diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
index ff7e5a9090..44ac937f71 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/runes.dm
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ To draw a rune, use an arcane tome.
 	var/scribe_damage = 0.1 //how much damage you take doing it
 
 	var/allow_excess_invokers = FALSE //if we allow excess invokers when being invoked
+	var/invoke_damage = 0 //how much damage invokers take when invoking it
 	var/construct_invoke = TRUE //if constructs can invoke it
 
 	var/req_keyword = 0 //If the rune requires a keyword - go figure amirite
@@ -133,10 +134,13 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 
 /obj/effect/rune/proc/invoke(var/list/invokers)
 	//This proc contains the effects of the rune as well as things that happen afterwards. If you want it to spawn an object and then delete itself, have both here.
-	if(invocation)
-		for(var/M in invokers)
-			var/mob/living/L = M
+	for(var/M in invokers)
+		var/mob/living/L = M
+		if(invocation)
 			L.say(invocation, language = /datum/language/common)
+		if(invoke_damage)
+			L.apply_damage(invoke_damage, BRUTE)
+			to_chat(L, "<span class='cultitalic'>[src] saps your strength!</span>")
 	do_invoke_glow()
 
 /obj/effect/rune/proc/do_invoke_glow()
@@ -159,6 +163,7 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	cultist_name = "malformed rune"
 	cultist_desc = "a senseless rune written in gibberish. No good can come from invoking this."
 	invocation = "Ra'sha yoka!"
+	invoke_damage = 30
 
 /obj/effect/rune/malformed/Initialize(mapload, set_keyword)
 	. = ..()
@@ -167,10 +172,6 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 
 /obj/effect/rune/malformed/invoke(var/list/invokers)
 	..()
-	for(var/M in invokers)
-		var/mob/living/L = M
-		to_chat(L, "<span class='cultitalic'><b>You feel your life force draining. The Geometer is displeased.</b></span>")
-		L.apply_damage(30, BRUTE)
 	qdel(src)
 
 /mob/proc/null_rod_check() //The null rod, if equipped, will protect the holder from the effects of most runes
@@ -508,9 +509,7 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 /obj/effect/rune/raise_dead/examine(mob/user)
 	..()
 	if(iscultist(user) || user.stat == DEAD)
-		var/revive_number = 0
-		if(GLOB.sacrificed.len)
-			revive_number = GLOB.sacrificed.len - revives_used
+		var/revive_number = LAZYLEN(GLOB.sacrificed) - revives_used
 		to_chat(user, "<b>Revives Remaining:</b> [revive_number]")
 
 /obj/effect/rune/raise_dead/invoke(var/list/invokers)
@@ -520,6 +519,7 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	var/mob/living/user = invokers[1]
 	if(rune_in_use)
 		return
+	rune_in_use = TRUE
 	for(var/mob/living/M in T.contents)
 		if(iscultist(M) && M.stat == DEAD)
 			potential_revive_mobs |= M
@@ -527,18 +527,20 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>There are no dead cultists on the rune!</span>")
 		log_game("Raise Dead rune failed - no corpses to revive")
 		fail_invoke()
+		rune_in_use = FALSE
 		return
-	if(!GLOB.sacrificed.len || GLOB.sacrificed.len <= revives_used)
+	if(LAZYLEN(GLOB.sacrificed) <= revives_used)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You have sacrificed too few people to revive a cultist!</span>")
 		fail_invoke()
+		rune_in_use = FALSE
 		return
 	if(potential_revive_mobs.len > 1)
 		mob_to_revive = input(user, "Choose a cultist to revive.", "Cultist to Revive") as null|anything in potential_revive_mobs
 	else
 		mob_to_revive = potential_revive_mobs[1]
 	if(!src || QDELETED(src) || rune_in_use || !validness_checks(mob_to_revive, user))
+		rune_in_use = FALSE
 		return
-	rune_in_use = 1
 	if(user.name == "Herbert West")
 		invocation = "To life, to life, I bring them!"
 	else
@@ -550,34 +552,34 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	to_chat(mob_to_revive, "<span class='cultlarge'>\"PASNAR SAVRAE YAM'TOTH. Arise.\"</span>")
 	mob_to_revive.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[mob_to_revive] draws in a huge breath, red light shining from [mob_to_revive.p_their()] eyes.</span>", \
 								  "<span class='cultlarge'>You awaken suddenly from the void. You're alive!</span>")
-	rune_in_use = 0
+	rune_in_use = FALSE
 
