I'm not really sure if this is a 'bug' with the system or not, since it's fairly consistent but I will say that the damage messaging for RoS isn't quite right for the results that come from it. As an example, on occasion I get the following wonderfully gory description:
"One of the rock spears lands a good strike to a fledgling forest gryphon's head exploding through it with such force it sends gelatinous particles of brain spraying into the air!"
And the result of this (obviously lethal strike) is: 'lightly stunned'. Not dead, not extremely stunned... lightly stunned. I honestly don't think this is realistic for the damage being done.

Also, on occasion I receive the following message:
"One of the rock spears lands a good strike to a fledgling forest gryphon's chest, skewering the still beating heart and holding the organ aloft in a grim display as the spear emerges through the back!"
The result of this should be death... it's a gryphon, not an undead gryphon. This one doesn't even get a stun, it kept on fighting for a good round or two of attacks afterwards.

Could someone please take a good look at the messaging system for this spell? I think it should be more tailored like the weapon attacks, where you only get a 'lethal' strike like chopping off a head or bursting the heart on the death-strike for the critter.

>>I think it's a greater systems thing that is already on the GM radar. I get similar things with USOL. Sometimes fatal messaging isn't so fatal.

Well, it's good to know that it's on the radar. ^.^ Hopefully things will get resolved at one point or another.

Malzian "What do you do when life throws monsters at you? Kill them and wait for more monsters, of course."