CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic – Rune Spell List

• RBM – Red Book of Magic
• RQG – RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha (Core rules)
• RQB – RuneQuest Bestiary
• SS – RuneQuest Starter Set Book 1 – Rules

All spells are Temporal (15 mins) unless noted. + indicates stackable.

Name	RBM	RQG	RQB	SS	RP Cost	Type	Additional Requirements	Notes
Absorption	10			39	1+	Ranged
Accelerate Growth	10	317		–	1+	Ranged, Permanent
Affix Darkness	10			–	1+	Ranged, Duration (special)
Agony	10			–	3	Ranged
Alter Creature	10			–	2	Ranged, Permanent, One-use
Alter Spirit of Disease	11			–	1+	Touch, Permanent, One-use
Analyze Magic	11			39	1+	Touch, Instant
Animate War Tree	12			–
Antlers	12			–
Appease Earth	13			–
Arouse Passion	13			39	1+
Arrow of Light	13			–
Arrow Trance	13			–
Asrelia’s Cavern	13			–
Attack Soul	13			–
Attract Attention	13			–
Aurora	14			–
Awaken Loon	14			–
Axe Trance	14			–
Axis Mundi	14			39	1	Ritual	+ Magic points
Ban	15			40	1 or 3	Ritual
Bat Wings	15			–
Bear Fruit	15			–
Bear’s Skin	15			40	3	Touch
Bear’s Strength	15			40	2	Touch
Beastmaster	15			–
Become (other shape)	16			–
Become (other sex)				40	3	Self
Become Hawk	16			–
Become Other	16			–
Benison	16			–
Berserker	16			40	2
Bind Ghost	17			41	1	Instant
Bind Wind	17			–
Binding Enchantment	17			40	1	Ritual	+ POW pts
Birthing	17			–
Black Breath	17			–
Blast Earth	17			41	1+	Instant
Bless Animals	17			–
Bless Champion	18			–
Bless Crops	18			41	1+	Ritual
Bless Grave	18			–
Bless Home	18			–
Bless Pregnancy	18			–
Bless Thunderstone	18			–
Bless Woad	19			41	1+	Ritual
Bless Worshippers	19			–
Blinding	19			–
Blood Feast	19			–
Blood Red	20			–
Boar’s Hide	20			–
Boar’s Strength	20			–
Boar’s Tusks	20			–
Bounty	20			–
Breathe Air/Water	21			–
Breathe Life into Art	21			–
Brew	21			–
Butterflight	21			–
Call Founder	21			–
Call Monster	21			–
Call on Stars	23			–
Call Shanasse	23			–
Calm Waters	23			–
Cancel Light	23			–
Captian Souls	23			–
Carapace (Bagog variant)	24			–
Carapace (Gorakiki variant)	24			–
Carry (disease)	24			–
Catseye	24			41	1	Touch
Cause (disease)	24			–
Cause Plague	24			–
Chameleon	24			–
Chaos Feature	24			–
Chaos Gift	27			–
Chaos Spawn	27			–
Charisma	28			41	1
Chill	28			–
Chomping	28			–
City Harmony	28			–
Clairvoyance	28			41	2
Claws	28			41	2	Touch
Claws (Bagog variant)	28			–
Clear Sight	28			–
Clever Tongue	30			–
Cloud Call	30			41	1+
Cloud Clear	30			–
Coin Wheel	30			–
Comfort Song	30			41	1
Command (cult spirit)	30			–
Command cult spirit (Elemental)				41	2
Command (species)	31			–
Command Ghost	30			–
Command Priests	30			–
Command Worshipers	31			42	2	Ritual, Instant
Community	32			–
Conquer Beast	32			–
Consume	32			–
Consume Mind	32			–
Control Flood	32			–
Conversion of Chaos	33			–
Corruption	33			–
Counter Chaos	33			–
Couvade	33			–
Crack	34			–
Create Bonfire	34			–
Create Bridge	34			–
Create Fissure	34			42	1+	Instant
Create Flippers	34			–
Create Foe-curser	35			–
Create Ghost	35			–
Create Great Market	35			42	3+	Ritual
Create Head	35			–
Create Market	36			–				AKA: Create Market
Create Neutral Ground	36
Create Revenant	37			–
Create Shadow	37			–
Create Skeleton	37			–
Create War Tree	37			–
Create Whirlvish	37			–
Create Wildfire	37			–
Create Zombie	38			–
Cremate Dead	38	325		–	1	Ritual, Duration (length of burning)
Crush	38	–		–	1+	Ranged, Temporal,
Cure All Disease	38			42	2	Touch
