Storm Tribe/Thunder Rebels Conversions

Introduction

These are my conversion notes from Thunder Rebels and Storm Tribes to RuneQuest. As (a) you should buy Thunder Rebels/Storm Tribes and (b) I don't want to break copyright laws, these notes will only be sparse. Rather than rewrite the entire Orlanthi cult descriptions, the additional cults and deities, and differing faces of gods, (Helamakt, Hedkoranth etc...) are intended to be used as additional sub-cults in the normal RuneQuest way.

To use these new conversions do not just slot these spells willy nilly into your campaign, this would be a very stupid thing to do as all of your players would promptly have access to some of the very best magic around, and if they are capable of combining it then some true devastation will be wrought. Instead, I advise that you use this magic in one of the following three ways.

Firstly, you can change entire cults. From region to region, from place to place, cults have variations. So in one part of Sartar you might have a version of Orlanth Adventurous that is just like it is in Gods of Glorantha, and another that is far more like Orvanshagor. The way you alter the cult is that for every spell you remove, you add one from the Orvanshagor list. So you may remove Increase Wind and Decrease Wind and replace it with Shield Soul and Dragon leap. If you do do it this way then bear the following points in mind, firstly try and keep it balanced, secondly a regional cult will only generally support one aspect - so you won't find a Finovan/Destor mix that creates the uberOrlanth cult that all warriors want to be in. Lastly, whilst it is still possible for someone from one "brand" of Orlanth to learn a spell of another "brand" of Orlanth by going to their temples and learning it, it does not mean that they will be allowed. Indeed, any cult worth its salt is going to protect its secrets, forcing the person to do something for them, and probably swear never to reveal any secrets of the magic to anyone else.

But this option may be too radical, probably because you already have a campaign in full swing, or you don't want the leg work of changing many versions of Orlanth but you still want to use the spells. In this case, make them subcults. So you may have a generic cult of Orlanth, just like the one from Gods of Glorantha, that supports a subcult of Orvanshagor that grants one or two spells. Remember, subcults will never grant more than one or two spells. So you just need to become a member of the subcult to get the magic. Remember in this case, however, that whilst subcults are less worried about giving magic to their fellow man, a cult can only support a handful of subcults, so you need to pick carefully which ones your cults will support, and which ones they won't.

Lastly, you can have temples, or other specific geographical locations, that you can go to to get the spell that you want. So there may be an Orlanthi cult just like the one given in Gods of Glorantha but in its lands there is a magic place where you can go and sacrifice for the Dragons leap spell. Of course, there is nothing to stop PCs from going to these places even if they are not in their lands. In this case you have a walking, talking adventure hook.

Also, feel free to mix these options. You might have one tribe devoted to Orvanshagor, another tribe next to it just like normal Orlanth but with one or two spells swapped around but supprting a subcult to Orvanshagor, and a third cult dedicated to Finovan the Raider, but with a holy place in its lands where you can learn Avoid Dragons Breath. The options aren't mutually exclusive.

New Ernalda the Healer Magic

Heal Relationship (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, nonstackable, reusable
This spell works much the same as Ignite Passion (see above) but affects only Loyalty passions.

Prevent Dying (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, duration one melee round, nonstackable, reusable
This spell can be cast on anyone who is dying from hit point loss (not locational damage, it cannot be used to prvent somone dying who has no head) i.e. their hit points are below zero. It extends the amount of time they have before they die by 10 SR. Note, this spell is not stackable, but can be recast each round on the same target to extend their life every round.

New Ernalda the Healer Subcults

New Ernalda the Queen Subcults

Teaches Dismiss Sylph and the following magic:

Exorcise Air Spirit (Rune Magic)
1 point
ritual ceremony, stackable, reusable
This spell can be cast upon anyone possessed by an air spirit. It takes one hour to cast. Once cast the spirit must resist it's magic points against an effective POW of 10 for every point in the spell. So a 3 points version of this ritual means the spirit must resist against an effective POW of 30. If successful, the air spirit is expelled from the host.

