diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/chronomancer.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/chronomancer.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/chronomancer.lua	2011-03-31 08:44:58.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/chronomancer.lua	2011-04-12 12:26:32.000000000 -0400
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 	name = "Temporal Warden",
 	desc = {
 		"The Temporal Wardens have learned to blend archery, dual-weapon fighting, and chronomancy into a fearsome whole.",
-		"Through their use of the chronomantic arts, the Temporal Wardens seek to control the battlefield while peppering their foes with arrows or engage in hand-to-hand combat.",
+		"Through their use of the chronomantic arts, the Temporal Wardens seek to control the battlefield while peppering their foes with arrows or engaging in hand-to-hand combat.",
 		"Their study of chronomancy enables them to amplify their own physical and magical abilities, and to manipulate the speed of themselves and those around them.",
 		"Their most important stats are: Strength, Dexterity, Willpower, and Magic",
 		"#GOLD#Stat modifiers:",
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/corrupted.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/corrupted.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/corrupted.lua	2011-03-31 08:44:58.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/corrupted.lua	2011-04-12 12:37:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	type = "subclass",
 	name = "Reaver",
 	desc = {
-		"Reavers are terrible foes, wielding two weapons while charging their enemies.",
+		"Reavers are terrible foes, charging their enemies with a weapon in each hand.",
 		"They can harness the blight of evil, infecting their foes with terrible contagious diseases while crushing their skulls with devastating combat techniques.",
 		"Their most important stats are: Strength and Magic",
 		"#GOLD#Stat modifiers:",
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/divine.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/divine.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/divine.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:48.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/divine.lua	2011-04-12 12:40:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	type = "class",
 	name = "Divine",
 	desc = {
-		"Divine classes are composed of worshippers of various gods and entities.",
+		"Divine classes are worshippers of various gods and entities.",
 		"They include the worship of the Sun, the Moon, powerful spirits, ...",
 	},
 	descriptor_choices =
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		"Sun Paladins hail from the Gates of Morning, the last bastion of the free people in the Far East.",
 		"Their way of life is well represented by their motto 'The Sun is our giver, our purity, our essence. We carry the light into dark places, and against our strength none shall pass.'",
 		"They can channel the power of the Sun to smite all who seek to destroy the Sunwall.",
-		"Competent in both weapon and shield combat and magic, they usually burn their foes from afar before engaging in melee.",
+		"Competent in both weapon and shield combat and magic, they usually burn their foes from afar before bashing them in melee.",
 		"Their most important stats are: Strength and Magic",
 		"#GOLD#Stat modifiers:",
 		"#LIGHT_BLUE# * +5 Strength, +0 Dexterity, +0 Constitution",
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/mage.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/mage.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/mage.lua	2011-03-31 08:44:58.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/mage.lua	2011-04-12 12:44:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	type = "class",
 	name = "Mage",
 	desc = {
-		"Mages are the wielders of the arcane powers, able to cast powerful spells of destruction or to heal their wounds with nothing but a thought.",
+		"Mages are the wielders of arcane powers, able to cast powerful spells of destruction or to heal their wounds with nothing but a thought.",
 	},
 	descriptor_choices =
 	{
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	desc = {
 		"An Archmage devotes his whole life to the study of magic above anything else.",
 		"Most Archmagi lack basic skills that others take for granted (like general fighting sense), but they make up for it by their raw magical power.",
-		"Archmagi know all schools of magic but the more intricate (Temporal and Meta) from the start. However, they usually refuse to have anything to do with Necromancy.",
+		"Archmagi start knowing all schools of magic but the more intricate (Temporal and Meta). However, they usually refuse to have anything to do with Necromancy.",
 		"All Archmagi have been trained in the secret town of Angolwen and possess a unique spell to teleport to it directly.",
 		"Their most important stats are: Magic and Willpower",
 		"#GOLD#Stat modifiers:",
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 	name = "Alchemist",
 	desc = {
 		"An Alchemist is a manipulator of materials using magic.",
-		"They do not use the forbidden arcane arts practised by the mages of old - such pervertors of nature using willpower alone have been shunned or actively hunted down since the Spellblaze.",
+		"They do not use the forbidden arcane arts practised by the mages of old - such perverters of nature have been shunned or actively hunted down since the Spellblaze.",
 		"Alchemists can transmute gems to bring forth elemental effects, turning them into balls of fire, torrents of acid, and other effects.  They can also reinforce armour with magical effects using gems, and channel arcane staffs to produce bolts of energy.",
 		"Though normally physically weak, most alchemists are accompanied by magical golems which they construct and use as bodyguards.  These golems are enslaved to their master's will, and can grow in power as their master advances through the arts.",
 		"Their most important stats are: Magic and Dexterity",
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/warrior.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/warrior.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/warrior.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:48.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/birth/classes/warrior.lua	2011-04-12 12:50:10.000000000 -0400
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	type = "class",
 	name = "Warrior",
 	desc = {
-		"Warriors train in all aspects of physical combat. They can be juggernauts of destruction wielding a two-handed greatsword, or massive iron-clad protectors with a shield.",
+		"Warriors train in all aspects of physical combat. They can be juggernauts of destruction wielding two-handed greatswords, or massive iron-clad protectors with gleaming shields.",
 	},
 	descriptor_choices =
 	{
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@
 	desc = {
 		"The ravages of the Spellblaze stretched armies thin and left many unprotected. Not everyone could afford the luxury of a weapon.",
 		"Without steel or iron, poor communities of all races turned to the strength of their own bodies for defense against the darkness.",
-		"Rather a pit-fighter, a boxer, or just a practitioner the occupation known as brawler still exists today.",
-		"Many of the brawler's abilities will earn combo points which they can use on finishing moves that will have added effect.",
-		"The unarmed fighting styles the brawler uses rely on maneuverability and having both hands available, as such they may not be practiced in massive armor or while a weapon or shield is equipped.",
+		"Whether a pit-fighter, a boxer, or just an amateur practitioner, the Brawler's skills are still handy today.",
+		"Many of the Brawler's abilities will earn combo points which they can use on finishing moves that will have added effect.",
+		"The unarmed fighting styles the Brawler uses rely on maneuverability and having both hands available. As such, they may not be practiced in massive armor or while a weapon or shield is equipped.",
 		"Their most important stats are: Strength, Dexterity, and Cunning",
 		"#GOLD#Stat modifiers:",
 		"#LIGHT_BLUE# * +3 Strength, +3 Dexterity, +0 Constitution",
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ant.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ant.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ant.lua	2011-03-31 08:45:00.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ant.lua	2011-04-12 14:47:06.000000000 -0400
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ANT",
 	name = "giant ice ant", color=colors.WHITE, image="npc/ice_ant.png",
-	desc = "It's a large white ant. The air is frigid around this ant.",
+	desc = "It's a large white ant. The air is frigid around it.",
 	level_range = {15, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(20,40),
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/aquatic_critter.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/aquatic_critter.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/aquatic_critter.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/aquatic_critter.lua	2011-04-12 14:50:29.000000000 -0400
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_AQUATIC_CRITTER",
 	name = "dragon turtle", color=colors.DARK_SEA_GREEN,
-	desc = "A snake-like being, radiating electricity.",
+	desc = "A huge, elongated sea-green reptile.",