Cure Chaos Wound	38	325		42	1+	Touch, Instant	+ other healing spell
Cure Iron Burn	38	–
Cure Poison	38	325		42	1	Ranged, Instant
Curse of Thed	38	–
Cyclical (Characteristic)	40	–
Dark Walk	40	325		42	1	Self
Darklight	40			–
Darksee	40			–
Daughter’s Road	40			–
Dead Place Ferry	40			–
Death Binding	41			–
Death Strike	41			–
Decrease Temperature	41			–
Destroy Clouds	41			–
Detect Honor	42			42	1	Instant
Detect Truth	42	326		42	1	Ranged
Detection Blank	42
Devour Book	42
Devour Foe	42
Dew	42
Diamond Edge	43
Discern Magic	43			42	1+	Ritual
Discorporation	43			–
Dismiss (type) Elemental	44			–
Dismiss Cult Spirit (Elemental)				43	1+	Instant
Dismiss Magic	44			43	1+	Instant
Divert Fire	44			–
Divination	45			43	1+	Ritual
Divination Block	45
Draw Beast	45
Drive Out Spirit	45
Drown	45
Earth Shield (Shield of Arran)	45			43	3	Touch
Earthpower	45			43	3+	Instant
Earthtouch	46
Earthwarm	46
Elk Strength	46
Elklegs	46
Enchant (metal)	46
Enchant Ice	46
Enchant Instrument	46
Enthrall	49
Entrance	49
Erotocomatose Lucidity	49
Euphoria	49
Exchange Skin	49
Exchange Spells	49
Extension	49			43	1-5	Common	+ another Rune spell
Face Chaos	50			43	1+
False Form	50
Fang of Wachaza	50
Fangs	50
Fear	51			43	2
Fearless	51
Featherscales	51
Feed Ghosts	51
Fertilize	51
Fight Disease	51
Find (substance)	52
Find Grain				43	1
Find Enemy	51			43	1	Common
Find Magic				43	1
Firedwell	52
Firelight	52
Fireshield	52
Firespear	52
Flamesword	52
Flash Flood	52
Fleetfoot	53
Flight	53			44	1+
Float	53
Flood (Heler variant)	53
Flood (River God variant)	53
Flowers	53
Free Ghost	53
Frost	53
Fumble	54
Furnace Fire	54
Ghost Dart	54
Glowspot	54
Gnome to Gargoyle	54
Golden Fleece	54
Great Leap	54
Group Dance	54
Group Defense	55
Group Laughter	55
Guided Teleportation	55
Hailstones	55
Hallucinate	55
Harmonium	56
Harmonize	55
Harmony	56			44	1+
Heal Body	56			44	3	Touch, Instant
Heal Wound	56			44	1	Touch, Instant	+ Magic points
Healing Trance	56			44	1	Touch
Hearth Fire	56
Heat Blast	57
Hibernate	57
Hide Fire	57
Hide Wealth	57
Hie Wagon	57
Humor	58
Hunter-prey Link	58
Hurling	58
Identify Scent	58
Illusory Motion	58
Illusory Odor	58
Illusory Sight	59
Illusory Sound	59			44	1+
Illusory Substance	59
Illusory Taste	59
Impede Chaos	59
Incarnate Ancestor	59
Increase Temperature	60
Increase/Decrease Wind	60			44	1+
Induce Uzdo	60
Insect Song	61
Inspiration	61
Inspire Love	61
Invigorate	61
Inviolable	61			44	1
Invisibility	61
Jabbers	62
Keenclaw	62
Know Lineage (Kero Finn)	62
Know Lineage (Pamalt)	62
Knowledge	62			44	2	Touch
Lava Spear	62			–
Leap	62			44	1+
Leaping Legs	62			–
Lie	63			44	2	Self, Instant
Lightning	63			46	1+	Instant
Lock	63			46	1+	Ritual
Madness	63			46	2	Instant
Magic Point Enchantment	64			46	1	Ritual	+POW pts
Magnify Command	64
Matrix Creation	64			46	1	Ritual	+POW pts
Meld Form	65
Mind Read	65			46	2
Mindblast	65			46	2	Instant
Mindbridge	65
Mist Cloud	65			46	1+
Mold Rock	66
Morale	66			46	2	Ritual
Moulder	66
Mountain Leap	66
Multispell	66			47	1+	Self, Common
Nightmare	67
Oath	67			47	2+	Ritual, Permanent	+ Magic points
Pain Tooth	67
Panic	67
Passage	67			47	1+
Path Watch	67			47	2
Pathway	68
Peace	68
Plant Spy	68
Plastron	68
Plow	69
Power Drain	69
Power Drain (Crimson Bat variant)	69
Predict Weather	69
Pregnancy	69
Preserve Food	69
Preserve Wealth	69
Produce Light	69
Project Music	70
Proliferate	70
Proteus	70
Purification Ritual	70
Purify Water	70
Rain	71
Rapture	71
Rebirth of Chaos	71
Reconstruction	71			47	3
Refine Medicine	71
