All of the following assumes that your manual is 7th printing or newer. Where changes have made it back into the Official AQ/Jaern manual it will be noted in the text and what printing those updates occured in. When a new printing is done this page will likely have to undergo a massive revamp in order to bring it up to that revision.

The following spells should have their duration changed from permanent
to the duration listed below. (The AQ/Jaern manual was updated in 
September of 2005 and incorporated most of the changes previously listed
here.)

Spell Name - Element/Diety (Group Number) (Spell Number) - Duration

Root - Earth (4) (5) - Special (Because it IS revokable for 10 weeks)

Drain Youth - Rudri (1) (9) - Instant (This should not be revokable)
Drain Faith - Rudri (1) (10) - Special (Because the only way to end the spell is the death of the hirudo)

• Modification to 2.5.1: Movement - You can not make any attacks or cast spells and move more then one-fifth your movement rate in the same round.
• Modification to 2.5.2.1: Impaling - The precise attack weapon skill may be used in combination with an impale attempt.
• Modification to 2.5.5.1: Held - When a person is held, they can attempt break free of the hold. The held person and the holder make opposing rolls of (STR/3 + 1/exp)d6. If the held person's total is higher, they break. If the holder's total is higher, they maintain the grapple and the held person must subtract a die from their next attempt to break. In the event of a tie, the grapple is maintianed, but the grappled person does not lose a die on the next attempt. For each additional person holding the target, the holder may add one die to this roll. The first person to grapple the target in a round is the one to roll the dice.
• Modification to 2.5.6: Withdrawal from Melee and Grappling - It will take one-fifth movement to get up from the ground.
• Additional rule 2.5.10: Defend - During a round a player may choose to 'defend.' In order to defend, the character must be holding either a shield or a weapon (a shield for MDV). Between this round and his next round, he will receive a bonus to the DV of his choice of one-half his modifier. The player can move up to 1/5th movement and 'defend' at the same time.
• Addition to 2.9: Dying and Falling Unconscious - Instead of rolling for consciousness, an adventurer may choose to go unconcious prior to rolling. This is the same as failing the conciousness roll.
• Linear Critical Chart

• A nomadic (or chromatic) matrix gem: When can incant is used by someone with this type of matrix gem, the effect will be two ranks higher then the incant's original rank.


• Nomads are normally assumed to possess all of the material components they require to prepare their incants. However, some incants require special components that are rare or not easily accessible. To insure that the adventurer has these components they should procure them through a GM and ensure that they are listed on their adventurer card. It is also possible that nomads on an extended mission or nomads who have had their belongings taken will likewise be without the necessary components.

• [PROPOSED]Most Nomads cannot use second lifer incants. Only a spirit that has returned from the Kurago and possessed a new body can utilize second lifer incants.

• Heart of Courage

  While the nomad is sings, all WIL based resistance checks made by the singer and her allies are made at one d6 less for each rank of the incant. (e.g. if a rank 1 incant is used then a 3d6 WIL check becomes a 2d6 WIL check).

• Dance of Distraction

  While this song is heard, for those not warned beforehand, all PER based resistance checks are one d6 higher per rank of the incant. (e.g. if a rank 1 incant is used then a 2d6 PER check becomes a 3d6 PER check).

• Luck Amulets
  1. Luck amulets cannot be used to increase or decrease a die roll beyond the maximum or minimum possible die roll.
  2. Luck amulets cannot be used by someone that is unaware of the action they are attempting to alter.
  3. Luck amulets cannot be used to affect DI rolls (luck doesn't work on gods) or magic item creation rolls.

• Magic item Explosions - it has been traditionally played that when a magic item is destroyed their is a corresponding release of energy (an explosion). There were no documented guidelines just some simple rules of thumb. Also how to determine when an item breaks is very difficule and the materials resistance check tables in the back of the manual don't provide a lot of guidance. Sean McLane has provided the following table to handle events where the GM has decided that the item did indeed break.

  d100 roll	Result
  01-05	Backlash - Destroyer takes Ranks x d6 in damage (if a person is not the source of destruction, treat as Fizzle)
  06-40	Fizzle - A noisy crackle and a puff of colored smoke. No other result.
  41-60	Spell effect of the item occurs. (randomly select one if more than one is possible)
  61-80	Random Spell effect
  81-90	Crackling energy discharge - 1d20 of damage to nearest d8 people.
  91-95	Explosion - 8d6, no resistance checks, 40' radius
  96-97	Explosion - 14d6, no resistance checks, 100' radius
  98-99	Detonation - Ranks x d6 damage. Ranks x 10' radius
  00	Catastrophic Detonation - Ranks x d20 damage. Ranks x 30' radius.