 /obj/effect/rune/raise_dead/proc/validness_checks(mob/living/target_mob, mob/living/user)
 	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
-	if(!user)
-		return 0
+	if(QDELETED(user))
+		return FALSE
 	if(!Adjacent(user) || user.incapacitated())
-		return 0
-	if(!target_mob)
+		return FALSE
+	if(QDELETED(target_mob))
 		fail_invoke()
-		return 0
+		return FALSE
 	if(!(target_mob in T.contents))
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>The cultist to revive has been moved!</span>")
 		fail_invoke()
 		log_game("Raise Dead rune failed - revival target moved")
-		return 0
+		return FALSE
 	var/mob/dead/observer/ghost = target_mob.get_ghost(TRUE)
 	if(!ghost && (!target_mob.mind || !target_mob.mind.active))
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>The corpse to revive has no spirit!</span>")
 		fail_invoke()
 		log_game("Raise Dead rune failed - revival target has no ghost")
-		return 0
+		return FALSE
 	if(!GLOB.sacrificed.len || GLOB.sacrificed.len <= revives_used)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You have sacrificed too few people to revive a cultist!</span>")
 		fail_invoke()
 		log_game("Raise Dead rune failed - too few sacrificed")
-		return 0
-	return 1
+		return FALSE
+	return TRUE
 
 /obj/effect/rune/raise_dead/fail_invoke()
 	..()
@@ -592,7 +594,7 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	cultist_desc = "emits a large electromagnetic pulse, increasing in size for each cultist invoking it, hindering electronics and disabling silicons."
 	invocation = "Ta'gh fara'qha fel d'amar det!"
 	icon_state = "5"
-	allow_excess_invokers = 1
+	allow_excess_invokers = TRUE
 	color = RUNE_COLOR_EMP
 
 /obj/effect/rune/emp/invoke(var/list/invokers)
@@ -624,10 +626,14 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	invocation = "Fwe'sh mah erl nyag r'ya!"
 	icon_state = "7"
 	color = RUNE_COLOR_DARKRED
-	rune_in_use = 0 //One at a time, please!
-	construct_invoke = 0
+	rune_in_use = FALSE //One at a time, please!
+	construct_invoke = FALSE
 	var/mob/living/affecting = null
 