Reflection	71			47	1+
Regrow Limb	73			47	1+	Touch
Release Undead	73
Remove (Body Part)	73
Reproduce	74
Require Truth	74
Resist Pain	74
Restore Health	75			47	1+	Touch, Instant
Restore Magic	75
Restore Mind	75
Restore Vision	75
Resurrect	75			47	3	Ritual
Ride River Horse	75
Safe	76			48	2
Sanctify	76			48	1+	Ritual, Duration (special)
Scram	76
Scum	76
Seal Soul	76
Seal Tongue	77
Seal Wound	77
Seastrength	76
Second Mouth	77
Seek Omen	77
Sever Spirit	77			48	3	Instant
Shadows Dance	77
Shake Earth	77			49	1		+ Magic points
Shape Metal	78
Shattering	78
Shield	78			49	1+
Shield of Darkness	78
Shooting Star	78
Silence Sphere	79
Silver Track	79
Sky Sight	79
Slash	79			49	1+	Touch
Smoke Cloud	79
Smoldering Rebellion	79
Snow	80
Soul Sight	80			49	1	Common
Soulspear	80
Spawn Crawling Hand	81
Spawn Gorp	81
Spawn Manling	81
Speak with Birds	81
Speak with Herd Beasts	81
Speak with Horse	81
Speak with Insects	81
Speak with Scorpion	82
Speak with Small Animals	82
Spell Trading	82			49	2+	Touch, Instant	+ another Rune spell
Spider’s Head	83
Spiderlimbs	83
Spirit Armor Enchantment	83			49	1	Ritual	+POW pts
Spirit Block	83			49	1+	Common
Spirit Guardian	83
Spirit Melding	83
Sprout	83
Sprout Arms	84
Sprout Legs	84
Sprout Wings	84
Spryness	84
Star Sight	85
Star Walk	85
Star Wards	85
Starbright	84
Stinger	85
Stone-biting	85
Stones to Kill Chaos	85
Stop Resurrection	87
Strength of Basmol	87
Strike	87
Strongblade	87
Strongnet	87
Styx’s Shore	87
Submerge	87
Summon (cult spirit)	89			49	1+	Summon, Ranged, Temporal, Stackable, Common
Summon Ancestor	87
Summon Dead	89
Summon Demon	89
Summon Dolphin	89
Summon Elemental (type)	91			50	1-3
Summon Fish	91
Summon Ghost	91
Summon Guardian	91
Summon Guardian of Thanatar	91
Summon Healing Spirit	92			50	1-3
Summon Hollri	92
Summon Household Guardian	92
Summon Ice Nymph	92
Summon Insect Swarm	93
Summon Lodril	93
Summon Ludoch	93
Summon Luxite	93
Summon Nereid	94
Summon Oread	94
Summon Salmon	94
Summon Snake Daughter	94
Summon Specific Ancestor	95
Summon Spirit of Law	95
Summon Spirit Teacher	95
Summon Tidal Wave	95
Summons of Evil	95
Sunbright	96			50	2
Sunripen	96
Sunspear	96
Support	96
Suppress Lodril	96
Suppress Oakfed	96
Sureshot	97			50	1
Swallow	97
Sweat Acid	97
Switch Places	97
Sword Trance	97			50	1	Self
Tambour	98
Tame Bull	98
Tanglethicket	98
Teleportation	98			50	3+	Self or Touch, Instant
Terrify Horse	98
Thunderbolt	98
Tongue	99
Transfer Pregnancy	99
Transform Head (Bee)	99
Transform Head (Beetle)	99
Transform Head (Lion)	99
Transform Head (Locust)	99
Transform Head (Moth)	99
Transform Head (Turtle)	99
Transform Self	100
Translate	100			50	1	Touch
Tree chopping Song	100
True (weapon)	100
True Sword				51	1	Touch
Truespeak	100			51	2
Truetune	100
Turn Blow	100
Turn Undead	101			51	1+	Instant
Unisonance	101
Unity	101
Venom Bite	102
Venom Boosting	102
Vesper	102
Vision	102
Vomit Acid	102
Warding	102			51	1-4
Warrior of Stone	103
Waste Loins	103
Waterspout	103
Waterwalk	103
Webbing	103
Whirlpool	103
Wind Warp	104
Wind Words	104			51	1
Windwalking	104
Wither	104
Wolf ’s Head	104
Wolf Hide	104
Wolfrunning	104

Related Pages

• CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic – Index
• CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic – Q&A
• CHA4034 The Red Book of Magic – Spirit Magic Spell List
• Rune Magic by Cult and Associate Cult
• Sorcery Spell list
• Spirit Magic by Cult and Associate Cult

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