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A runestone is a magical device that contains a spell. The nice thing about runestones is that anyone with magical ability can use them, even if you don't know the spell, or have training in that school of magic. Depending on the spell, it does
A runestone is a catch-all term magical device that causes a mage to prepare a spell. The nice thing about runestones is that anyone with magical ability can use them, even if you don't know the spell, or have training in that school of magic. However using a spell not of your mana type is {{skill|sorcery}} and can be dangerous. Depending on the spell, it does take a bit of fine tweaking to be able to properly cast it. When you work with runestones, you are working your {{skill|Arcana}}.
take a bit of fine tweaking to be able to properly cast it. When you work with runestones, you are working your {{skill|Arcana}}.

The runestone carries no power itself. Instead, you have to {{com|Focus}} your own magical energy into it to be able to use the spell. Runestones have "lines" of power flowing through them. These lines always have a weak point. When you work with a runestone, you must adjust the flow of power through these lines, which will allow you to cast the spell. If the flow through these lines is too weak, you will not be able to cast the spell. With use, all runestones break and will crumble to dust.


Over the centuries scholars have found ways to scribe spell patterns into certain minerals. Any given mineral can only hold a specific type of spell pattern. Some spell patterns can be stored in a few types of minerals. While the color or setting of the mineral might change (rune, jewelry, wand, etc) the inherent crystalline structure that dictates what pattern might be impregnated into the mineral does not change.
Over the centuries scholars have found ways to scribe spell patterns into certain minerals. Any given mineral can only hold a specific type of spell pattern. Some spell patterns can be stored in a few types of minerals. While the color or setting of the mineral might change (rune, jewelry, wand, etc) the inherent crystalline structure that dictates what pattern might be impregnated into the mineral does not change.

Today we know runestones function due to the presence of hollows and channels in a mass of mana-resisting material. The resistance causes carefully harnessed mana to avoid the mass entirely, saturating the hollow components instead. Naturally occurring runestones, though freakishly rare, may have been the source of mankind's first spells. Modern runestones are often constructed by carefully carving and bonding together multiple layers of mana-resistant wood or rock, or through sand casting mana-resistant metal.


==Using a Runestone==
==Using a Runestone==


* {{tt|FOCUS}} on your runestone. When you focus, you'll get a dialogue like this:
* {{com|FOCUS}} on your runestone. When you focus, you'll get a dialogue like this:


{| border="1"
{| border="1"
|You focus your magical senses on a {{ilink|i|dark asketine runestone}}.<br />
|You focus your magical senses on a colorful elbaite runestone.<br />
Though not actively magical, the runestone is made out of a material that resists the flow of mana. Tiny tunnels and furrows are present in the runestone, which form the shape of a spell pattern.<br />
The asketine runestone has a definite magical pattern, which is apparently a spell.<br />
You recognize the pattern as a manifestation of Life magic.<br />
You recognize the pattern of the [[Instinct]] spell.<br />
You should get three more spells out of the runestone before it wears out.<br />
It seems to involve [[:Category:Nature Manipulation Spellbook|Nature Manipulation]].<br />
Roundtime: 2 sec.<br />
The pattern appears to be the [[Compost]] spell.<br />
There is a weak point in one of the lines of energy, which will probably not hold for many more uses.<br />
The lines are of moderate width, and they glare with brilliance.<br />
|}
|}


With enough skill, this will tell you the type of mana the spell runs on, the spell book it is from, the spell itself, the brightness of the lines, and the charges remaining. Simply focusing on a rune over and over is a great way for beginners to learn {{skill|Arcana}}.
With enough skill, this will tell you the spell and the charges remaining. Simply focusing on a rune over and over is a great way for beginners to learn {{skill|Arcana}}, as well as {{skill|Sorcery}} if the rune is one of another mana type than the users.


*{{com|INVOKE}} or {{com|CHARGE}} the runestone to begin casting the spell. You will need to have recently focused on the rune in order to properly INVOKE or CHARGE it.


