blood runes actually involve blood + polishing

code/game/gamemodes/cult/arcane_tome.dm

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/// Arcane tomes are the quintessential cultist "tool" and are used to draw runes, smack things with, and other such things.
+/// The interface they open (ArcaneTome.js) also contains a lot of in-game documentation about how the antagonist works.
 /obj/item/arcane_tome
 	name = "arcane tome"
 	desc = "An old, dusty tome with frayed edges and a sinister-looking cover."
@@ -93,20 +95,33 @@
 		to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("You can only fit one rune on any given space."))
 		return
 	var/datum/gender/G = gender_datums[user.get_visible_gender()]
+	var/blood_name = "blood"
+	var/synth = user.isSynthetic()
+	if (ishuman(user))
+		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
+		blood_name = H.species?.get_blood_name()
+	user.apply_damage(1, BRUTE, pick(BP_L_HAND, BP_R_HAND), sharp = TRUE, edge = TRUE, used_weapon = "long, precise cut")
 	user.visible_message(
-		SPAN_WARNING("\The [user] slices open [G.his] skin and begins painting on symbols on the floor with [G.his] own blood!"),
-		SPAN_DANGER("You slice open your skin and begin drawing a rune on the floor whilst invoking the ritual that binds your life essence with the dark arcane energies flowing through the surrounding world."),
+		SPAN_WARNING("\The [user] [!synth ? "slices open [G.his] skin" : "tears open [G.his] circulation"] and begins painting on symbols on the floor with [G.his] own [blood_name]"),
+		SPAN_NOTICE("You [!synth ? "slice open your skin" : "tear open your circulation"] and begin drawing a rune on the floor whilst invoking the ritual that binds your life essence with the dark arcane energies flowing through the surrounding world."),
 		SPAN_WARNING("You hear droplets softly splattering on the ground."),
-		range = 3)
-	user.apply_damage(1, BRUTE)
+		range = 3
+	)
+	if (ishuman(user))
+		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
+		for (var/i in 1 to 4)
+			spawn (max(0, scribe_speed - 1 SECOND) / i)
+				H.drip(1)
 	if (!do_after(user, max(0, scribe_speed)))
 		return
 	if (locate(/obj/effect/rune) in get_turf(user))
 		to_chat(user, SPAN_WARNING("You can only fit one rune on any given space."))
 		return
+	for (var/obj/effect/decal/cleanable/blood/B in get_turf(user))
+		qdel(B)
 	user.visible_message(
-		SPAN_WARNING("\The [user] paints arcane markings with [G.his] own blood!"),
-		SPAN_DANGER("You finish drawing the arcane markings of the Geometer."),
+		SPAN_WARNING("\The [user] paints arcane markings with [G.his] own [blood_name]!"),
+		SPAN_NOTICE("You finish drawing the arcane markings of the Geometer."),
 		range = 3
 	)
 	var/obj/effect/rune/NR = new rune_type (get_turf(user))

code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes/armor.dm

@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
 	var/datum/gender/G = gender_datums[L.get_visible_gender()]
 	L.visible_message(
 		SPAN_DANGER("The runes crawl onto [L]'s body as they expand to cocoon [G.him], before falling away and revealing [G.his] body once more in gushing spurts of black sludge."),
-		SPAN_DANGER("The runes wrap you tightly, and you allow them to shroud you with tainted magmellite before you cast them off as you would a cocoon.")
+		SPAN_NOTICE("The runes wrap you tightly, and you allow them to shroud you with tainted magmellite before you cast them off as you would a cocoon.")
 	)
 	qdel(src)

code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes/communicate.dm

@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 /obj/effect/rune/communicate
 	rune_name = "Communicate"
-	rune_desc = "Allows you to communicate with other cultists."
-	rune_shorthand = "Allows undetectable communication with other followers."
+	rune_desc = "Allows you to communicate with other cultists by speaking aloud next to the rune. Can be muted or unmuted through invocation."
 	talisman_path = /obj/item/paper/talisman/communicate
 	circle_words = list(CULT_WORD_SELF, CULT_WORD_OTHER, CULT_WORD_TECHNOLOGY)
 	invocation = "O bidai nabora se'sma!"
+	whispered = TRUE
+	var/muted = FALSE
+
+/obj/effect/rune/communicate/examine(mob/user, infix, suffix)
+	. = ..()
+	if (iscultist(user) || isobserver(user))
+		. += SPAN_DANGER("This rune [muted ? "is muted, and must be invoked before it will function" : "can be muted by invoking it"].")
+
+/obj/effect/rune/communicate/hear_talk(mob/M, list/message_pieces, verb)
+	var/msg = multilingual_to_message(message_pieces, with_capitalization = TRUE)
+	if (iscultist(M) && get_dist(M, src) <= 1 && !muted)
+		cult.cult_speak(M, msg)
 