Grounding Ritual (Rune Magic)
1 point
ritual enchant, stackable, conditionally reusable
This spell creates an area where nothing can fly above it, or is at least hampered. The caster takes four gold coins and places them to mark the area, which must be no greater than 81 square meters per point of spell. When cast it is stacked with as many points of Heaviness as the caster wishes. Anything that enters the area marked by the grounding ritual is immediately affected by the Heaviness spell and have no resistance. The area of effect extends 50m into the air per point of spell stacked, so increasing the area of effect increases the height that is affected. Any Heaviness spells stacked with Grounding Ritual cannot be reprayed for unless the Grounding Ritual is first reprayed for.

Removing the coins (which need not be visible) ends the spell. If the coins are removed by the caster, then the caster may then repray for the ritual spell. Subsequently, then, any Heaviness spells stacked with Grounding Ritual cannot be repraid for until the coins are properly removed, and are lost if the coins are removed improperly.

Heaviness (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
This spell is used to make people or objects heavier, thus grounding them. For every point in this spell the target gains 6 points of effective SIZ for calculating the effects of Flight, Fly and other related flying spells. For creatures that move without magic, then their flying movement is reduced by 1 point per point of spell - and if they are reduced to zero or less they fall from the sky. If cast at an unwilling target then obviously magic points must be overcome for the spell to take effect.

Kev the Visionary

Teaches the following spells:

Disclose Visions (Rune Magic)
2 points
ritual ceremony, nonstackable, reusable
This spell can only be cast in an area sanctified to Kev. Once cast any willing participants in the ritual (upto the caster's POW) will be able to see whatever visions the caster can see. This includes Divinations, Soul Sight and the effects of the Perceive Other Worlds spell. In the case of Divinations everyone has a chance to interpret the vision correctly, or incorrectly, or gain extra knowledge via it's interpretation.

Perceive Other Worlds (Rune Magic)
1 point
self only, temporal, nonstackable, reusable
This spell allows the caster to see clearly onto both the spirit plane and the hero plane. It allows the caster to see, and target, spirits and to see whether there are HeroQuesters present, or people hidden away in the mythical realm of the surrounding area.

Resist Madness (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
For every point in this spell the target gains an effective countermagic 10 that is effective only against the Madness and Mindblast spells. For every point in the spell the character has an effective 15 mp's extra to defend against madness spirits.

See Vision (Rune Magic)
1 point
self only, instant, stackable, one-use
This spell must be stacked with a divination spell. Once cast the divination spell can be used without a ritual or being in sanctified ground, giving effective instantaneous access to divinationary knowledge.

Understand Omens (Rune Magic)
1 point
self only, instant, stackable, reusable
This spell must be stacked with Divination. For every point in the Understand Omens spell the caster has an additional 10% chance to interpret the divination correctly. Whereas a normal divination chance fails on 96-00, every point in Understand Omens reduces this chance by 1% to a maximum of always failing on 00.

Orendana the Queen

Teaches Command Earth Priestess and the following spells:

Clan Harmony (Rune Magic)
1 point
self, temporal, stackable, reusable
This spell affects any Orlanthi within 3 meters of the caster and keeps them from getting excited or violent. It counteracts emotion affecting spells like Demoralise or Fanaticism that are weaker than the Clan Harmony spell. Clan Harmony can be boosted with magic points to overcome more powerful emotion-affecting spells and to blast through countermagic and other defensive spells. Each point of the spell increases the area of effect by 3 meters.

To work, the caster must roll d100 and compare the results on the resistance table. All targets whose magic points would have been overcome are affected. For instance, a priest with 12 magic points rolled 52, all potential targets with 11 magic points or less are affected.

Regal Aura (Rune Magic)
1 point
self only, temporal, stackable, reusable
Once cast the caster will start to exude a regal aura of majesty, which will be recognised by all good hearted Orlanthi around him. For the duration of the spell, the caster has 10% extra on all communication skills when using them against Orlanthi.

Roitina the Ceremonialist

Teaches the following spells:

Earth Rituals (Rune Magic)
2 points
ritual ceremony, stackable, reusable
This can be cast alongside any other ritual ceremony spell from Ernalda or any of her associated earth goddesses. It adds 25% chance to the spell succeeding for every Earth Rituals spell stacked.