+/obj/effect/rune/spirit/Destroy()
+	affecting = null
+	return ..()
+
 /obj/effect/rune/spirit/examine(mob/user)
 	..()
 	if(affecting)
@@ -651,41 +657,33 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
 	rune_in_use = TRUE
 	affecting = user
-	user.add_atom_colour(RUNE_COLOR_DARKRED, ADMIN_COLOUR_PRIORITY)
-	user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[user] freezes statue-still, glowing an unearthly red.</span>", \
+	affecting.add_atom_colour(RUNE_COLOR_DARKRED, ADMIN_COLOUR_PRIORITY)
+	affecting.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[affecting] freezes statue-still, glowing an unearthly red.</span>", \
 						 "<span class='cult'>You see what lies beyond. All is revealed. While this is a wondrous experience, your physical form will waste away in this state. Hurry...</span>")
-	user.ghostize(1)
-	while(user)
-		if(!affecting)
-			visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src] pulses gently before falling dark.</span>")
-			affecting = null //In case it's assigned to a number or something
-			rune_in_use = FALSE
-			return
+	affecting.ghostize(1)
+	while(!QDELETED(affecting))
 		affecting.apply_damage(0.1, BRUTE)
-		if(!(user in T))
-			user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>A spectral tendril wraps around [user] and pulls [user.p_them()] back to the rune!</span>")
-			Beam(user,icon_state="drainbeam",time=2)
-			user.forceMove(get_turf(src)) //NO ESCAPE :^)
-		if(user.key)
-			user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[user] slowly relaxes, the glow around [user.p_them()] dimming.</span>", \
+		if(!(affecting in T))
+			user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>A spectral tendril wraps around [affecting] and pulls [affecting.p_them()] back to the rune!</span>")
+			Beam(affecting, icon_state="drainbeam", time=2)
+			affecting.forceMove(get_turf(src)) //NO ESCAPE :^)
+		if(affecting.key)
+			affecting.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[affecting] slowly relaxes, the glow around [affecting.p_them()] dimming.</span>", \
 								 "<span class='danger'>You are re-united with your physical form. [src] releases its hold over you.</span>")
-			user.remove_atom_colour(ADMIN_COLOUR_PRIORITY, RUNE_COLOR_DARKRED)
-			user.Weaken(3)
-			rune_in_use = FALSE
-			affecting = null
-			return
-		if(user.stat == UNCONSCIOUS)
+			affecting.remove_atom_colour(ADMIN_COLOUR_PRIORITY, RUNE_COLOR_DARKRED)
+			affecting.Weaken(3)
+			break
+		if(affecting.stat == UNCONSCIOUS)
 			if(prob(1))
-				var/mob/dead/observer/G = user.get_ghost()
+				var/mob/dead/observer/G = affecting.get_ghost()
 				to_chat(G, "<span class='cultitalic'>You feel the link between you and your body weakening... you must hurry!</span>")
-		if(user.stat == DEAD)
-			user.remove_atom_colour(ADMIN_COLOUR_PRIORITY, RUNE_COLOR_DARKRED)
-			rune_in_use = FALSE
-			affecting = null
-			var/mob/dead/observer/G = user.get_ghost()
+		else if(affecting.stat == DEAD)
+			affecting.remove_atom_colour(ADMIN_COLOUR_PRIORITY, RUNE_COLOR_DARKRED)
+			var/mob/dead/observer/G = affecting.get_ghost()
 			to_chat(G, "<span class='cultitalic'><b>You suddenly feel your physical form pass on. [src]'s exertion has killed you!</b></span>")
-			return
+			break
 		sleep(1)
+	affecting = null
 	rune_in_use = FALSE
 
 //Rite of the Corporeal Shield: When invoked, becomes solid and cannot be passed. Invoke again to undo.
@@ -726,9 +724,10 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	update_state()
 	if(density)
 		spread_density()
-	user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[user] [iscarbon(user) ? "places [user.p_their()] hands on":"stares intently at"] [src], and [density ? "the air above it begins to shimmer" : "the shimmer above it fades"].</span>", \
-						 "<span class='cultitalic'>You channel your life energy into [src], [density ? "temporarily preventing" : "allowing"] passage above it.</span>")
-	if(iscarbon(user))
+	var/carbon_user = iscarbon(user)
+	user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[user] [carbon_user ? "places [user.p_their()] hands on":"stares intently at"] [src], and [density ? "the air above it begins to shimmer" : "the shimmer above it fades"].</span>", \
+						 "<span class='cultitalic'>You channel [carbon_user ? "your life ":""]energy into [src], [density ? "temporarily preventing" : "allowing"] passage above it.</span>")
+	if(carbon_user)
 		var/mob/living/carbon/C = user
 		C.apply_damage(2, BRUTE, pick("l_arm", "r_arm"))
 