{| border="1"
*{{tt|FOCUS rune}} &lt;{{tt|percent}}&gt; - this command adjusts the flow of power through the lines of the rune. Depending on your skill, you may be successful in raising the power, or you could fail and the power will dim.
|Closing your eyes, you carefully bend some mana streams through a shining calavarite runestone.<br />
The saturated tunnels in the runestone form the foundation of a spell pattern. With this template in place, you begin preparing the Arc Light spell.<br />
That will disrupt less than a quarter of your current attunement.
|}


Runestones currently prepare the spell pattern contained within them at 20 mana.
<pre>
>focus rune 80
You focus your magical senses on a dark asketine runestone.
You deftly make an adjustment to the flow of energy.
The lines of power brighten considerably.
</pre>


Now that you are preparing the spell, you are able to {{com|HARNESS}} more power if you'd like into the spell, or use [[cambrinth]]. When the spell is prepared, simply {{com|CAST}} it.


[[Barbarian]]s are able to destroy runestones via the {{com|Meditate}} runestone command.
*{{com|RUB}} the runestone to begin casting the spell.


==Common Runestone Minerals==
<pre>
>rub my rune
You rub a dark asketine runestone.
The Compost spell leaps from the runestone into your mind and you begin to prepare it.
</pre>

Now that you are preparing the spell, you are able to {{com|HARNESS}} more power if you'd like into the spell. When the spell is prepared, simply {{com|CAST}} it.

==Types of Runestones==


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-
|-
! Runestone Mineral
!Runestone Mineral!!Spell!!Mana!!Native Difficulty!!Mana Prep!!Sorcery Cap
! Spell
! Mana Type

|-
|-
|[[asketine]]||[[Compost]]||life||0 / 500||||40
| Asketine
| [[Compost]]
| Life

|-
|-
|[[avaes]]||[[Clear Vision]]||lunar||0 / 480||10||91 -
| Avaes
| [[Clear Vision]]
| Lunar

|-
|-
|[[axinite]]||[[Mental Blast]]||lunar||250 / 1000||||<91
| Axinite
| [[Mental Blast]]
| Lunar

|-
|-
|[[azurite]]||[[Shadows]]||lunar||0 / 400||||<91
| Azurite
| [[Shadows]]
| Lunar

|-
|-
|[[calavarite]]||[[Arc Light]]||elemental||10 / 600||||
| Calavarite
| [[Arc Light]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[celestite]]||[[Geyser]]||elemental||0 / 400||||
| Celestite
| [[Refractive Field]]
| Lunar

|-
|-
|[[elbaite]]||[[Instinct]]||life||20 / 800||||
| Elbaite
| [[Sphere of Protection]]
| Life

|-
|-
|[[electrum]]||[[Eagle's Cry]]||life||0 / 500||||
| Erythrite
| [[Rejuvenation]]
| Holy

|-
|-
|[[erythrite]]||[[Rejuvenation]]||holy||0 / 600||||
| Hafaltu
| [[Ethereal Shield]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[hafaltu]]||[[Ethereal Shield]]||elemental||0 / 500||||
| Iheaneu'a
| [[Psychic Shield]]
| Lunar

|-
|-
|[[iheaneu'a]]||[[Psychic Shield]]||lunar||0 / 600||||
| Ilmenite
| [[Lightning Bolt]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[ilmenite]]||[[Clear Vision]]||lunar||0 / 400||||
| Imnera
| [[Zephyr]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[imnera]]||[[Zephyr]]||elemental||10 / 600||||
| Indakar
| [[Protection from Evil]]
| Holy

|-
|-
|[[indakar]]||[[Protection from Evil]]||holy||0 / 600||||
| Lemicule
| [[Air Bubble]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[lemicule]]||[[Heroic Strength]]||holy||?/?||||
| Malachite
| [[Air Bubble]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[malachite]]||[[Air Bubble]]||elemental||10 / 600||||
| Rhodonite
| [[Fire Shard]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[quartz]]||[[Refresh]]||life||0 / 400||||
| Scheelite
| [[Fire Ball]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[rhodonite]]||[[Fire Shards]]||elemental||0 / 400||10||
| Selenite
| [[Frostbite]]
| Elemental

|-
|-
|[[scheelite]]||[[Fire Ball]]||elemental||80 / 800||
| Sraeth
| [[Soul Bonding]]
| Holy

|-
|-
|[[selenite]]||[[Athleticism]]||life||80 / 800||20||
| Xibaryl
|-
| [[Hypnotize]]
|[[sraeth]]||[[Minor Physical Protection]]||holy||0 / 400||||
| Lunar

|-
|-
|[[sunstone]]||[[Compost]]||life||n/a||||
| Zengalmi
|-
| [[Gar Zeng]]
|[[topaz]]||[[Protection from Evil]]||holy||0 / 600||24||
| Elemental
|-

|[[xibaryl]]||[[Hypnotize]]||lunar||<91||
|-
|[[zengalmi]]||[[Gar Zeng]]||elemental||0 / 400||||
|}
|}

'''Updates since 3.1 material changes'''
I have both sunstone and asketine compost runes, not sure if the asketine is from before the changes but it still has spells left. Avaes may be outdated as Ilmenite also appears to have clear vision.