Restart Ceremony (Rune Magic)
1 point
ritual ceremony, nonstackable, one-use
Sometimes a ritual goes wrong, horribly, horribly wrong. And sometimes failure is not an option. Generally this spell is only used in HeroQuest rituals, where a mistake in the ritual can be fatal to those involved. Any ritual from Ernalda or any of her associated earth goddesses can be affected by this spell. Once cast, the ceremony can be restarted from the beginning at no penalty to anyone involved. However, the ritual must be restarted - you cannot fail the ritual, cast this spell and then choose not to try again. This spell cannot be used twice at the same ritual, even Roitina cannot prevent such a fateful failure.

Esrola, the Grain Goddess

Ease Animal Birth (Spirit Magic)
1 point
touch, temporal, passive
This spell eases the pain of an animal's birth, making it less agitated. Because this spell is temporal it must be recast every fifteen minutes.

Protect Plants from [effect] (Rune Magic)
1 point
area of effect special, duration 1 week, stackable, reusable
This spell must have a specific effect, such as birds, or insects, or heat. It affects an square area with sides of 10 metres per point of spell. So a one point spell would affect a 10m x 10m area, a four point spell would affect a 40m x 40m area. It protects any plantlife in that area from normal, mundane manifestations of the specificed effect for a period of one week. So whilst the spell would protect plantlife from insects, it wouldn't protect them if an enormous swarm of locusts came, or if magic was used to summon ants to the destroy the plants, or giant beetles etc... just normal, mundane occurences of the effect.

New Grain Goddess Subcults

Esra The Barley Mother

Teaches the following spells:

Improve Barley Seeds (Spirit Magic)
1 point
touch, instant
Once cast on a single barley seed, that seed will not fail to grow (if properly cared for, that is) into a perfect specimen of barley.

Keep Barley Dry (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, duration 4 weeks, stackable, reusable
For each point of spell the caster's weight in barley will be kept dry. Unless immersed completley in water the barley will remain dry.

Uralda the Cow Mother

Bless Cow (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, nonstackable, reusable
Any cow affected by this spell will be blessed to be as fertile as possible, to produce good quality milk, and resist disease with double CON for the next season.

Bless Herd (Rune Magic)
1 point
ritual ceremony, stackable, one-use
This is cast alongside the Bless Cow spell. Using this ritual allows the spell to affect more cows at once. The number of additional cows affected is equal to the square of one plus the number of points of Bless Herd. So a Bless Herd one would affect (1+1)*(1+1)=4 cows whilst a Bless herd 6 affects (6+1)*(6+1)=49 cows at once.

Calm Cattle (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
This spell effects all cattle within 5m of the caster per point of spell. Any cattle thus affected will become calmed unless magically affected by emotion affecting spells. The caster must overcome the magic points of all cows nearby.

To work, the caster must roll d100 and compare the results on the resistance table. All cows whose magic points would have been overcome are affected. For instance, a priest with 12 magic points rolled 52, all potential targets with 11 magic points or less are affected.

Increase Milk (Rune Magic)
1 point
touch, instant, nonstackable, reusable
This spell affects one cow. Once cast the cow will, for the next week, produce a full yield of milk.

New Orlanth Magic

New Orlanth Thunderous Subcults

Teaches axe attack and parry, trident attack and parry, sword attack and parry and mace attack and parry. Also teaches Enchant Tin and the following spells:

Blow Away Shadows (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
This spell can blow away shadows in the area. It is only effective in areas with shadows (it does not blow away total darkness, only shadows, so it only works in areas already illuminated by some light source). For every point in the spell an area of radius 10m is affected. Within that area all non-magically created shadows disappear, so Shades and areas of shadow created by the Create Shadow spell remain. It renders spells like Dark Walk useless.

Conquer [Element] (Rune Magic)
3 points
ranged, temporal, non-stackable, one-use
This spell empowers the target when fighting against entities tied to a certain rune. Daylanus teaches Conquer Darkness, Conquer Water, Conquer Earth and Conquer Fire. For the duration of the spell all blows against an entity tied to that rune are powered i.e. increased by one level of effect, say from a special to a critical, or from a fail to a normal hit. This is not cumulative with other powered sources (such as a powered weapon).

Fight [Element] (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, stackable, reusable
This spell is used to dismiss the magic of a particular element. Daylanus only teaches Fight Earth, Fight Darkness, Fight Fire and Fight Water, not Fight Storm or Fight Moon. This spell is effective only against magic connected to that particular element, and is ineffective against any other magic. For every point in the spell it dispels 5 points of element-based magic.