 	level_range = {1, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 5,
 	rank = 2,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_AQUATIC_CRITTER",
 	name = "ink squid", color=colors.LIGHT_STEEL_BLUE,
-	desc = "Darting its many tentacles toward you, it tries to lock you down.",
+	desc = "Darting its many tentacles toward you, it tries to blind you with its murky ink.",
 	level_range = {1, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 2,
 	stats = { mag=30, },
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/bone-giant.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/bone-giant.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/bone-giant.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/bone-giant.lua	2011-04-12 14:53:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_BONE_GIANT",
 	name = "bone giant", color=colors.WHITE,
-	desc = [[A towering creature, made from the bones of hundreds of dead bodies. It is covered by an unholy aura.]],
+	desc = [[A towering creature, made from the bones of dozens of dead bodies. It is covered by an unholy aura.]],
 	level_range = {25, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(100,120),
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/canine.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/canine.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/canine.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/canine.lua	2011-04-12 14:55:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_CANINE",
 	name = "Rungof the Warg Titan", color=colors.VIOLET, unique=true, image="npc/canine_rungof.png",
-	desc = [[It is a large wolf with eyes full of cunning, only 3 times bigger than a normal warg.]],
+	desc = [[It is a large wolf with eyes full of cunning, thrice the size of a normal warg.]],
 	level_range = {20, nil}, exp_worth = 2,
 	rank = 3.5,
 	size_category = 4,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/construct.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/construct.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/construct.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/construct.lua	2011-04-12 14:56:06.000000000 -0400
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_CONSTRUCT",
 	name = "golem", color=colors.BLUE, image = "npc/golem.png",
-	desc = [[This golem eyes glow with magical energies.]],
+	desc = [[This golem's eyes glow with magical energies.]],
 	level_range = {8, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(90,100),
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_CONSTRUCT",
 	name = "alchemist golem", color=colors.YELLOW, image = "npc/alchemist_golem.png",
-	desc = [[This golem eyes glow with magical energies.]],
+	desc = [[This golem's eyes glow with magical energies.]],
 	level_range = {14, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 4,
 	rank = 3,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/elven-caster.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/elven-caster.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/elven-caster.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/elven-caster.lua	2011-04-12 15:02:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ELVEN_CASTER",
 	name = "elven tempest", color=colors.LIGHT_BLUE,
-	desc = [[An elven mage, dressed in dark robes.]],
+	desc = [[An elven mage, dressed in crackling blue robes, and smelling of ozone.]],
 	level_range = {3, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 2,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(70, 80), life_rating = 10,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ELVEN_CASTER",
 	name = "elven cultist", color=colors.DARK_SEA_GREEN,
-	desc = [[An elven cultist, dressed in dark robes.]],
+	desc = [[An elven cultist, dressed in sickening green robes.]],
 	level_range = {25, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	vim_regen = 20,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/elven-warrior.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/elven-warrior.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/elven-warrior.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/elven-warrior.lua	2011-04-12 15:05:23.000000000 -0400
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ELVEN_WARRIOR",
 	name = "mean looking elven guard", color=colors.UMBER,
-	desc = [[An elven guard.]],
+	desc = [[An elven guard, scarred and sullen.]],
 	level_range = {3, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(100,110), life_rating = 11,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ghost.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ghost.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ghost.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ghost.lua	2011-04-12 15:08:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_GHOST",
 	name = "dread", color=colors.ORANGE, image="npc/dread.png",
-	desc = [[It is a form that screams its presence against the eye. Death incarnate, its hideous black body seems to struggle against reality as the universe itself struggles to banish it.]],
+	desc = [[It is a form that screams its presence against the eye. Death incarnate, its hideous black body seems to struggle against reality as the universe itself strives to banish it.]],
 	level_range = {25, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 10,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(90,100),
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_GHOST",
 	name = "dreadmaster", color=colors.YELLOW, image="npc/dreadmaster.png",
-	desc = [[It is an unlife of power almost unequalled. An affront to existence, its very touch abuses and disrupts the flow of life, and its unearthly limbs, of purest black, crush rock and flesh with ease.]],
+	desc = [[It is an unlife of power almost unequalled. An affront to existence, its very touch abuses and disrupts the flow of life, and its unearthly limbs, of purest black, crumble rock and wither flesh with ease.]],
 	level_range = {32, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 15,
 	rank = 3,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/horror-corrupted.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/horror-corrupted.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/horror-corrupted.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/horror-corrupted.lua	2011-04-12 15:15:41.000000000 -0400
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_CORRUPTED_HORROR",
 	dredge = 1,
 	name = "dremling", color=colors.SLATE,
-	desc = "A small faceless humanoid with vaguely dwarven features.  It's waraxe and shield look battered, rusted, and generally in ill repair.",
+	desc = "A small faceless humanoid with vaguely Dwarven features.  Its waraxe and shield look battered, rusted, and generally in ill repair.",
 	level_range = {1, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 
 	combat = { atk=6, dammod={str=0.6} },
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_CORRUPTED_HORROR",
 	dredge = 1,
 	name = "drem", color=colors.DARK_SLATE_GRAY,
-	desc = "A giant black-skinned humanoid covered in spikey scabrous deposits.  Its face is featureless and its eyesockets empty and hollow.",
+	desc = "A giant black-skinned humanoid covered in spikey scabrous deposits.  Its face is featureless; its eyesockets, empty and hollow.",
 	level_range = {3, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 
 	combat_armor = 4, combat_def = 0,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_CORRUPTED_HORROR",
 	dredge = 1,
 	name = "drem master", color=colors.LIGHT_GREY,
-	desc = "A disfigured humanoid with vaguely dwarven features dressed in patched together and rusted mail armor.  It seems to be in command of the others though it's mouth is sown shut.",
+	desc = "A disfigured humanoid with vaguely Dwarven features dressed in patched-together and rusted mail armor.  It seems to be in command of others, though its mouth is sewn shut.",
 	level_range = {3, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 
 	combat = { atk=10, dammod={str=0.6} },
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_CORRUPTED_HORROR",
 	name = "brecklorn", color=colors.PINK,  -- gloom bat
-	desc = "A giant hairless bat with the face of a dwarven man twisted into a constant scream.  Pestulant sores cover it's malformed body and your heart weakens as it nears.",
+	desc = "A giant hairless bat with the face of a Dwarf twisted into a constant scream.  Pestulant sores cover its malformed body, and your heart weakens as it nears.",
 	level_range = {1, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 
 	combat = { atk=10, dammod={dex=0.6} },
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_CORRUPTED_HORROR",
 	name = "grannor'vin", color=colors.BLACK,  -- shadow slug
-	desc = "A large sluglike creature with the face of a man.  Shadows seem to be drawn to it's massive form and your light dims as it approaches.",
+	desc = "A large sluglike creature with the face of a man.  Shadows seem to be drawn to its massive form, and your light dims as it approaches.",
 	level_range = {2, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 
 	combat = { dam=5, atk=15, apr=5, damtype=DamageType.DARKNESS },
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/horror.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/horror.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/horror.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/horror.lua	2011-04-12 15:24:29.000000000 -0400
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_HORROR",
