diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_items.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_items.dm
index 876748838ae..4d58f34f1e7 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_items.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_items.dm
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>An overwhelming sense of nausea overpowers you!</span>")
 		user.Dizzy(120)
 
+	if(HULK in user.mutations)
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>You can't seem to hold the blade properly!</span>")
+		user.unEquip(src, 1)
+
 /obj/item/weapon/melee/cultblade/dagger
 	name = "sacrificial dagger"
 	desc = "A strange dagger said to be used by sinister groups for \"preparing\" a corpse before sacrificing it to their dark gods."
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_structures.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_structures.dm
index 10f6b92f517..182ed68e004 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_structures.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/cult_structures.dm
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
 	to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>\The [src] is [anchored ? "":"not "]secured to the floor.</span>")
 
 /obj/structure/cult/functional/attackby(obj/I, mob/user, params)
+	if(HULK in user.mutations)
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>You cannot seem to manipulate this structure with your bulky hands!</span>")
+		return
+
 	if(istype(I, /obj/item/weapon/tome) && iscultist(user))
 		anchored = !anchored
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You [anchored ? "":"un"]secure \the [src] [anchored ? "to":"from"] the floor.</span>")
@@ -180,7 +184,7 @@ var/list/blacklisted_pylon_turfs = typecacheof(list(
 	death_message = "<span class='warning'>The pylon's crystal vibrates and glows fiercely before violently shattering!</span>"
 	death_sound = 'sound/effects/pylon_shatter.ogg'
 
-	var/heal_delay = 25
+	var/heal_delay = 30
 	var/last_heal = 0
 	var/corrupt_delay = 50
 	var/last_corrupt = 0
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheet_types.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheet_types.dm
index 029cb8cd4a5..5ce0a786cab 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheet_types.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheet_types.dm
@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ var/global/list/datum/stack_recipe/cardboard_recipes = list (
  * Runed Metal
  */
 
-var/global/list/datum/stack_recipe/runed_metal_recipes = list ( \
-	new/datum/stack_recipe("runed door", /obj/machinery/door/airlock/cult, 1, time = 50, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1),
-	new/datum/stack_recipe("runed girder", /obj/structure/girder/cult, 1, time = 50, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
-	new/datum/stack_recipe("pylon", /obj/structure/cult/functional/pylon, 3, time = 40, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
-	new/datum/stack_recipe("forge", /obj/structure/cult/functional/forge, 5, time = 40, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
-	new/datum/stack_recipe("archives", /obj/structure/cult/functional/tome, 2, time = 40, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
-	new/datum/stack_recipe("altar", /obj/structure/cult/functional/talisman, 5, time = 40, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
+var/global/list/datum/stack_recipe/cult = list ( \
+	new/datum/stack_recipe/cult("runed door", /obj/machinery/door/airlock/cult, 1, time = 50, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1),
+	new/datum/stack_recipe/cult("runed girder", /obj/structure/girder/cult, 1, time = 50, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
+	new/datum/stack_recipe/cult("pylon", /obj/structure/cult/functional/pylon, 3, time = 40, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
+	new/datum/stack_recipe/cult("forge", /obj/structure/cult/functional/forge, 5, time = 40, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
+	new/datum/stack_recipe/cult("archives", /obj/structure/cult/functional/tome, 2, time = 40, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
+	new/datum/stack_recipe/cult("altar", /obj/structure/cult/functional/talisman, 5, time = 40, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
 	)
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/runed_metal
@@ -280,13 +280,27 @@ var/global/list/datum/stack_recipe/runed_metal_recipes = list ( \
 	if(!iscultist(user))
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>Only one with forbidden knowledge could hope to work this metal...</span>")
 		return
+	if(!is_level_reachable(user.z))
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>The energies of this place interfere with the metal shaping!</span>")
+		return
+
 	return ..()
 
+/datum/stack_recipe/cult
+   one_per_turf = 1
+   on_floor = 1
+
+/datum/stack_recipe/cult/post_build(obj/item/stack/S, obj/result)
+   if(ishuman(S.loc))
+      var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = S.loc
+      H.bleed(5)
+   ..()
+
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/runed_metal/fifty
 	amount = 50
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/runed_metal/New(var/loc, var/amount=null)
-	recipes = runed_metal_recipes
+	recipes = cult
 	return ..()
 
 /*