Push Back Waves (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, non-stackable, reusable
This spell can force back waves, from the simple tide of the ocean to tidal waves, by forcing the wind to blow them down. Once cast match the current wind STR against the STR of the waves, if successful then for the duration of the spell the waves fall calm.

Hedkoranth the Thunder Slinger

Teaches Bless Thunderstone and the following spells:

Hail (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
For every point in this spell a radius of 10m will be affected. All rain within that area is in turn converted into hail. The effects of this should be determined by the GM, in places where the rain is torrential the hail will cause physical damage as well as making movement almost impossible. It can be stacked with the Rain spell. Further Orlanth Thunderous magics can be used to change the direction of the wind to cause the hail to fall in a certain direction.

Hedkoranth's Hurl (Spirit Magic)
variable
ranged, temporal, passive
For every point in this spell the targets Throw skill is increased by 5% for the duration of the spell.

Return Thunderstone (Rune Magic)
1 point
self only, temporal, stackable, one-use
Once cast the character can, for the duration of the spell, cause thunderstones that have been thrown to return to their hand instantly, as if they were unused (in other words, they do not need to be reblessed to work again). The spell lasts until a number of stones have been recalled equal to the points in the spell, or the duration expires.

Throw Far (Rune magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
This spell doubles the distance that the target can normally throw an object. Additional points increase this multiplier, two points of Throw Far triples the distance thrown, three points quadruples it and so on. This does not, however, allow the character to aim better, so at long distances the character will have to use Farsee or some other such spell or suffer reduced chances to hit.

Thunder Slinger (Spirit Magic)
variable
ranged, temporal, passive
For every point in the spell the targets Sling Attack skill is increased by 5% for the duration.

Helamakt the Fighting Storm

Teaches the following skill and spells, as well as Demoralise and Hail (see Hedkoranth's description):

Black Rain (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
This spell must be stacked with Rain. It turns the rain into a thick, black rain that pours down and fills everyone with apprehension, dread and gloom. For every point in the spell anyone in the area of effect of the rain resists all fear-related magic, such as Fear or Demoralise, as if they had 3 magic points less. Countermagic and other spells will protect one from Black Rain.

Fight in Rain (New Skill)
Agility Skill (Base 00%)
If caught in a flooding rain the cultist can ignore one point of STR of flood for every 10% or part thereof in the skill. SO a character with Fight in Rain 56% can ignore a flood upto STR 6, so a flood of STR 12 becomes only a STR 6 flood for the character. A special success increases the effective resistance by 3 and a critical doubles it. It can be learnt from experience and training. If you use RQIV it is a hard skill.

Last Drop (Rune Magic)
3 points
self only, instant, nonstackable, one-use
Once cast the Heller worshipper vanishes in a drenching rain or a sudden cloud of mist. They travel through cracks and around corners as an almost instant moving stream of water and reform upto 100m away.

Obscure Daylight (Rune Magic)
2 points
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
This spell causes the downpour to become thick and obscuring. It must be stacked with the spell Rain. For every point in the Rain spell the visibility of the area affected is reduced by 10% to a maximum of -75%.

Helamakt the Warrior

Heller grants, as a subcult, the spells of Helamakt (see above), for Helamakt is a face of the Rain God.

Nevala The Ewe

Teaches the following spells, as well as Fight Disease (that only works on sheep):

Bless Flock (Rune Magic)
1 point
ritual ceremony, stackable, one-use This is cast alongside the Bless Ewe spell. Using this ritual allows the spell to affect more sheep at once. The number of additional sheep affected is equal to the square of one plus the number of points of Bless Flock. So a Bless Flock one would affect (1+1)*(1+1)=4 sheep whilst a Bless Flock 6 affects (6+1)*(6+1)=49 sheep at once.

Bless Sheep (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, nonstackable, reusable
Any sheep affected by this spell will be blessed to be as fertile as possible, to produce good quality milk, and resist disease with double CON for the next season.

Gather Flock (Spirit Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant
This can be cast on any sheep within range. If successfully cast then the sheep, if a member of the caster's flock (and only if it is a member of the casters flock) will come bounding happily towards the caster as fast as humanly (sheepanly?) possible.