  
  Where the chart refers to "Ranks" this is how many ranks of spells are tied up in the magic item. The variable nature of the destruction is due to the uncontrolled release of the magical energy bound in the item.

• Rewrite of Ranged Weapon Skills - The following is a rewritten version of the ranged weapon skills and weapons for the AQ/Jaern campaign. All of these replace the skills in the manual: AQ Ranged Weapon Rules

• PWR stat and Finessing/Overloading - A spell caster cannot overload or finesse a spell to use more units then their PWR stat. An exceptional PWR has no effect on this limit.
• Clarification to 15.1.1 -- Fireball - A fireball works by sending magic to a point where it magically extends out to the full radius. It will not go through solid objects, but will fill in an area if there is a resonably sized opening to enter the area (big enough to fit ones arm through). After filling the area, the fireball ignites into physical fire (thus, a health check).
• Magic Ward - This spell only stop spells that are directly targeted within the boundries of the magic ward, not area effect spells whose area extends into the warded area. Exceptions are spells that are purely physical in their casting, as are the "Jet" spells which propel clay or stone from the casters hands, or hearing targeted spells, which don't really affect an area, but target individually anyone within hearing distance.
• Otherworld - An object must be entirely within the otherworld corridor before it is transported to the other side of the portal. This means an object cannot be partially on both sides of an otherworld at the same time.
• Phantasmal Spells - As per the spell descriptions, phantasmal spells will be "completely harmless." There spells will not cause anyone to go unconcious. It is possible for creatures to lose a round due to surprise.
• Object dropped by someone under a spell effect - When on object leaves the possession of a creature under a spell effect (or ability), the effect on this object will expire at the end of the round. The means one will be affected by this object on the round it leaves the creatures possession with the spell effect still on it.
• Equipment and Living Creatures - In order to qualify as equipment of another creature, a sentiant creature must:
  1. be in total possesion by the creature [they cannot be held by anyone else or manacled to a wall]
  2. fail a 2d6 PWR check with the option to auto-fail if the creature is concious
  3. all equipment must not exceed STR*10 jaernian pounds (GM adjuction on weight), if it does, the sentiant creature is excluded
• Finessing to Damage Non-physical Creatures - An elemental spell that normally does physical damage can be finessed 4 times to allow the effect to "bleed" into the magical realm. This will damage creatures that cannot normally be damaged by physical effects (i.e. ethereal creatures) in addition to creatures the spell would normally affect. Protection from magic can be used to resist this spell, but all other protections are not affected by this change and act as normal against the spell.
• Dimension Definitions
• Guidelines for using Mutate

• Electric Shock - In order to use this ability above water, one must grapple a target in order to get the two polarity points touching the target which will release the charge. Second, this ability may be used a limited number of times (2), you must rest (do nothing) for one hour in order to recharge, otherwise the recharge time is four hours.
• Ethereal - If the creature's natural form is physical, this ability can be used for a number of minutes equal to the creature's PWR per day.
• Immaterial - If the creature's natural form is not immaterial, this ability can be used for a number of minutes equal to the creature's PWR per day.
• Ink Jet - The creature must rest for one hour before using this ability again.
• Invisibility - This ability can be used for a number of minutes equal to the creature's PWR per day.
• Pain Wail - This ability can be used equal to its rank times per day.
• Paralysis - This ability is now a ranked ability with a base cost of 3500. It can be used rank times per day. The duration of paralysis is now 1d6 minutes.
• Petrification - This ability is now a ranked ability with a base cost of 6000. It can be used rank times per day.
• Regeneration (non-magical) - This ability can heal a total of HEA * 2 * rank DP per day. In addition, the creature can only regenerate while mostly idle (i.e. not in combat or while running) and must eat within one hour of regeneration or lose a point of HEA.
• Regeneration (magical) - The ability can heal a total of PWR * 2 * rank DP per day. It cannot be used while actively using another magical ability.
• Siren - This ability is now a ranked ability with a base cost of 8000. It can be used rank times per day.
• Stench - This ability is now a ranked ability with a case cost of 750. It can be used rank times per day.
• Teleport - The Teleport creature ability does not possess the ability to cross dimensions. If a creature needed this ability to survive, it would have the Otherport ability.
• Toxic Attack - This ability can be used equal to its rank times per day.
• Web - This ability is now a ranked ability with a base cost of 1000. It can be used rank times per day. In addition, the area of effect is now a single human sized target. If the check to break free is made by 10-19, the ensnared creature is able to take a 1/5th movement action. If the check is made by 20 or more, the ensnared creature is able to take their full action for the round.

• Garin - God of War and Tyranny - Wright Frazier put together a writeup for a new god that a group was trying to ascend. Didn't come off in game this time around but its cool reference material.

Random Thoughts/Under Development