 	name = "headless horror", color=colors.TAN,
-	desc ="A headless gangly humanoid with a large distended stomach.",
+	desc ="A headless, gangly humanoid with a large distended stomach.",
 	level_range = {30, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 3,
 	rank = 3,
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_HORROR",
 	name = "radiant horror", color=colors.GOLD,
-	desc ="A lanky four-armed humanoid shape composed of bright golden light.  It's so bright it's hard to look at and you can feel heat radiating outward from it.",
+	desc ="A lanky four-armed humanoid shape composed of bright golden light.  It's so bright it's hard to look at, and you can feel heat radiating outward from it.",
 	level_range = {35, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 8,
 	rank = 3,
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_HORROR",
 	subtype = "temporal",
 	name = "temporal devourer", color=colors.CRIMSON,
-	desc = "A headless round creature with stubbly legs and arms.  Its body seems to be all teeth.",
+	desc = "A headless, round creature with stubby legs and arms.  Its body seems to be all teeth.",
 	level_range = {10, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	rank = 2,
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
 	subtype = "temporal",
 	dredge = 1,
 	name = "temporal dredge", color=colors.PINK,
-	desc = "A hulking pink-skinned creature with long arms as thick as tree trunks.  It drags its knuckles on the ground as it lumbers towards you.",
+	desc = "A hulking pink-skinned creature with long arms as thick as tree trunks.  It drags its knuckles on the ground as it lumbers toward you.",
 	level_range = {15, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 4,
 	rank = 2,
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
 	subtype = "temporal",
 	dredge = 1,
 	name = "dredge captain", color=colors.SALMON,
-	desc = "A thin pink-skinned creature with long spindly arms.  Half its body is old and wrinkly and the other half appears quite young.",
+	desc = "A thin pink-skinned creature with long spindly arms.  Half its body is old and wrinkly, and the other half appears quite young.",
 	level_range = {20, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 6,
 	rank = 3,
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_HORROR",
 	subtype = "temporal",
 	name = "temporal stalker", color=colors.STEEL_BLUE,
-	desc = "A slender metallic monstrosity with long claws in place of fingers and razor sharp teeth.",
+	desc = "A slender metallic monstrosity with long claws in place of fingers, and razor-sharp teeth.",
 	level_range = {20, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 6,
 	size_category = 3,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/lich.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/lich.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/lich.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/lich.lua	2011-04-12 15:30:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 newEntity{
 	define_as = "BASE_NPC_LICH",
 	type = "undead", subtype = "lich",
-	desc = [[Only the most powerful spellcasters raised to unlife become liches, doomed to haunt the world for an eternity, they have grown to hate all that breathes or trespasses on their domain, unfortunately that includes you.]],
+	desc = [[Only the most powerful spellcasters raised to unlife become liches. Doomed to haunt the world for an eternity, they have grown to hate all that breathes or trespasses on their domain. Unfortunately that includes you.]],
 	display = "L", color=colors.WHITE,
 	rank = 3, size = 3,
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_LICH",
 	name = "lich", color=colors.DARK_BLUE,
-	desc=[[Having thought to discover life eternal, undeath has robbed these beings of the joys of life, and now they seek to destroy it as well.]],
+	desc=[[Having thought to discover life eternal, these beings have allowed undeath to rob them of the joys of life. Now they seek to destroy it as well.]],
 	level_range = {35, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 20,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(70,80),
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_LICH",
 	name = "ancient lich", color=colors.DARK_RED,
-	desc=[[An elder being from a now forgotten age, filled and fueled by its hate and rage towards all things living, it seeks to deprive those of a prize it cannot have... life.]],
+	desc=[[An elder being from a now-forgotten age, filled and fueled by its hate and rage toward all things living, it seeks to deprive all others of a prize it cannot have... life.]],
 	level_range = {40, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 25,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(80,90),
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_LICH",
 	name = "archlich", color=colors.SLATE,
-	desc=[[Darker than the deepest night, you shudder as this cold cruel form of darkness approaches.  Long ago it has laid aside its mortality, but it has not forgotten its power, rather, its malice and hate have bent this undead on the destruction of all things living.]],
+	desc=[[Blacker than the deepest night, this cold cruel form of darkness approaches.  Long ago it laid aside its mortality, but it has not forgotten its power; rather, its malice and hate have bent this undead entity on the destruction of all things living.]],
 	level_range = {45, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 30,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(100,150),
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/major-demon.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/major-demon.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/major-demon.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/major-demon.lua	2011-04-12 15:34:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_MAJOR_DEMON",
 	name = "thaurhereg", color=colors.RED, -- Terrible blood
-	desc = [[This terrible demon is covered in blood, which flows *on* its skin in ever changing patterns that disturb you simply when looking at it.]],
+	desc = [[This terrible demon is covered in blood, which flows *on* its skin in ever-changing patterns that disturb you simply when looking at it.]],
 	level_range = {35, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 4,
 	rank = 3,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/minotaur.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/minotaur.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/minotaur.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/minotaur.lua	2011-04-12 15:37:02.000000000 -0400
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_MINOTAUR",
 	name = "maulotaur", color=colors.SLATE,
-	desc = [[It is a belligerent minotaur with a destructive magical arsenal, armed with a hammer.]],
+	desc = [[A belligerent minotaur with a destructive magical arsenal, and armed with a hammer.]],
 	level_range = {20, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 4,
 	combat_armor = 15, combat_def = 7,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/orc-rak-shor.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/orc-rak-shor.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/orc-rak-shor.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/orc-rak-shor.lua	2011-04-12 15:44:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ORC_RAK_SHOR",
 	name = "orc blood mage", color=colors.CRIMSON,
-	desc = [[An orc dressed in black robes. He mumbles in a harsh tongue.]],
+	desc = [[An orc dressed in blood-stained robes. He mumbles in a harsh tongue.]],
 	level_range = {27, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 2,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(110,120), life_rating = 12,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ORC_RAK_SHOR",
 	name = "orc corruptor", color=colors.GREY,
-	desc = [[An orc dressed in black robes. He mumbles in a harsh tongue.]],
+	desc = [[An orc dressed in putrid robes. He mumbles in a harsh tongue.]],
 	level_range = {27, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 4,
 	rank = 3,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/plant.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/plant.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/plant.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/plant.lua	2011-04-12 15:46:10.000000000 -0400
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_PLANT",
 	name = "giant venus flytrap", color=colors.GREEN,
-	desc = "This flesh-eating plant has grown to enormous proportions and seeks to quell its hunger",
+	desc = "This flesh-eating plant has grown to enormous proportions and seeks to quell its hunger.",
 	level_range = {7, 17}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(5,9),
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ritch.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ritch.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ritch.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ritch.lua	2011-04-12 15:46:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	type = "insect", subtype = "ritch",
 	display = "I", color=colors.RED,
 	blood_color = colors.GREEN,
-	desc = [[Ritchs are giant insects native to the arid wastes of the southern parts of the Far East.
+	desc = [[Ritches are giant insects native to the arid wastes of the southern parts of the Far East.
 Vicious predators, they inject corrupting diseases into their foes, and their sharp claws cut through most armours.]],
 