@@ -775,7 +774,7 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	cultist_desc = "summons a single cultist to the rune. Requires 2 invokers."
 	invocation = "N'ath reth sh'yro eth d'rekkathnor!"
 	req_cultists = 2
-	allow_excess_invokers = 1
+	invoke_damage = 10
 	icon_state = "5"
 	color = RUNE_COLOR_SUMMON
 
@@ -812,7 +811,6 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 									  "<span class='cultitalic'><b>Overwhelming vertigo consumes you as you are hurled through the air!</b></span>")
 	..()
 	visible_message("<span class='warning'>A foggy shape materializes atop [src] and solidifes into [cultist_to_summon]!</span>")
-	user.apply_damage(10, BRUTE, "head")
 	cultist_to_summon.forceMove(get_turf(src))
 	qdel(src)
 
@@ -825,7 +823,8 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	color = RUNE_COLOR_MEDIUMRED
 	light_color = LIGHT_COLOR_LAVA
 	req_cultists = 3
-	construct_invoke = 0
+	invoke_damage = 10
+	construct_invoke = FALSE
 	var/tick_damage = 25
 	rune_in_use = FALSE
 
@@ -839,12 +838,8 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	rune_in_use = TRUE
 	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)
 	visible_message("<span class='warning'>[src] turns a bright, glowing orange!</span>")
-	set_light(6)
 	color = "#FC9B54"
-	for(var/M in invokers)
-		var/mob/living/L = M
-		L.apply_damage(10, BRUTE, pick("l_arm", "r_arm"))
-		to_chat(L, "<span class='cultitalic'>[src] saps your strength!</span>")
+	set_light(6, 1, color)
 	for(var/mob/living/L in viewers(T))
 		if(!iscultist(L) && L.blood_volume)
 			var/obj/item/weapon/nullrod/N = L.null_rod_check()
@@ -856,23 +851,24 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 				to_chat(L, "<span class='userdanger'>You feel an unholy darkness dimming the Justiciar's light!</span>")
 	animate(src, color = "#FCB56D", time = 4)
 	sleep(4)
-	if(!src)
+	if(QDELETED(src))
 		return
 	do_area_burn(T, 0.5)
 	animate(src, color = "#FFDF80", time = 5)
 	sleep(5)
-	if(!src)
+	if(QDELETED(src))
 		return
 	do_area_burn(T, 1)
 	animate(src, color = "#FFFDF4", time = 6)
 	sleep(6)
-	if(!src)
+	if(QDELETED(src))
 		return
 	do_area_burn(T, 1.5)
 	new /obj/effect/hotspot(T)
 	qdel(src)
 
 /obj/effect/rune/blood_boil/proc/do_area_burn(turf/T, multiplier)
+	set_light(6, 1, color)
 	for(var/mob/living/L in viewers(T))
 		if(!iscultist(L) && L.blood_volume)
 			var/obj/item/weapon/nullrod/N = L.null_rod_check()
@@ -888,7 +884,8 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	cultist_desc = "manifests a spirit as a servant of the Geometer. The invoker must not move from atop the rune, and will take damage for each summoned spirit."
 	invocation = "Gal'h'rfikk harfrandid mud'gib!" //how the fuck do you pronounce this
 	icon_state = "6"
-	construct_invoke = 0
+	invoke_damage = 10
+	construct_invoke = FALSE
 	color = RUNE_COLOR_MEDIUMRED
 	var/ghost_limit = 5
 	var/ghosts = 0
@@ -939,7 +936,6 @@ structure_check() searches for nearby cultist structures required for the invoca
 	..()
 	ghosts++
 	playsound(src, 'sound/magic/exit_blood.ogg', 50, 1)
-	user.apply_damage(10, BRUTE)
 	visible_message("<span class='warning'>A cloud of red mist forms above [src], and from within steps... a [new_human.gender == FEMALE ? "wo":""]man.</span>")
 	to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>Your blood begins flowing into [src]. You must remain in place and conscious to maintain the forms of those summoned. This will hurt you slowly but surely...</span>")
 	var/turf/T = get_turf(src)