Heal Sheep (Spirit Magic)
variable
touch, instant
This spell is cast on injured sheep. It heals three hit points for every point in the spell. It is ineffective on non-sheep. On Tnapi (Sheep Hsunchen) it works at full effect on a Tnapi shapechanged into a sheep, and heals damage on a one for one basis on non-transformed Tnapi.

Increase Wool (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, nonstackable, reusable
Any sheep affected by this spell will be blessed so that it's wool will grow as much as it would in one season in only a two to four days (roll 1d3+1 if neccessary).

See Through Rain (Spirit Magic)
2 points
touch, temporal, passive
For the duration of the spell the target will suffer no penalties for visibility from rainfall.

Tarena the Blue Woman

Teaches spirit lore, See Through Rain (see Nevala the Ewe), Call Cloud Spirit and the following three spells:

Become Cloud (Rune Magic)
2 points
self only, instant, nonstackable, one-use
This spell instantly turns the caster into a cloud. They flitter up high into Middle Air, to wherever that particular cloud should be. In this form the caster will be very difficult to damage, and has only limited sensory ability. They cannot control where they travel. They heal naturally as a cloud, and recover magic points in this form, and are unaffected by poison and disease (although when they return to their natural form the effects of such things will return). At any point after casting the spell the caster can end it, at which point they quickly settle to the ground wherever they are (which could be anywhere if they've remained in cloud form for long enough) and reform. A caster will age in cloud form, and so cannot remain in this form for years unravaged by time.

Bring Clouds (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, stackable, reusable
This spell brings the clouds from Middle Air to the ground. Once cast they quickly settle in an area of 10m radius per point of spell. Visibility is reduced by an amount equal to the cloud cover minus 25%, so if there is 60% cloud cover visibility will be reduced by 35%. After the duration ends the clouds raise again, and combined with Cloud Walk the Heler worshipper can rise up with them. Obviously casting it in doors is quite ineffective as the clouds won't magically travel through cover.

Transform Cloud Spirit (Rune Magic)
1 point
ritual ceremony, nonstackable, one-use
This ritual must be cast on a cloud spirit. If the cloud spirit resists then it's magic points must be overcome by the caster. If successful then the ritual converts the cloud spirit from one type to being a different type of cloud. Other than that they are unaffected.

Uroth the Blue Ram

Teaches Seduction, Bless Sheep (see Nevala the Ewe), Great Leap (see Cults of Light and Death) and the following spells:

Batter Foe (Spirit Magic)
3 points
ranged, instant
This spell summons forth the power of Uroth to batter a particular enemy to death. Once cast a small spiritual ram charges out towards the target and, if the caster can overcome the target's magic points, they are struck in a random hit location for 1d3 damage. Additionally, the target must resist their STR against the caster's magic points or be knocked prone.

Call Thunder (Rune Magic)
1 point
indeterminate range, temporal, nonstackable reusable
This summons thunder to the area if the cloud cover is more than 50%. It lasts for the duration of the spell, and may scare livestock and other animals.

Ignore Cold (Spirit Magic)
Variable
touch, temporal, passive
For the duration of the spell the target gains three points of protection against cold based damage. If the caster is using protection, or some variant spell, only the highest protects. It does stack with Shield.

Pass Barrier (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, stackable, reusable
This spell can be cast on any form of barrier, such as a door, gate, rocks covering places etc... For every point in the spell 10 ap's are affected. If the spell affects more ap's than the barrier has, the barrier is instantly sundered. If it does not then there is no effect. For instance, an average postern gate has 20 ap's and so will require a Pass Barriers 2 to sunder, whilst a Pass Barrier 1 would be ineffective. This can affect magical and enchanted barriers as long as they have ap's.

Ram Climbing (Spirit Magic)
Variable
touch, temporal, passive
Once cast the target has their climbing ability enhanced just like a rams about to ascend and descend rocky terrain. For every point in the spell the target's climb skill is increased by 5% and their speed of ascent is increased by 1m/round for every full four points in the spirit magic spell. This cannot more than double the target's climb chance.

Voriof the Shepherd

Teaches Bless Sheep (see Nevala the Ewe), Command Ram, See Through Rain (see Nevala the Ram), Awake (see Niskis the Lover) and the following spells:

Defend Flock (Spirit Magic)
Variable
touch, temporal, passive
For the duration of the spell all skills are increased by 5% in relation to defending the shepherd flock.