 	combat = { dam=resolvers.levelup(resolvers.rngavg(30,35), 1, 1), atk=16, apr=70, damtype=DamageType.BLIGHT, dammod={dex=1.2} },
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/snake.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/snake.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/snake.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/snake.lua	2011-04-12 15:50:01.000000000 -0400
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_SNAKE",
 	name = "anaconda", color=colors.YELLOW_GREEN, image="npc/yellow-green-snake.png",
-	desc = [[You recoil in fear as you notice this huge, 10 meter long snake.  It seeks to crush the life out of you.]],
+	desc = [[You recoil in fear as you notice this huge, 10-meter-long snake.  It seeks to crush the life out of you.]],
 	level_range = {20, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 5,
 	rank = 3,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/spider.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/spider.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/spider.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/spider.lua	2011-04-12 15:54:27.000000000 -0400
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_SPIDER",
 	name = "giant spider", color=colors.LIGHT_DARK,
-	desc = [[]],
+	desc = [[A huge arachnid, it produces even bigger webs.]],
 	level_range = {5, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	max_life = 50,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_SPIDER",
 	name = "spitting spider", color=colors.DARK_UMBER,
-	desc = [[]],
+	desc = [[A huge arachnid, it sprays venom at its prey.]],
 	level_range = {7, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	max_life = 60,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_SPIDER",
 	name = "chitinous spider", color=colors.LIGHT_GREEN,
-	desc = [[]],
+	desc = [[A huge arachnid with a massive exoskeleton.]],
 	level_range = {12, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
 	max_life = 70,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_SPIDER",
 	name = "gaeramarth", color=colors.LIGHT_DARK,  -- dreadful fate
-	desc = [[These cunning spiders terrorize those who enter their ever-growing borders.  Those who encounter them rarely return.]],
+	desc = [[These cunning spiders terrorize those who enter the ever-growing borders of their lairs.  Those who encounter them rarely return.]],
 	level_range = {27, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 3,
 	max_life = 120,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/telugoroth.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/telugoroth.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/telugoroth.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/telugoroth.lua	2011-04-12 15:56:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_TELUGOROTH",
 	name = "greater teluvorta", color=colors.TAN,
-	desc = [[Time and space collapse in upon this erratically moving time elemental.]],
+	desc = [[Time and space collapse in upon this erratically-moving time elemental.]],
 	level_range = {15, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 6,
 	max_life = resolvers.rngavg(50,70),
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_TELUGOROTH",
 	name = "ultimate teluvorta", color=colors.DARK_TAN,
-	desc = [[Time and space collapse in upon this erratically moving time elemental.]],
+	desc = [[Time and space collapse in upon this erratically-moving time elemental.]],
 	level_range = {18, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 8,
 	rank = 3,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ziguranth.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ziguranth.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ziguranth.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/npcs/ziguranth.lua	2011-04-12 16:01:42.000000000 -0400
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ZIGURANTH",
 	name = "ziguranth warrior", color=colors.CRIMSON,
-	desc = [[A ziguranth warrior, clad in heavy armour.]],
+	desc = [[A Ziguranth warrior, clad in heavy armour.]],
 	subtype = "dwarf",
 	level_range = {20, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 1,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ZIGURANTH",
 	name = "ziguranth summoner", color=colors.CRIMSON,
-	desc = [[A ziguranth wilder, attuned to nature.]],
+	desc = [[A Ziguranth wilder, attuned to nature.]],
 	subtype = "thalore",
 	level_range = {20, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 2,
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_NPC_ZIGURANTH",
 	name = "ziguranth wyrmic", color=colors.CRIMSON,
-	desc = [[A ziguranth wilder, attuned to nature.]],
+	desc = [[A Ziguranth wilder, attuned to nature.]],
 	level_range = {20, nil}, exp_worth = 1,
 	rarity = 2,
 	rank = 3,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/boss-artifacts.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/boss-artifacts.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/boss-artifacts.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/boss-artifacts.lua	2011-04-12 13:25:42.000000000 -0400
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 	define_as = "TRIDENT_TIDES",
 	unided_name = "ever-dripping trident",
 	name = "Trident of the Tides", unique=true,
-	desc = [[As you wield this trident you can feel the power of the tides rushing through your arms.
+	desc = [[The power of the tides rushing through this trident.
 Tridents require the exotic weapons mastery talent to use correctly.]],
 	require = { stat = { str=35 }, },
 	level_range = {30, 40},
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 	power_source = {arcane=true},
 	define_as = "NIGHT_SONG", rarity=false,
 	name = "Nightsong", unique=true,
-	desc = [[A pitch black ring, unadorned. It seems as though tendrils of darkness crept upon it.]],
+	desc = [[A pitch black ring, unadorned. It seems as though tendrils of darkness creep upon it.]],
 	unided_name = "obsidian ring",
 	level_range = {15, 23},
 	rarity = 250,
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 	define_as = "STAFF_KOR", rarity=false,
 	unided_name = "dark staff",
 	name = "Kor's Fall", unique=true,
-	desc = [[Made from the bones of many creatures, this staff glows with power. You can feel its evilness as you touch it.]],
+	desc = [[Made from the bones of many creatures, this staff glows with power. You can feel its evilness even from a distance.]],
 	require = { stat = { mag=25 }, },
 	level_range = {1, 10},
 	rarity = 200,
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
 	define_as = "GREATMAUL_BILL_TRUNK",
 	unided_name = "tree trunk", image = "object/artifact/bill_treestump.png",
 	name = "Bill's Tree Trunk", unique=true,
-	desc = [[This is a big, nasty-looking tree trunk that Bill was using as a weapon. It could still serve this purpose, should you be strong enough to wield it!]],
+	desc = [[This is a big, nasty-looking tree trunk that Bill the Troll used as a weapon. It could still serve this purpose, should you be strong enough to wield it!]],
 	require = { stat = { str=25 }, },
 	level_range = {1, 10},
 	rarity = 200,
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
 	define_as = "CROWN_ELEMENTS", rarity=false,
 	name = "Crown of the Elements", unique=true,
 	unided_name = "jeweled crown", color=colors.DARK_GREY,
-	desc = [[Jeweled crown]],
+	desc = [[This jeweled crown shimmers with colors.]],
 	level_range = {40, 50},
 	rarity = 280,
 	cost = 500,
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Flamewrought", color = colors.RED,
 	unided_name = "chitinous gloves",
-	desc = [[Those gloves seems to be made out of the exoskeleton of ritches. They are hot to the touch.]],
+	desc = [[These gloves seems to be made out of the exoskeletons of ritches. They are hot to the touch.]],
 	level_range = {5, 12},
 	rarity = 180,
 	cost = 50,
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
 	power_source = {arcane=true},
 	unided_name = "dark rod",
 	name = "Rod of Annulment", color=colors.LIGHT_BLUE, unique=true,
-	desc = [[You can feel magic draining out around this rod, even nature itself seems affected.]],
+	desc = [[You can feel magic draining out around this rod. Even nature itself seems affected.]],
 	cost = 50,
 	rarity = 380,
 	level_range = {5, 12},
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/elixir-ingredients.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/elixir-ingredients.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/elixir-ingredients.lua	2011-03-31 08:45:01.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/elixir-ingredients.lua	2011-04-12 13:38:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 	unided_name = "shimmering scale",
 	name = "multi-hued wyrm scale",
 	display = "~", color=colors.VIOLET,
-	desc = [[Beautiful and nearly impregnable. Separating it from the dragon was hard work.]],
+	desc = [[Beautiful and nearly impregnable. Separating it from the dragon must have been hard work.]],
 	alch = "If you think collecting one of these is hard, try liquefying one.",
 }
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 	unided_name = "red crystal shard",
 	name = "red crystal shard",
 	display = "/", color=colors.RED,
-	desc = [[Tiny flames still dance etherally inside this transparent crystal, though its heat has faded.]],
+	desc = [[Tiny flames still dance etherally inside this transparent crystal, though its heat seems to have faded... you hope.]],
 	alch = "I hear these can be found in a cave near Elvala. I also hear that they can cause you to spontaneously combust, so no need to explain if you come back hideously scarred.",
 }
 
