jongjom Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) The very nice classic edition of Cults of Prax is out. This thread is to suggest possible minor tweaks to the file to improve things further, if possible: Move Resurrection subheading on Page 16 to 17 and delete the text under Spirit Block: "This spell, by the way, is allowed by all priesthoods. It is therefore added to the list of Standard Rune magic Spells as number 25." Spirit Block is already in the RuneQuest rules. I guess this comes about because the first edition CoP is talking about the first edition of RQ.It also makes for neater layout. Page 44 & page 71 Resurrection --> Table--> Rune Magic Losses--> 5 days dead: Test has "All" [empty line] "One-use". Maybe delete the [empty line] for clarity and change to: "All" next line "one-use" Lower case for "one-use" as per the rest of the document Page 44 "training for[add space}10% less than normal" Page 25 & 34 Change: "Increased Cost ( X 2):" to "Increased Cost (X 2):" - delete space between ( and X Edited January 2, 2017 by Rick Meints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Possibly worth tidying up some of dates as done in the RuneQuest Classic book: Page 116 Maybe change c.375 S.T. Trolls and Dragonewts. to c.375 S.T. — [add long dash] Trolls and Dragonewts. Maybe change c.500 S.T. — Establishment of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends and the beginning of their seduction by Dragon Powers. -- Very much Circa (!) to c.575 S.T. — Establishment of the Empire of the Wyrms Friends and the beginning of their seduction by Dragon Powers. Because: 575 is when "Vistikos Left-eye founds the first Waltzing and Hunting Bands to establish the formula and pattern for a draconic human life" (as per the Guide) Page 117 Maybe 830 S.T. — [add long dash] Pavis brings the Faceless Statue of Stone to Prax and defeats Waha, thereby establishing his city. [no c., and as per the Guide] Maybe 1237 S.T. — Trolls led by Gerak Kag invade Pavis and settle there. [no c., and as per the Guide] Maybe 1042 S.T. - The dragonewts turn on the Third Council... to 1042 S.T. — [long dash] The dragonewts turn on the Third Council... Maybe THIRD AGE (C. L100-1650) to THIRD AGE (C. 1100-1650) -- also just spotted Greg's first mention of the Third Age's end date ! Maybe 1220 S.T. Birth of the Red Moon Goddess... to 1220 — [add long dash] S.T. Birth of the Red Moon Goddess... Maybe 1550 S.T. — Start of the five-year Dragonewts Dream.... to 1539 S.T. — Start of the two-year Dragonewts Dream.... [as per the Guide] Maybe 1575 S.T. Sartar colonists settle the fortress of Pavis Out. side.... to 1550 — [add long dash] S.T. Sartar colonists settle the fortress of Pavis Outside [as per the Guide] Maybe 1610 S.T. The Lunar Empire conquers Prax.... to 1610 S.T. — [add long dash] The Lunar Empire conquers Prax Edited December 31, 2016 by jongjom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) General formatting: Is there something that can be done to make the Header for the name of each god a bit more distinctive? I keep missing where the cult description for each god starts - especially now that they no longer have a page break between each of them. Page 36. List of 1-point spells is out of alphabetical order: please change Turn Undead and Truesword Page 36. Change "Range160" to "Range [add space]160" for the spells: Turn Undead & Sever Spirit Page 113 Formatting error: For the Telekinesis spell please put Chalana Arroy/Issaries/Lhankor Mhy in the correct column Edited December 31, 2016 by jongjom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Changes / corrections in bold for this set: Page 58 "Save for Humakt and Eurmal, he was the only witness to the death of Grandfather Mortal" "passive save for her healing, while the world grew ill in the Gods War." (add 's') "he was heading for the Great Doom, and so set off on the Lightbringers' Quest." Page 59 "Issaries was found in various places and roles during the Gods War." (remove apostrophe) Page 65 "On the Lightbringers' Quest she raised no arms nor made decisions, and in the new" Lhankor Mhy is incorrectly spelt as Lankhor Mhy on pages 110 (table) 111 (table) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 Page 29 "the Three Bean Circus, Ronance, the Good Shepherd, and" to "the 3 Bean Circus, Ronance, the Good Shepherd, and" Page 113 "3-Bean Circus" to "3 Bean Circus" Page 113 "Create Zombies" to "Create Zombie" Page 20 "Raised Cost (2 X normal) - Lockpicking, Pick Pocketing." change to "Increased Cost (2 X normal): Lockpicking, Pick Pocketing." Page 29 "Cheap (½ X): all 1 handed axe-type weapons." change to "Reduced Cost (½ X): all 1 handed axe-type weapons." "Restricted (2 X): all non-axe weapons" change to "Increased Cost (2 X): all non-axe weapons..." "Cheap: Healing, Xenohealing, Farsee, Binding." change to "Reduced Cost (½ X): Healing, Xenohealing, Farsee, Binding." "Restricted: Protection." change to "Increased Cost (2 X): Protection." Page 32 EIRITHAN GENEALOGY -- Is it possible to have more consistent Font Size, even within a box for one example look at the "(48 Old Ones)" Page 57 maximum hit points: 12[comma] flying speed: 36[comma] walking speed: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, jongjom said: Lhankor Mhy is incorrectly spelt as Lankhor Mhy It was rarely spelled consistently in those days. RQ2 uses the latter spelling as well (p.77), Apple Lane the former, Snakepipe Hollow has both. I certainly felt that both were valid and simply reflected dialect differences. Edited December 31, 2016 by jajagappa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 4 minutes ago, jajagappa said: It was rarely spelled consistently in those days. RQ2 uses the latter spelling as well (p.77), Apple Lane the former, Snakepipe Hollow has both. I certainly felt that both were valid and simply reflected dialect differences. True, but... Page 108 of Cults of Prax Classic Edition: "You see, if you will check the book, you will find that the name of the god is spelled Lhankor Mhy through all of the book except for in the god’s own section, where it is spelled Lankhor Mhy. This editorial blunder resulted from dual authorship and managed to slip past three competent proof readers." - Greg Stafford Not this time Greg! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajagappa Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 2 hours ago, jongjom said: Not this time Greg! Except it's already slipped past in the RQ2 and Snakepipe Hollow pdf's! ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Meints Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 All of the above have been incorporated. Many thanks. Quote Hope that Helps,Rick Meints - Chaosium, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Page 111 E. CALENDAR OF HOLY DAYS Down the left side of the table is missing the list of seasons (Storm, Dark, Earth, Fire, Sea). Please add back in. Zagog has been added to the Calendar of Holy Days. Was this intended? Curious. Storm Bull’s Holy day has been move in Storm Season to Illusion week. The original has it in Stasis week, which matches the Cult description. Similarly, in Dark Season the Lunar Holy Day has been moved to Truth week, but is in the Illusion week in the original. Page 112 F. NEW SKILLS To match the rest of the table, change: First Aid Chalana Arroy free free 100/200/400/800 to First Aid Chalana Arroy Free Free 100/200/400/800 G. NEW BATTLE MAGICS maybe change to “G. NEW BATTLE MAGIC” – as per CoT Column title ‘Skill’ change to ‘Spell’ To match what was done in the original, change: Jumping Variable Kiger Litor Unavailable As Variable Unavailable To Jumping Variable Kyger Litor Unavailable As Variable Unavailable Lantern Variable Yelmalio As Variable 500/L Point Unavailable To Lantern Variable Yelmalio As Variable 500 L / Point As Variable Sleep Variable Chalana Arroy Unavailable As Variable Unavailable To Sleep Variable Chalana Arroy Unavailable Free Unavailable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) The layout has changed since the original, so the page credits for the various artists need changing: Corrected version should be: Page 2 Interior Illustrations by William Church (13, 34); Guy Conrad (56); Gene Day (38, 43, 46, 59, 72, 84, 90, 96, 115) Luise Perrin (75, 105); Steve Swenston (20, 25, 32, 101). Page 110 D. NEW WEAPONS DATA SCIMITAR Has 20 Hit points in the original edition Edited January 7, 2017 by jongjom addition & clarification 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Page 22. Maybe change to: “It costs 500 L. per additional 5% up to 25%, and 1000 L. per additional 5% to raise the skill from 26% to 50%.” As 1) For Eiritha it costs this amount and 2) on Page 112 it costs this amount for both Storm Bull and Eiritha Change “Counter-magic” to “Countermagic” on Page 109 (twice), and Page 24 Page 24 “The ceremonies start on Godsday of Death week, Dark-[remove space]season,” Page 24 “Instead of knowing how to read and write his native tongue a candidate must have purchased the Beast-speech Rune magic spell as an Initiate.” Maybe clarify this to: “Instead of knowing how to read and write his native tongue a candidate must have purchased the Speak to Beasts Rune magic spell as an Initiate.” Page 36 “not do more than 9 points of damage, a greatsword will do up to” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jongjom Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Page 71 Analyze Magic 3 points Should be Analyze Magic 1 point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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