 /obj/effect/rune/communicate/invoke(list/invokers)
 	var/mob/living/L = invokers[1]
-	var/input = input(L, "Please choose a message to tell to the other acolytes.", "Voice of Blood", "") as null|text
-	if (!input || !CanInteract(L, physical_state))
-		return
-	input = sanitize(input)
-	log_and_message_admins("used a communicate rune to say '[input]'", usr)
-	for (var/mob/M in player_list)
-		if (iscultist(M) || isobserver(M))
-			to_chat(M, SPAN_OCCULT(input))
+	muted = !muted
+	to_chat(L, SPAN_NOTICE("This rune will [muted ? "no longer" : "now"] relay your words to the rest of the flock."))

code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes/convert.dm

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 			SPAN_DANGER(FONT_LARGE("...and you're able to force it out of your mind. You need to get away from here as fast as you can!"))
 		)
 		return
+	else
+		to_chat(user, SPAN_NOTICE("The ritual is begun. You must keep [converting] atop the rune until [G.him] succumb[G.s] to the Geometer's influence... or die from its revelation."))
 	impudence = 1
 	START_PROCESSING(SSprocessing, src)
 	process()

code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes/drain_blood.dm

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /obj/effect/rune/drain_blood
 	rune_name = "Drain Blood"
-	rune_desc = "Drains the blood of humans placed on top of all Drain Blood runes (no matter their location), healing the invoker based on the total amount drained."
-	rune_shorthand = "Drain the blood of humans on top of all Drain Blood runes in the world in order to heal the invoker."
+	rune_desc = "Drains the blood of humans on top of all existing runes of this type. The invoker will be healed and regenerate their own blood in the process."
 	circle_words = list(CULT_WORD_TRAVEL, CULT_WORD_BLOOD, CULT_WORD_SELF)
 	invocation = "Yu'gular faras desdae. Havas mithum javara. Umathar uf'kal thenar!"
 	var/remaining_blood = 0
@@ -21,16 +20,16 @@
 		for (var/mob/living/carbon/human/H in get_turf(DB))
 			if (H.stat == DEAD)
 				continue
-			to_chat(H, SPAN_DANGER("You feel a heavy sense of weakness."))
-			var/drain = rand(1, 25)
-			H.take_overall_damage(drain)
+			to_chat(H, SPAN_DANGER("Warm crimson light pulses beneath you. You feel extremely [pick("dizzy", "woozy", "faint", "disoriented", "unsteady")]."))
+			var/drain = rand(10, 25)
+			H.remove_blood(drain)
 			total_blood += drain
 	if (!total_blood)
 		return fizzle()
 	var/datum/gender/G = gender_datums[L.get_visible_gender()]
 	L.visible_message(
 		SPAN_WARNING("\The [src] glows a sullen red as \the [L] presses [G.himself] against it. Blood seeps through the scrawlings."),
-		SPAN_DANGER("Blood flows from \the [src] into your frail moral body. You feel... empowered.")
+		SPAN_NOTICE("Blood flows from \the [src] into your frail moral body. You feel... empowered.")
 	)
 	L.heal_organ_damage(total_blood % 5)
 	total_blood -= total_blood % 5
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@
 		return
 	remaining_blood--
 	cultist.heal_organ_damage(5, 0)
+	cultist.add_chemical_effect(CE_BLOODRESTORE, 2)
 	for (var/obj/item/organ/I in cultist.internal_organs)
 		if (I.damage > 0)
 			I.damage = max(I.damage - 5, 0)

code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes/hide_and_reveal.dm

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 /obj/effect/rune/reveal_runes
 	rune_name = "Reveal Runes"
-	rune_desc = "Reverses the effects of <i>Hide Runes</i>, causing all nearby invisible runes to become visible once more."
+	rune_desc = "Reverses the effects of Hide Runes, causing all nearby invisible runes to become visible once more."
 	talisman_path = /obj/item/paper/talisman/reveal_runes
 	circle_words = list(CULT_WORD_BLOOD, CULT_WORD_SEE, CULT_WORD_HIDE)
 	invocation = "Nikt'o barada kla'atu!"

code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes/imbue_talisman.dm

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	var/obj/effect/rune/chosen = pick(valid_runes)
 	var/obj/item/paper/talisman/T = new chosen.talisman_path (get_turf(src))
 	chosen.apply_to_talisman(T)
-	visible_message(SPAN_WARNING("The words from the runes slither onto \the [P], forming wet red symbols on its surface."))
+	visible_message(SPAN_NOTICE("The words from the runes slither onto \the [P], forming wet red symbols on its surface."))
 	qdel(P)
 	qdel(chosen)
 	qdel(src)