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/quest-artifacts.lua	2011-04-12 13:44:23.000000000 -0400
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@
 	define_as = "ROD_OF_RECALL",
 	unided_name = "unstable wand", identified=true, force_lore_artifact=true,
 	name = "Rod of Recall", color=colors.LIGHT_BLUE, unique=true, image = "object/artifact/rod_of_recall.png",
-	desc = [[This rod is made entirely of voratun, infused with raw magical energies it can bend space itself.
-You have heard of such items before, they are very useful to adventurers, allowing faster travel.]],
+	desc = [[This rod is made entirely of voratun, infused with raw magical energies that can bend space itself.
+You have heard of such items before. They are very useful to adventurers, allowing faster travel.]],
 	cost = 0, quest=true,
 	elec_proof = true,
 
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/slings.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/slings.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/slings.lua	2011-03-31 08:45:01.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/slings.lua	2011-04-12 13:46:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	combat = { talented = "sling", sound = "actions/arrow", sound_miss = "actions/arrow", },
 	archery = "sling",
 	basic_ammo = { talented = "sling", damrange = 1.2},
-	desc = [[Slings are used to shoot pebbles at your foes.]],
+	desc = [[Slings are used to hurl stones or metal shots at your foes.]],
 	randart_able = { attack=40, physical=80, spell=20, def=10, misc=10 },
 	egos = "/data/general/objects/egos/sling.lua", egos_chance = { prefix=resolvers.mbonus(40, 5), suffix=resolvers.mbonus(40, 5) },
 }
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts-far-east.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts-far-east.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts-far-east.lua	2011-03-31 08:45:01.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts-far-east.lua	2011-04-12 13:52:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	unided_name = "shimmering gold shield",
 	name = "Unsetting Sun",
-	desc = [[When Elmio Panason, captain of the Vanguard, first sought shelter for his shipwrecked crew he reflected the last rays of the sun off his shield.  Where the beam hit they rested and built the settlement that would become the Sunwall.  In the dark days that followed the shield became a symbol of hope for a better future.]],
+	desc = [[When Elmio Panason, captain of the Vanguard, first sought shelter for his shipwrecked crew, he reflected the last rays of the setting sun off his shield.  Where the beam hit they rested and built the settlement that would become the Sunwall.  In the dark days that followed the shield became a symbol of hope for a better future.]],
 	color = colors.YELLOW,
 	rarity = 300,
 	level_range = {35, 45},
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Scorched Boots",
 	unided_name = "pair of blackened boots",
-	desc = [[The master blood mage Ru'Khan was the first orc to experiment with the power of the Sher'Tul farportals in the Age of Pyre.  However that first experiment was not particularly successful, and after the explosion of energy all that could be found of Ru'Khan was a pair of scorched boots.]],
+	desc = [[The master blood mage Ru'Khan was the first orc to experiment with the power of the Sher'Tul farportals in the Age of Pyre.  However, that first experiment was not particularly successful, and after the explosion of energy all that could be found of Ru'Khan was a pair of scorched boots.]],
 	color = colors.DARK_GRAY,
 	level_range = {30, 40},
 	rarity = 250,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts.lua	2011-04-12 09:43:49.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts.lua	2011-04-12 14:39:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 	color=colors.YELLOW,
 	encumber = 1,
 	rarity = 100,
-	desc = [[A small crystal phial that captured sunlight during the Summertide.]],
+	desc = [[A small crystal phial that captured Sunlight during the Summertide.]],
 	cost = 200,
 