See Through Mist (Spirit Magic)
2 points
touch, temporal, passive
For the duration of the spell the target will suffer no penalties for visibility from mist.

Yuhurol the Golden Ram

Teaches the skills of Brew Healing Potion and Treat Poison, as well as Bless Crops (the blessing comes in the form of rainfall), Endurance and the following spells:

Enchant Healing Rainwater (Rune Magic)
1 point
ritual enchant, nonstackable, reusable
This spell must be cast on clear rainwater. Once cast it creates a potion of healing with a potency equal to the caster's Enchant skill divided by 5. It costs 1 POW to cast this spell.

Wash Away Blood (Spirit Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant
Once cast the target is covered by a thin shower of rain that magically appears. Whilst it soaks them any blood stains are removed.

Glib (Spirit Magic)
variable
self only, temporal, passive
For the duration of the spell the caster enhances their ability to Bargain. They become very convincing, capable of hiding any doubts they have about the prices of goods, or any desires they themselves have to purchase the goods, through a combination of magic and hand movements. For every point in this spell the caster's Bargain skill is increased by 5%. This spell cannot more than double the caster's base skill.

New Skill

Subcults

Teaches the following spells:

Weights and Measures (Spirit Magic)
variable
self only, temporal, passive
Whilst in effect the caster gains an increased ability to use the holy item of Garzeen - the Weight and Measure. This gives an increased accuracy in estimating weights and values of goods to be weighed, such as jewels etc... that utilise the tool. For each point in this spell the casters Evaluate skill is increased by 10% if weights and measures are used in the evaluation. This spell cannot more than double the casters base chance.

Sense Theft (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, stackable, reusable
When cast in the shop of the merchant it will signal to the merchant whether or not anything has been stolen without his knowing. Each point in the spell increases the range effected, although almost no Priest would ever require more than one point. It is only effective if cast within his own shop, and gives no clues as to what was stolen nor as to the culprit. The downside is it does not say when things were stolen. So if it is cast to see if a statue has been stolen, it may still register a theft that occured a year ago that the merchant never found out about, whilst the statue itself is just stuck behind a crate somewhere. Once an item is found to have been stolen, it counts as having been "found out about".

Safety Alarm (Rune Magic)
1 point
ritual enchant, reusable
This spell is a lot like warding in that it creates a form of triggered alarm. The ritual must be cast on a seal of Issaries, which can then be attatched to any device that an Issaries merchant owns. The alarm will be triggered when the item is moved by someone who is not a member of the cult of Issaries. The alarm is exactly the same as the specifications for alarms in Wardings. Once used, the alarm may then be reused as long as it remains intact. Casting this spell costs 1 POW.

Gultha

Be Understood (Rune Magic)
1 point
self only, temporal, nonstackable, reusable
This requires a short five minute pray to Issaries before it is cast. The caster must select a specific person with whom they wish to be able to communicate with, and once the spell is cast the caster will be able to speak their language at an effective skill of their POW+ their communication bonus (minimum 10%). This lasts only as long as the duration of the spell. If the target knows multiple languages it gives proficiency in their native tongue. This spell only works for languages that Issaries himself knew, so if Issaries never learnt the language then the spell cannot allow the caster to talk it, nor can it be used to speak certain ancient languages like Godspeech or Old Mantongue, which are not the province of mortals to talk.

Friendly Greeting (Spirit Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant
This spell allows the caster to make known their friendly intentions. When cast it must be cast at a specific target, and the caster murmurs a general greeting with a friendly expression on his face and some nice hand gestures. They must succeed in an Orate roll (a fumble results in the caster making a horrible error) for the spell to work, but may try repeatedly if they so wish (as long as they don't fumble). Success conveys the friendly greeting to the target as long as they are sentient and are capable of recognising the existence of the caster (blind, deaf and dumb targets will remain blissfully unaware of the casters existence). It does not matter what language they speak. It does not neccessitate that the target will react in any particular way to the cast, it just demonstrates the good will of the caster. People who cast this spell under pretence, and actual don't wish friendship, will invoke the requisite spirits of reprisal.