:Note: Spell difficulty moves from intro to basic when using it is [[sorcery]] (outside your native mana type).
: Additionally, some spells are just a little more difficult to cast when they are being used by sorcery.


==Rune Jewelry==
==Rune Jewelry==
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In the world, you will find pieces of jewelry that have one of the stones above listed, like ''a {{ilink|j|heavy golden sunfish pendant with delicate pink erythrite stripes}}'' or ''a {{ilink|i|skeletal asketine-veined leaf charm}}''. If you look at the types of runestones above, you can match the stone in your piece of jewelry to the spell it will cast.
In the world, you will find pieces of jewelry that have one of the stones above listed, like ''a {{ilink|j|heavy golden sunfish pendant with delicate pink erythrite stripes}}'' or ''a {{ilink|i|skeletal asketine-veined leaf charm}}''. If you look at the types of runestones above, you can match the stone in your piece of jewelry to the spell it will cast.


Jewelry has similar properties to runes - they must be <tt>FOCUS</tt>ed and then you <tt>RUB</tt> them to use the spell. Eventually, they will break as well. You cannot charge runic jewelry.
Jewelry has similar properties to runes - they can be <tt>FOCUS</tt>ed and then you <tt>INVOKE</tt> them to use the spell. Eventually, they will break as well. You cannot charge runic jewelry.

{{#ask:[[item type is::runestone]][[has item property::magic]]|format=table|?Item casts spell=Spell|?Rare item=Rare|?Is incomplete=Incomplete|sort=Rare item|mainlabel=Item|default=None yet|limit=10}}

==Complex runestones==
While the mechanics are fundamentally different, they function almost identically to the iconic devices that inspired them. The chief difference is that the conductive pathways of devices like this can be invoked with any percentage of mana used by its spell.

Complex runestones function due to the presence of mana-conducting pathways embedded within the cube. Carefully harnessed mana will favor the conductive paths over the nominal resistance of the cube's mass, saturating them and forming the framework of a spell pattern. Complex runestones are a modern invention, favored for the small size and variety of forms they can take, but often cost a premium due to the advanced metallurgy and tools required to work with the tiny, mana-conductive filaments.


==Runestone Merchants==
==Runestone merchants==


* [[Sierack's Reagents]] in [[Shard]]
* [[Sierack's Reagents]] in [[Shard]]
* [[Kalazashi's House of Majik]] in [[Ratha]] sells rune jewelry.
* [[Kalazashi's House of Majik]] in [[Ratha]] sells rune jewelry.
{{RefAl}}
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Magical Items}}
{{Cat|Magical items}}

Latest revision as of 22:28, 6 August 2022

A runestone is a catch-all term magical device that causes a mage to prepare a spell. The nice thing about runestones is that anyone with magical ability can use them, even if you don't know the spell, or have training in that school of magic. However using a spell not of your mana type is sorcery skill and can be dangerous. Depending on the spell, it does take a bit of fine tweaking to be able to properly cast it. When you work with runestones, you are working your Arcana skill.

Over the centuries scholars have found ways to scribe spell patterns into certain minerals. Any given mineral can only hold a specific type of spell pattern. Some spell patterns can be stored in a few types of minerals. While the color or setting of the mineral might change (rune, jewelry, wand, etc) the inherent crystalline structure that dictates what pattern might be impregnated into the mineral does not change.

Today we know runestones function due to the presence of hollows and channels in a mass of mana-resisting material. The resistance causes carefully harnessed mana to avoid the mass entirely, saturating the hollow components instead. Naturally occurring runestones, though freakishly rare, may have been the source of mankind's first spells. Modern runestones are often constructed by carefully carving and bonding together multiple layers of mana-resistant wood or rock, or through sand casting mana-resistant metal.