 	max_power = 15, power_regen = 1,
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
 	color = colors.RED,
 	encumber = 1,
 	rarity = 300,
-	desc = [[This dark red heart still beats despite being seperated from it's owner.  It also snuffs out any light source that come near it]],
+	desc = [[This dark red heart still beats despite being seperated from its owner.  It also snuffs out any light source that comes near it]],
 	cost = 100,
 
 	wielder = {
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
 	level_range = {25, 35},
 	color=colors.GRAY,
 	rarity = 300,
-	desc = [[Farian was King Toknor's captain, and fought by his side in the great Battle of Last Hope.  However when he returned after the battle to find his hometown burnt in an orcish pyre a madness overtook him.  The desire for vengeance made him quit the army and strike out on his own, lightly armoured and carrying nought but his sword.  Most thought him dead till the reports came back of a fell figure tearing through the orcish encampments, slaughtering all before him and mercilessly butchering the corpses after.  It is said his blade drank the blood of 100 orcs each day until finally all of Maj'Eyal was cleared of their presence.  When the final orc was slain and no more were to be found Farian at the last turned the blade on himself and stuck it through his chest.  Those nearby said his body shook with convulsions as he did so, and they could not tell if he was laughing or crying.]],
+	desc = [[Farian was King Toknor's captain, and fought by his side in the great Battle of Last Hope.  However, when he returned after the battle to find his hometown burnt in an orcish pyre, a madness overtook him.  The desire for vengeance made him quit the army and strike out on his own, lightly armoured and carrying nought but his sword.  Most thought him dead until the reports came back of a fell figure tearing through the orcish encampments, slaughtering all before him and mercilessly butchering the corpses after.  It is said his blade drank the blood of 100 orcs each day until finally all of Maj'Eyal was cleared of their presence.  When the final orc was slain and no more were to be found, Farian at the last turned the blade on himself and stuck it through his chest.  Those nearby said his body shook with convulsions as he did so, though they could not tell whether he was laughing or crying.]],
 	cost = 400,
 	require = { stat = { str=40, wil=20 }, },
 	material_level = 5,
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Fire Dragon Shield",
 	unided_name = "dragon shield",
-	desc = [[This large shield was made using scales of the many fire drakes from the lost land of Tar'Eyal.]],
+	desc = [[This large shield was made using scales of many fire drakes from the lost land of Tar'Eyal.]],
 	color = colors.LIGHT_RED,
 	metallic = false,
 	level_range = {27, 35},
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Crown of Command",
 	unided_name = "unblemished silver crown",
-	desc = [[This crown was worn by the halfling king Roupar, who ruled over the Nargol lands in the Age of Dusk.  Those were dark times, and the king enforced order and discipline under the harshest of terms.  Any who deviated were punished, any who disagreed were repressed, and many disappeared without a trace into his numerous prisons.  All must be loyal to the crown or suffer dearly.  When he died without heir the crown was lost and his kingdom fell into chaos.]],
+	desc = [[This crown was worn by the Halfling king Roupar, who ruled over the Nargol lands in the Age of Dusk.  Those were dark times, and the king enforced order and discipline under the harshest of terms.  Any who deviated were punished, any who disagreed were repressed, and many disappeared without a trace into his numerous prisons.  All must be loyal to the crown or suffer dearly.  When he died without heir the crown was lost and his kingdom fell into chaos.]],
 	require = { stat = { cun=25 } },
 	level_range = {20, 35},
 	rarity = 280,
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@
 }
 
 newEntity{ base = "BASE_GAUNTLETS",
-	power_source = {technique=true},
+	power_source = {arcane=true, technique=true},
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Dakhtun's Gauntlets", color = colors.STEEL_BLUE,
 	unided_name = "expertly-crafted dwarven-steel gauntlets",
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@
 	name = "Vestments of the Conclave", color = colors.DARK_GREY,
 	unided_name = "tattered robe",
 	desc = [[An ancient set of robes that has survived from the Age of Allure. Primal magic forces inhabit it.
-It was made by humans for Humans; only they can harness the true power of the robes.]],
+It was made by Humans for Humans; only they can harness the true power of the robes.]],
 	level_range = {12, 22},
 	rarity = 220,
 	cost = 150,
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Temporal Augmentation Robe - Designed In-Style", color = colors.BLACK,
 	unided_name = "stylish robe with a scarf",
-	desc = [[Designed by a slightly quirky paradox mage, this robe always appears to be stylish in any time the user finds him, her, or itself in. Crafted to aid paradox mages through their adventures, this robe is of great help to those that understand what a wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey mess time actually is. Curiously, as a result of a particularly prolonged battle involving its fourth wearer, the robe appends a very long, multi-coloured scarf to its present wearers.]],
+	desc = [[Designed by a slightly quirky Paradox Mage, this robe always appears to be stylish in any time the user finds him, her, or itself in. Crafted to aid Paradox Mages through their adventures, this robe is of great help to those that understand what a wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey mess time actually is. Curiously, as a result of a particularly prolonged battle involving its fourth wearer, the robe appends a very long, multi-coloured scarf to its present wearers.]],
 	level_range = {30, 40},
 	rarity = 310,
 	cost = 540,
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Nature's Blessing",
 	unided_name = "supple leather armour entwined with willow bark",
-	desc = [[Worn by Protector Ardon, who first formed the Ziguranth during the mage wars between the humans and the halflings.  This armour is infused with the powers of nature, and protected against the disruptive forces of magic.]],
+	desc = [[Worn by Protector Ardon, who first formed the Ziguranth during the mage wars between the Humans and the Halflings.  This armour is infused with the powers of nature, and protected against the disruptive forces of magic.]],
 	color = colors.BROWN,
 	level_range = {15, 30},
 	rarity = 350,
@@ -1955,7 +1955,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Unflinching Eye", color = colors.WHITE,
 	unided_name = "a bloodshot eye",
-	desc = [[Someone has strung a thick black cord through this large bloodshot eyeball, allowing it to be worn around the neck if you so choose.]],
+	desc = [[Someone has strung a thick black cord through this large bloodshot eyeball, allowing it to be worn around the neck, should you so choose.]],
 	level_range = {30, 40},
 	rarity = 300,
 	cost = 300,
@@ -1976,7 +1976,7 @@
 	unique = true,
 	name = "Ureslak's Molted Scales",
 	unided_name = "scaley multi-hued cloak",
-	desc = [[This cloak is fashioned from the scales of some large reptilian creature.  It appears to reflect every color of the visible light spectrum.]],
+	desc = [[This cloak is fashioned from the scales of some large reptilian creature.  It appears to reflect every color of the rainbow.]],
 	level_range = {40, 50},
 	rarity = 400,
 	cost = 300,
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/lore/age-pyre.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/lore/age-pyre.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/lore/age-pyre.lua	2011-03-31 08:44:56.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/lore/age-pyre.lua	2011-04-12 16:07:21.000000000 -0400
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	id = "broken-atamathon",
 	category = "age of pyre",
 	name = "Atamathon, the giant golem",
-	lore = [[This giant golem was constructed by the halflings during the Pyre Wars to fight the orcs, but was felled by Garkul the Devourer.
+	lore = [[This giant golem was constructed by the Halflings during the Pyre Wars to fight the orcs, but was felled by Garkul the Devourer.
 Its body is made of marble, its joints of solid voratun, and its eyes of purest ruby. One of its eyes seems to be missing. At over 40 feet high it towers above you.
 Someone foolish has tried to reconstruct it, but it seems like it misses an eye to be completed.]]
 }
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/lore/angolwen.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/lore/angolwen.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/data/lore/angolwen.lua	2011-03-31 08:44:56.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/data/lore/angolwen.lua	2011-04-12 16:47:49.000000000 -0400
@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@
 	id = "angolwen-linaniil-lecture",
 	category = "angolwen",
 	name = "Lecture on Humility by Archmage Linaniil",
-	lore = [[It were some years now since twain of our brightest students left Angolwen, sullied by our veil of secrecy and our silent duty. It still lies heavy on mine heart to think of what they could accomplish within our private circle. I but hope that one day they whilst return, and they whilst understand the reasons behind our solemn mission.
+	lore = [[It were some years now since twain of our brightest students left Angolwen, sullying our veil of secrecy and off-casting our silent duty. It still lies heavy on mine heart to think what they could have accomplished within our private circle. I but hope that one day they will return, and understand the reasons behind our solemn mission.
 