Harst

Reevesharp (Spirit Magic)
variable
self only, temporal, passive
This spell increases the casters ability to act as a Reeve. For the duration of the spell whilst engaged in countnig grain, looking at livestock etc... the casters skill of Evaluate is increased by 10%. This spell cannot more than double the caster's base chance.

Issaries the Guide

A rare subcult. Requires that the candidate has at least 90% in ceremony, and must almost certainly have performed some acts of great devotion to the cult. Teaches the skill Underworld Lore, Speak Spiritspeech and the following spells:

Doorway to Haravan Vor (Rune Magic)
3 points
ritual ceremony, reusable
This is a HeroQuest spell that opens a doorway to the Path of the Dead on the HeroPlane. It need not be cast in an Issaries temple, but if it is not then the chance of success is reduced by half and if the caster fails another roll must be made, if it succeeds then nothing happens, but if that also fails the caster makes a doorway that opens to some hellish region, such as the Black Lakes of the Voorgagi, or the Spine Plains.

Locate Lost Soul (Rune Magic)
2 points
ritual ceremony, reusable
Can only be cast whilst in the Underworld. If cast properly then the caster can discover the location of a lost spirit. The caster must know what spirit he is looking for, say by name or by history and deed. Souls that are hidden by magical means can be located if the caster can overcome the points of magic hiding the spirit with his POW. This only locates lost spirits though, so it cannot locate spirits that have gone to their assigned afterlives.

Lhankor Mhy

Unfading Letters (Spirit Magic)
1 point
ritual ceremony
This ritual, known to certain sects of Lhankor Mhy, allows the sage to scribe a document that will never fade, never suffer from age or bad condition, a document to remain for all time. Such documents are also scribed at the same time in the Great Library of the Grey Tower on the HeroPlane. This will enchant one normal size piece of paper, which will become immune to the effects of age, and environmental effects. The only way to destroy it is via magical means (such as an unholy fire of Thanatar or tossed into a chaos maw). It offers no protection to anything else however (no scribes in paper armour). It costs 1 POW per piece of paper thus enchanted, making it a rarely cast ritual.

New Subcults

Chernan the Seeker

Recieves Darksee and the following spells:

Dodge Hazard (Rune Magic)
2 points
self only, duration 1 day, nonstackable, reusable
This is cast before heading into hazardous territory. For the day after it is cast, the caster will receive a bonus to his ability to avoid dangerous, physical hazards, such as traps, falling objects etc... When the caster tries to dodge such obstacles, he may make a re- roll afterwards if he so wishes. He must take the re-roll no matter what. This is of no use in combat.

Waterproof Pack (Spirit Magic)
1 point
ranged, temporal, passive
This spell must be cast on a backpack or satchel. Once cast, the pack will become waterproof, not allowing any liquids within whilst it is closed over.

The Grey Ones

In some areas where the Grey Ones are highly venerated they can grant magic. They can grant Precision Read/Write [language] and the following spells:

Dry Ink (Spirit Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant
This is cast on a piece of newly penned parchment.When cast the ink dries instantly, not allowing any smudging or smearing. Once dried, the ink has no further magical properties. This spell will affect once piece of paper.

Find the Way (Rune Magic)
4 points
ritual summon, reusable
This spell summons one of the ancient Grey Ones, who will come from the Heroplane to the Spirit Plane and become visible. The spirit will then lead the character out of their current location via the safest route, and will act as if affected by a permanent Path Watch, telling them of the dangers and hazards ahead. The Grey One has INT 12+1d6 POW 12+2d6. They will not engage in active combat, and will flee back to the HeroPlane if they lose more than half of their magic points. Any Sage who has a Grey One destroyed or captured during his use of this spell will suffer terrible consequences (inactive status as an initiate, spirits of reprisal etc...) until recompense is made.

Hevduran the Sword Sage

Sword Sages learn a reasonably useful skill, have access to Bladesharp, Protection and Parry as well as the following spells.

Talk Whilst Fighting (New Skill)
Communication (Base 00%)
This is a skill taught to the Hevduran Sword Sages. It allows them to talk fluently amongst themselves during combat, allowing them to actively co-ordinate tactics and activities, although technically a Sword Sage could carry out any conversation independent of fighting, such as a debate about theology, philosophy etc... Many famous Sword Sages have debated indepth scholastic knowledge whilst fighting, rather than stopping their important debates when the enemy comes. Make a roll at the beginning of the round, if it is under this skill, the character can carry out a full conversation, unhindered by the combat environment around him. If you use skill training rules from RQIV or other such sources, this is an Easy skill to learn.

