“p30 (3.8) Secondary Characteristics, and p241 (Demon Weapons). Do you stop at 9/12/15 or should the table continue?”
The table continues:
Score...Modifier...Value...Roll
21........11............453......10/13/16
22........12............640......11/14/17
23........13............905......12/15/18
24........14............1280....12/16/20
25........15............1810....13/17/21
26........16............2560....14/18/22
27........17............3620....15/19/23
28........18............5120....16/20/24
29........19............7241....17/21/25
30........20............10240..18/22/26
"p61 (4.14.3) Building Construction. Paragraph 3 says "Land is sold by the square Tsan (about 133.3 km on a side)". This seems odd as elsewhere 100 Tsan is 133 km e.g. the regional map of Katalal"
This is an error which unfortunately was carried over from Gardasiyal. Land is in fact sold in units of 100 square Tsan, i.e. approximately 1 large hexagon. The die roll indicates how many such units are available, so 9 = 100 square Tsan, 10 = 1-5 100 Tsan units, etc. The prices are as stated.
“p71 (Surprised & Immobile Opponents): Does someone who is Prone lose their defences AND the attacker gets +2 to hit, or just the latter?”
Just the +2. They don’t lose their Defenses unless they are unconscious, or completely immobilized.
“p246 (18.3) Professional Rank or Circle. PCs begin at Rank 1, but there is a Rank/Circle 0, is that purely in case of demotion, or to show that the PCs are starting a bit higher up the tree?”
Rank 0 is there for raw recruit NPCs. Or if a PC tries to switch to a different career.
“p81 (12.7.4) Preparing and holding a spell. Not sure exactly how this works”
[Pay the energy cost at the start, but don’t roll until the spell is actually cast.]
“But do I still use an action to cast? If so I don't see the advantage, or am I loosing the spell for a free action? Or is this really only useful for spells with a prep/casting time longer than 1 action?”
Yes, this is only useful for spells that take longer to cast.
“p194 Mu'agh. To penetrate armour it says "roll 1d10 vs 1+target's armour coverage". In Section 4.4.2 Coverage is only referred to as Light, Medium or Heavy, so what number are we adding? Maybe related somehow to the "Avoid" column?”
Yes. Add 1 to the penalty to avoid the target’s armor, and roll the d10 vs. that.
“So forex, vs Heavy armour it would be 1 + 3 = 4, on 4 or less the armour is hit?”
Yes.
“p139 (158D) Iron Fist III (and others). This spell has "1 target", and "resist". Text says "any target up to size -1 is killed if it fails its Resistance Check". So I'm still confused here, I thought that the primary target gets to subtract its Magic Resistance from the casting roll, but doesn't get a resistance check, as we discussed above.”
[This spell is a special case; the target makes a Resistance check *in addition* to applying their Magic Resistance to the caster's casting roll. If the spell hits, *and* the target makes a Resistance Check, they only take damage. If the spell hits, and the *further* Resistance Check fails, they die.]
“Ok. Are there any more like this as it's a bit of a confusing exception? I feel that something like the Silver Halo of Soul Stealing etc should also work this way”
Only the spells which call for a Resistance Check in addition to having ‘Resist’ in their summary work this way.
“p74: Area Effects: "If the roll to hit (or casting roll) is successful...If the roll fails then the centre of the area scatters". How can a spell scatter if the cast check fails, as it won't take effect?”
[*Aimed* area spells scatter if the casting roll fails (the spell still goes off, it just doesn't strike its intended target). Area spells that aren't ‘aimed’ don’t scatter if the casting roll fails; they simply don’t go off (p. 81).]
“Urk, brain failing...this seems really odd. So I can pretty much guarantee my spells will work even if I fail the roll by casting area aimed spells? That seems very strange and counter-intuitive to me as everywhere else fail=fail.”
I don’t know what else to tell you. This is my interpretation of how ‘aimed’ vs. 'not aimed’ spells work on Tekumel, according to Prof. Barker in his previous Swords & Glory rules.
-Jeff
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Re: some questions and a few bits of errata