-But I must think of the future, for too many are the regrets of mine long past, and to hold their burdens overlong is to be crushed. I must think of ye, young acolytes, who start now in the learning of our lores. I must explain to ye our mission, our purpose, our justification, so that ye understand all what we do and why. In secrecy we operate, trying to heal the harms of our past, trying to build a better future. For our penance is great, and never should it be forgotten in all Eyal the terrors of the Spellblaze.
+But I must think of the future, for too many are the regrets of mine long past, and to hold their burdens overlong is to be crushed. I must think of ye, young acolytes, who start now in the learning of our lores. I must explain to ye our mission, our purpose, our justification, so that ye understand all what we do and why. In secrecy we operate, trying to heal the harms of our past, to build a better future. For great is our penance, and never should it be forgotten in all Eyal the terrors of the Spellblaze.
 
-I should know well, for I were there. But a young mage was I, though not without promise. I knew of the Shaloren mages' experiments on the Sher'Tul ruins. Aye, and I were jealous of the powers they sought to unlock. No fear or caution had I in my arrogant youth, thinking only of opportunities and glory. Heed well that thought...
+I should know well, for I were there. But a young mage was I, though not without promise. I knew of the Sher'Tul ruins, and the Shaloren mages' experiments thereupon. Aye, and I were jealous of the powers they sought to unlock. No fear or caution had I in my arrogant youth, thinking only of opportunities and glory. Heed well that thought....
 
-Two thousand six hundred cycles of the Sun have passed above my head, and yet still I cannot shake the memory of the day the sky turned to flame and the earth was torn to shreds. I felt the magic in the air, the sudden unleashing of arcane energies beyond anyone's control. I knew in an instant that the Shaloren had unlocked the power of the farportals, but the forces were far beyond their expectations. I saw within seconds the streams of blazing energy tear through the sky above our heads, and then rain down in crimson plumes of destruction. It was all I could to put a shield about myself, and the burns I suffered were terrible, such that scars remain to this day. No one about me survived. Still I remember mine sister Nienna's shortened scream as she stood beside me, her skin flayed off by the terrible energies, her body consumed by a pyre of flames, her ashes strewn by a great tumult in the earth. Twenty-six centuries have passed and still I do wake to the sound of that scream...
+Two thousand six hundred cycles of the Sun have passed above my head, yet never can I shake the memory of the day the sky were turned to flame, and the earth torn to shreds. I felt the magic in the air, the unleashing asudden of arcane energies beyond all control. I knew in an instant the Shaloren had unlocked the power of the farportals, but the forces were far beyond their expectations. I saw the streams of blazing energy tear the sky above our heads, and rain down crimson plumes of destruction. It was all I could to enshield myself, and the terrible burns I suffered remain ascarred to this day. None about me survived. Still I remember mine sister Nienna's shortened scream as she stood beside me, flayed off her skin by the terrible wind, consumed her body by a pyre of flame, strewn her ashes by a great tumult in the earth. Six and a score centuries pass, and still I do wake to the sound of that scream.
 
-Many were the loved ones I lost that day, and I were not alone. Countless perished across the lands, and countless more died in the chaos which followed. Then the Spellhunt began, and the people rose against the arrogance of the mages and began slaughtering us mercilessly. After the Spellblaze our abilities were in disarray, our mana channels sundered. We were nigh defenceless, and it took great effort to gather many of us together and found the hidden city of Angolwen. A great many mages were killed in the riots that followed, aye and many innocents too, for distrust was rife and the thirst for blood all-consuming. But alas, the suffering did not end there.
+Many loved ones I lost that day, and I were not alone. Countless perished across the lands, and countless more died in the following chaos. Then began the Spellhunt, and the people did rise against the arrogance of the mages and slaughter us mercilessly. After the Spellblaze our abilities were rent, our minds ascattered, our mana channels sundered. Nigh defenceless we were, and great effort took it to gather many of us together and found the hidden city of Angolwen. A great many mages were killed in the riots that followed, aye and many innocents too, for distrust was rife and the thirst for blood all-consuming. But alas, the suffering did not end there.
 