Distract with Words (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, nonstackable, reusable
This spell allows a Sword Sage to distract his opponent during combat by boggling their mind with puzzles, quips and general trivia. It only works if the Sage can communicate with the being, who must not have fixed INT. It must overcome magic points, and then the Sage must match his INT vs. his foe's. If successful, the foe loses his next action.

Artful Blade (Rune Magic)
2 points
ranged, temporal, nonstackable, reusable
Once cast, this spell gives knowledge of the great fighting techniques of Hevduran to the target. Such techniques stem from learning, not from training, just as Hevduran teaches. The target, for the duration of the spell, may substitute his attack and parry sword skills with the highest out of their read/write or Lores if they so wish.

Defend Knowledge (Rune Magic)
2 points
ranged, temporal, nonstackable, reusable
This spell may only be cast when the Sword Sage is attempting to defend sources of knowledge. Such sources include books, parchments, scrolls, any individual who has 90%+ in a Lore skill and Temples dedicated to Lhankor Mhy. It only works against foes who are actively seeking to take or destroy such sources of knowledge. For the duration of the spell, the casters attack and parry skill is doubled. This spell ends if the source the Sage is defending is destroyed.

Lhankor Knowing

I'm not too keen on giving spells like the feats in Hero Wars for Lhankor Knowing. It just doesn't seem like RuneQuest to hurl around rune magic like Impress Jurors. I suggest that in places where Lhankor Knowing is highly venerated, he simply teaches Precision Lawspeaking.

Bears Strength (Spirit Magic)
variable
self only, temporal, passive
To cast this spell, the Odaylan must be wearing a bear skin made from a bear he himself slew. It lasts either until the duration expires, or the skin is removed from the Odaylan. For every point in the spell the effective STR of the caster is increased by 4. This cannot more than double the casters STR, and is not cumulative with the Strength spirit magic spell.

Bears Hide (Spirit Magic)
variable
self only, temporal, passive
To cast this spell, the Odaylan must be wearing a bear skin made from a bear he himself slew. It lasts either until the duration expires, or the skin is removed from the Odaylan. For every point in the spell the caster has two points of armour. This spell is not cumulative with Protection.

Hibernate (Rune Magic)
1 point
self only, temporal, nonstackable, reusable
This spell allows the caster to enter a deep sleep, a hibernation state from where the effects of poison, disease, hunger, thirst and exposure will all be alleviated to some extent (say, slowed by 1/10th). It lasts only the duration of the spell, so long hibernations require Extension to be stacked with this spell.

Look of Odayla (Rune Magic)
variable
self only, temporal, passive
This spell is only effective if the caster is engaged in a hunt, and in a rural environment. For every point in the spell, increase the casters Hide skill by 10%. This can no more than double the casters base Hide skill.

Sleep Back To Life (Rune Magic)
3 points
ritual ceremony, one-use
This spell, once cast, will allow the character to Sleep Back To Life. When they die, as long as there is something of their body left (it will not work if eaten, or destroyed by other means) and they died of wounds (not posion or disease or anything like that) they will return to life. Normal animals will leave the body undisturbed during this time, knowing it not to be food. At the point of death, make the Ceremony roll, not at the time of casting. If it fails then the character dies, if it fumbles the character dies and their soul becomes lost somewhere on the Otherside. If it succeeds they begin recuperating thier hit points and will awaken in 2d10 days, whilst their soul travels the HeroWorld. It is possible for HeroQuests to be begun in this manner. As long as their soul is not lost in the Otherworld, this does not effect any Ressurection attempts however whilst the body is recuperating, and the soul is in the Otherworld, the process cannot be sped up by using Ressurect as this cannot get to the spirit (what with it roaming the Otherworld, not being in the proper afterlife).

Terrify Prey (Rune Magic)
1 point
ranged, instant, nonstackable, reusable
This spell acts exactly as Fear does, except the caster has an additional 25% chance of success when it comes to determining the exact result of the spell. It is only effective against mundane fixed INT creatures like bears, deers etc... not basilisks, cockatrices etc...

New Subcults

Longfaring Arrow (Spirit