code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes/raise_dead.dm

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /obj/effect/rune/raise_dead
 	rune_name = "Raise Dead"
 	rune_desc = "This rune allows for the resurrection of any dead person. You will need a dead human body and a living human sacrifice. Make 2 raise dead runes. Put a living, awake human on top of one, and a dead body on the other one. When you invoke the rune, the life force of the living human will be transferred into the dead body, allowing a ghost standing on top of the dead body to enter it, instantly and fully healing it. Use other runes to ensure there is a ghost ready to be resurrected."
-	rune_shorthand = "Brings a dead body to life using the sacrifice of a living human on another copy of the rune."
+	rune_shorthand = "Brings a dead body to life using the sacrifice of a living human on another copy of the rune. If the dead body is not a cultist, they will become one."
 	circle_words = list(CULT_WORD_BLOOD, CULT_WORD_JOIN, CULT_WORD_SELF)
 	invocation = "Pasnar val'keriam usinar. Savrae ines amutan. Yam'toth remium il'tarat!"
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	var/mob/living/L = invokers[1]
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/shears = targets[1]
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/lamb = targets[2]
-	to_chat(L, SPAN_OCCULT("The ritual is begun. Both bodies must remain in place..."))
+	to_chat(L, SPAN_NOTICE("The ritual is begun. Both bodies must remain in place..."))
 	shears.visible_message(SPAN_WARNING("\The [shears] is yanked upwards by invisible strings, dangling in the air like a puppet."))
 	lamb.visible_message(
 		SPAN_WARNING("\The [lamb] is yanked upwards by invisible strings, dangling in the air like a puppet."),
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	if (do_after(shears, 5 SECONDS, lamb, FALSE, incapacitation_flags = INCAPACITATION_NONE))
 		resurrect(shears, lamb)
 		return
-	to_chat(L, SPAN_OCCULT("The ritual's participants must remain stationary!"))
+	to_chat(L, SPAN_NOTICE("The ritual's participants must remain stationary!"))
 	if (shears)
 		shears.visible_message(SPAN_WARNING("\The [shears] drops unceremoniously to the ground."))
 		playsound(shears, "bodyfall", 50, TRUE)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 /obj/effect/rune/raise_dead/proc/resurrect(mob/living/carbon/human/shears, mob/living/carbon/human/lamb, mob/living/invoker)
 	var/list/targets = get_targets()
 	if (targets[1] != shears || targets[2] != lamb)
-		to_chat(invoker, SPAN_DANGER("The ritual's subjects were moved before it could complete."))
+		to_chat(invoker, SPAN_WARNING("The ritual's subjects were moved before it could complete."))
 		return
 	if (!shears.client || !shears.mind)
 		shears.visible_message(SPAN_WARNING("\The [shears] drops unceremoniously to the ground."))
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 		)
 		playsound(shears, "bodyfall", 50, TRUE)
 		playsound(lamb, "bodyfall", 50, TRUE)
-		to_chat(invoker, SPAN_DANGER("The deceased's spirit did not return to its body. It may if you try again, or it may not."))
+		to_chat(invoker, SPAN_WARNING("The deceased's spirit did not return to its body. It may if you try again, or it may not."))
 		return
 	var/datum/gender/GS = gender_datums[shears.get_visible_gender()]
 	lamb.visible_message(

code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes/see_invisible.dm

@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 
 /obj/effect/rune/see_invisible/invoke(list/invokers)
 	var/mob/living/L = invokers[1]
-	to_chat(L, SPAN_WARNING("The world beyond opens to your eyes."))
+	to_chat(L, SPAN_NOTICE("The world beyond opens to your eyes."))
 	oracle = L
 	oracle.seer = TRUE
-	oracle.see_invisible = INVISIBILITY_OBSERVER
+	oracle.see_invisible = SEE_INVISIBLE_OBSERVER
 	START_PROCESSING(SSfastprocess, src)
 
 /obj/effect/rune/see_invisible/process()

code/game/gamemodes/cult/talismans/communicate.dm

@@ -12,7 +12,5 @@
 		return
 	input = sanitize(input)
 	log_and_message_admins("used a communicate talisman to say '[input]'", usr)
-	for (var/mob/M in player_list)
-		if (iscultist(M) || isobserver(M))
-			to_chat(M, SPAN_OCCULT(input))
+	cult.cult_speak(user, input)
 	qdel(src)

code/game/objects/items/weapons/weaponry.dm

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 			if (R.invisibility == SEE_INVISIBLE_CULT)
 				R.invisibility = 0
 				R.alpha = 255
-			R.visible_message(SPAN_WARNING("\A [src] appears to the [dir2text(get_dir(R, target))]!"))
+				R.visible_message(SPAN_WARNING("\A [R] appears to the [dir2text(get_dir(R, target))]!"))
 		user.setClickCooldown(2 SECONDS)
 
 /obj/item/energy_net

code/modules/antagonist/station/cultist.dm

@@ -125,3 +125,8 @@ var/global/datum/antagonist/cultist/cult
 		if(L && (L.imp_in == player.current))
 			return 0
 	return 1
+
+/datum/antagonist/cultist/proc/cult_speak(mob/speaker, message)
+	for (var/mob/M in player_list)
+		if (iscultist(M) || isobserver(M))
+			to_chat(M, SPAN_OCCULT("[speaker.GetVoice()][speaker.GetAltName()] intones, \"[message]\""))

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/life.dm

@@ -1446,6 +1446,9 @@
 			see_in_dark = 8
 			if(!druggy)		see_invisible = SEE_INVISIBLE_LEVEL_TWO
 
+		if (seer)
+			see_invisible = SEE_INVISIBLE_OBSERVER
+
 		for(var/datum/modifier/M in modifiers)
 			if(!isnull(M.vision_flags))
 				sight |= M.vision_flags