-The effects of the Spellblaze can still be seen today, in tortured lands and blighted earths. In the Age of Dusk it were much worse. New diseases arose, plagues swept across all cities, civilisations brought to nothing. All our races came close to extinction, and an age of darkness came upon all learning and enlightenment. Feudal lords and bandit gangs fought amongst what little healthy lands were left, whilst the blights continued to ravage what free people remained. That was when I did begin our secret missions to repair the world, to make right the errors of our actions. In silent operation we visited the broken lands and used our powers to heal, not to destroy. Many centuries it took, but at last the aftereffects of the Spellblaze began to diminish, and the people began to rebuild.
+Still to this day are seen the effects of the Spellblaze, in lands tortured and earth blighted. In the Age of Dusk it were much worse. Arose new diseases, swept plagues across all cities. Civilisations were brought to nothing. All Eyal's races came close to extinction, and an age of darkness came unto all learning and enlightenment. Fought feudal lords and bandit gangs amongst what little healthy lands left, whilst the blights did ravage what free people remained. Then did I begin our secret mission the world to repair, the errors of our actions to right. In silent operation visited we the broken lands, and our powers used we to heal, not to destroy. Many centuries it took, but at last began the echoes of the Spellblaze to diminish, the people to rebuild.
 
-Ah, how much hope was in me then. But foolish were I to think it could be so easy. The wounds of Eyal struck deeper than mere diseases on the surface. The poison went down much further, and the cracks tore through the very roots of our world. One dark and stormy day a great cataclysm swept forth from the east, and the land rose 500 leagues into the sky. We could do naught but gasp in horror as whole cities, whole races were swept into the sea. The continents were sheared apart and all of Eyal forever changed. It was a sight to humble even the greatest archmage.
+Ah, how much hope were in me then. But foolish were I to think so easy could be my task. No mere surface diseases were Eyal's wounds, but deep, and deeper. Unfathomably further the poison went, and the cracks tore through the very roots of our world. One day dark and stormy, a great cataclysm swept aforth from the east, and the land rose 500 leagues into the sky. Naught could we do but gasp afright as whole cities, whole races, into the sea were swept. The continents apart were sheared, and all of Eyal forever changed. 'Twere a sight even the greatest archmage to humble.
 
-Aye, and humility is what I teach to ye now. Know ye well that there are forces out there which dwarf ye into insignificance. Know as well that they have no glory, no pride, for they are forces of ultimate destruction which bring only terror and pain.
+Aye, and humility is what I teach to ye now. Know ye well: forces persist which dwarf ye into insignificance. Know as well: no glory, no pride, no plan have they, for they be forces of ultimate destruction, bringing terror and pain only.
 
-Our mission is to help the world. Our penance is to act in secret. Old wounds remain and new threats do arise, but all must be dealt with from behind our cloak of silence. The mistrust of our ilk still lies deep in people's minds, and there are even those who hate us with a violent passion. But the world is changing, and perhaps one day we shall be accepted again in society. Until then remember well this lesson of humility, and in the open world keep ye secret, and keep ye safe.]],
+Our mission is the world to help. Our penance is in secret to act. Old wounds remain and new threats do arise, but all must be faced from behind our silent cloak. The mistrust of our ilk deep in people's minds still lies, aye, and even violent passion and hatred in a few. But the world doth change, and mayhap one day into society shall we be accepted again. Until then heed well this lesson of humility, and in the open world keep ye secret, and keep ye safe.]],
 }
diff -ru t-engine4/game/modules/tome/dialogs/GameOptions.lua t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/dialogs/GameOptions.lua
--- t-engine4/game/modules/tome/dialogs/GameOptions.lua	2011-03-31 08:44:38.000000000 -0400
+++ t-engine4-spell/game/modules/tome/dialogs/GameOptions.lua	2011-04-12 12:07:07.000000000 -0400
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 		end))
 	end,}
 
-	local zone = Textzone.new{width=self.c_desc.w, height=self.c_desc.h, text=string.toTString"Enables or disables weather effects in some zones.\nDisabling it can gain some performance, it will not affect previously visited zones.#WHITE#"}
+	local zone = Textzone.new{width=self.c_desc.w, height=self.c_desc.h, text=string.toTString"Enables or disables weather effects in some zones.\nDisabling it can gain some performance. It will not affect previously visited zones.#WHITE#"}
 	list[#list+1] = { zone=zone, name=string.toTString"#GOLD##{bold}#Weather effects#WHITE##{normal}#", status=function(item)
 		return tostring(config.settings.tome.weather_effects and "enabled" or "disabled")
 	end, fct=function(item)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 		self.c_list:drawItem(item)
 	end,}
 
-	local zone = Textzone.new{width=self.c_desc.w, height=self.c_desc.h, text=string.toTString"If enabled the chats between players will also appear in the game log, in addition to the normal chat log.#WHITE#"}
+	local zone = Textzone.new{width=self.c_desc.w, height=self.c_desc.h, text=string.toTString"If enabled, the chats between players will also appear in the game log, in addition to the normal chat log.#WHITE#"}
 	list[#list+1] = { zone=zone, name=string.toTString"#GOLD##{bold}#Community chat appears in the game log#WHITE##{normal}#", status=function(item)
 		return tostring(config.settings.tome.chat_log and "enabled" or "disabled")
 	end, fct=function(item)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 		self.c_list:drawItem(item)
 	end,}
 
-	local zone = Textzone.new{width=self.c_desc.w, height=self.c_desc.h, text=string.toTString"Select the interface look. Stone is the default one, Simple is basic but takes less screen space.\nYou must restart the game for the change to take effect."}
+	local zone = Textzone.new{width=self.c_desc.w, height=self.c_desc.h, text=string.toTString"Select the interface look. Stone is the default one. Simple is basic but takes less screen space.\nYou must restart the game for the change to take effect."}
 	list[#list+1] = { zone=zone, name=string.toTString"#GOLD##{bold}#Interface Style#WHITE##{normal}#", status=function(item)
 		return tostring(config.settings.tome.ui_theme):capitalize()
 	end, fct=function(item)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 		end)
 	end,}
 
-	local zone = Textzone.new{width=self.c_desc.w, height=self.c_desc.h, text=string.toTString"Select the fonts look. fantasy is the default one, Basic is simplied and smaller.\nYou must restart the game for the change to take effect."}
+	local zone = Textzone.new{width=self.c_desc.w, height=self.c_desc.h, text=string.toTString"Select the fonts look. Fantasy is the default one. Basic is simplified and smaller.\nYou must restart the game for the change to take effect."}
 	list[#list+1] = { zone=zone, name=string.toTString"#GOLD##{bold}#Font Style#WHITE##{normal}#", status=function(item)
 		return tostring(config.settings.tome.fonts.type):capitalize()
 	end, fct=function(item)