted shortly before".
 

[Steve]

p.98, 2nd col, Center Of Power, 1st para, 1st sentence, "Shakers Temple" is used here, but elsewhere in this Maran Gor section there is also "Shaker's Temple" and "Shaker Temple". It should be consistent in the book, even if it's the case that it's referred to differently by different people in Glorantha.

p.100, Enchantments And Spells, last sentence, "Shaker Priestess can also learn" -> "Shaker Priestesses can also learn".

p.103, 2nd col, penultimate para, 2nd sentence, "The elves obtained death" -> "The elves obtained Death".

p.2, 1st col, penultimate para, 2nd sentence, "dwarves" -> "dwarfs".

p.40, 2nd col, penultimate para, 2nd sentence, "dwarves" -> "dwarfs".

p.105, Iconography, "dwarves" -> "dwarfs".

p.105, Particular Likes And Dislikes, 2nd para, last sentence, "Dwarvish hatred" -> Dwarfish hatred".

p.107, Produce Flame, 1st para, 2nd sentence, is it correct that a whole 12 points of intensity are required for merely a 1D6 fire?

p.107, Produce Flame, should this not have "1 Point" (12 points?) listed as its based cost (as per Cut Stone etc)?
 

[Steve]

p.115, 1st col, 2nd para, last sentence, "Ever since that, time the gods" -> "Ever since that time, the gods".

p.117, Variations box, 1st para, 1st sentence, "savannas" -> "savannahs", given that elsewhere the singular used is "savannah" and not "savanna".

p.117, Arbennan, 1st para, last sentence, "two-week's walk" -> "two-weeks' walk", because this is plural.

p.119, Requirements For Acceptance, 2nd para, 2nd sentence, "follow the role" -> "follow the rule" surely?

p.119, Requirements For Acceptance, 3rd para, 2nd sentence, "If one (or two) woman" reads very awkwardly, but can be fixed very easily by re-ordering as "If one woman (or two)".

p.122, Pamalt And Genertelan Deities, 1st sentence, "and associated with his household and companions with" -> "and associated his household and companions with".
 

[Steve]

p.125, Particular Likes And Dislikes, 1st para, 3rd sentence, "She's neutral" -> "She is neutral" since "she's" or "he's" aren't used elsewhere and the more casual style stands out for the wrong reasons.

p.126, Command Ghost, 4th sentence has become garbled compared to the RBoM version. Here we have "The ghost can be asked questions and receive answers that are within the ghost’s knowledge" (which doesn't make sense) whereas the RBoM has "If questioned, the ghost provides answers that are within its knowledge".

p.126, 2nd col, title, "Keeper Of The Dead (Rune Priest)" -> "Keeper Of The Dead (Rune Priestess)" as per Emalda etc.

p.126, General Statement, 1st sentence, "the urnfields and necropolis" -> "the urnfields and necropolises".

p.126, Cult Spirits, "the guardians of House of the Dead" -> "the guardians of the House of the Dead".
 

[Steve]

p.129, Life After Death, 1st sentence, "descendent worship" -> "descendant worship" as elsewhere.

p.130, Organization, 1st para, 2nd sentence, this refers to "the three cult spells", but the cult as described has five special cult spells. I assume that it's the 3-point spells that are being referred to here.

p.130, Temple Organization, 2nd para, 4th sentence, "one of the goddess’ aspects" -> "one of the goddess’s aspects".

p.131, Birthing, add the "Touch" tag as per the RBoM.

p.131, Transfer Pregnancy, 2nd sentence, "The caster can stack extra point for" -> "The caster can stack an extra point for". The RBoM description needs the same correction.

p.131, Acolyte, the text appears to describe this being for females (use of "she"), but no such requirement is specified.

p.132, Rune Priestess, the title implies thesem must be female, but no such requirement is specified.

p.132, 2nd col, 1st para, last sentence, "except at DEX x5" -> "beyond DEX x5".

p.132, Spirit Of Reprisal, last sentence, "sexual commerce" doesn't seem right here, unless it's intended to only curse paid-for sex. Perhaps "sexual congress"?

p.135, Invigorate, the correction in the Well Of Daliath to the RBoM description has not been made here.
 

[Runeblogger]

p. 80 Second column: Restrictions: "Restrictions arc the same" --> Restrictionsare the same

"They are, however, treated as Herd Priestesses by the Storm Bull cult", what does this sentence mean? 🤔

p. 81 Cult Spirits "and much more" should be "and many more".

p. 82 Miscellaneous notes: Does the term "cattle" include zebras?

p. 85 Since Seed Fathers require a 90% in the Plant rune, does that mean humans can never become Seed Fathers?

p. 88 The map does not say anything about rice and black rice. Is this intentional?

p. 107-109 Sample dwarf spells: Only the enchantments should cost POW, right?

p. 121 Fleetfoot: Does this Rune spell really do the same as the Mobility spirit magic spell?

[Jason Farrell]

Why doesn't Chuck Huber have a writer credit in this book?  He was credited in earlier publications as the author of the Caladra and Aurelion cult write-up, and the description in this book is mostly duplicated from that earlier work.

[Scornado]

p.89, Nature Of The Cult, 1st para, 2nd sentence, "takes lovers, who she then plows her lovers beneath the Earth" -> "takes lovers, whom she then plows beneath the Earth".

[Deadstop]

p. 66, "Aram ya-Udram was a human, one of the original founders of the ancient Empire of the Wyrms Friends." Was he? I thought he was a First Age hero, the human on the Unity Council. Possibly "World Council of Friends" is meant, though if the information on the Glorantha Wiki is correct he apotheosized shortly before that name change as well.

[Jonas]

p. 93, Slonta. This is just a copy-paste from the history section on p. 89, it provides no actual information about Slonta the way we get for her sisters.

[Jonas]

On 8/19/2023 at 3:07 PM, metcalph said:

Suggest replacing Dragon Pass with Apple Lane.  Dunno where the Rockwoods Temple is.  

Is the temple in Apple Lane really Major, though? The one in the published books is definitely just a Shrine. 

[Murnala]

Any female initiate of an Earth cult with a 50% skill in Prepare Corpse and a Read/Write Theyalan of 50%, or past the age of childbearing (50+ years old), can join the cult simply by sacrificing 1 point of POW to Ty Kora Tek. p. 125

vs.

Initiates must be women past childbearing age. p. 127