Using a Runestone

  • FOCUS on your runestone. When you focus, you'll get a dialogue like this:
You focus your magical senses on a colorful elbaite runestone.

Though not actively magical, the runestone is made out of a material that resists the flow of mana. Tiny tunnels and furrows are present in the runestone, which form the shape of a spell pattern.
You recognize the pattern of the Instinct spell.
You should get three more spells out of the runestone before it wears out.
Roundtime: 2 sec.

With enough skill, this will tell you the spell and the charges remaining. Simply focusing on a rune over and over is a great way for beginners to learn Arcana skill, as well as Sorcery skill if the rune is one of another mana type than the users.

  • INVOKE or CHARGE the runestone to begin casting the spell. You will need to have recently focused on the rune in order to properly INVOKE or CHARGE it.
Closing your eyes, you carefully bend some mana streams through a shining calavarite runestone.

The saturated tunnels in the runestone form the foundation of a spell pattern. With this template in place, you begin preparing the Arc Light spell.
That will disrupt less than a quarter of your current attunement.

Runestones currently prepare the spell pattern contained within them at 20 mana.

Now that you are preparing the spell, you are able to HARNESS more power if you'd like into the spell, or use cambrinth. When the spell is prepared, simply CAST it.

Barbarians are able to destroy runestones via the MEDITATE runestone command.

Common Runestone Minerals

Runestone Mineral Spell Mana Native Difficulty Mana Prep Sorcery Cap
asketine Compost life 0 / 500 40
avaes Clear Vision lunar 0 / 480 10 91 -
axinite Mental Blast lunar 250 / 1000 <91
azurite Shadows lunar 0 / 400 <91
calavarite Arc Light elemental 10 / 600
celestite Geyser elemental 0 / 400
elbaite Instinct life 20 / 800
electrum Eagle's Cry life 0 / 500
erythrite Rejuvenation holy 0 / 600
hafaltu Ethereal Shield elemental 0 / 500
iheaneu'a Psychic Shield lunar 0 / 600
ilmenite Clear Vision lunar 0 / 400
imnera Zephyr elemental 10 / 600
indakar Protection from Evil holy 0 / 600
lemicule Heroic Strength holy ?/?
malachite Air Bubble elemental 10 / 600
quartz Refresh life 0 / 400
rhodonite Fire Shards elemental 0 / 400 10
scheelite Fire Ball elemental 80 / 800
selenite Athleticism life 80 / 800 20
sraeth Minor Physical Protection holy 0 / 400
sunstone Compost life n/a
topaz Protection from Evil holy 0 / 600 24
xibaryl Hypnotize lunar <91
zengalmi Gar Zeng elemental 0 / 400

Updates since 3.1 material changes I have both sunstone and asketine compost runes, not sure if the asketine is from before the changes but it still has spells left. Avaes may be outdated as Ilmenite also appears to have clear vision.

Note: Spell difficulty moves from intro to basic when using it is sorcery (outside your native mana type).
Additionally, some spells are just a little more difficult to cast when they are being used by sorcery.

Rune Jewelry

In the world, you will find pieces of jewelry that have one of the stones above listed, like a heavy golden sunfish pendant with delicate pink erythrite stripes or a skeletal asketine-veined leaf charm. If you look at the types of runestones above, you can match the stone in your piece of jewelry to the spell it will cast.

Jewelry has similar properties to runes - they can be FOCUSed and then you INVOKE them to use the spell. Eventually, they will break as well. You cannot charge runic jewelry.

ItemSpellRareIncomplete
Chipped rhodonite ringFire Shardsfalse
Inscribed calavarite broochArc Lightfalse
Asketine unicorn pinComposttrue
Broad mistwood staff immaculately carved with bestial imagestrue

Complex runestones

While the mechanics are fundamentally different, they function almost identically to the iconic devices that inspired them. The chief difference is that the conductive pathways of devices like this can be invoked with any percentage of mana used by its spell.

Complex runestones function due to the presence of mana-conducting pathways embedded within the cube. Carefully harnessed mana will favor the conductive paths over the nominal resistance of the cube's mass, saturating them and forming the framework of a spell pattern. Complex runestones are a modern invention, favored for the small size and variety of forms they can take, but often cost a premium due to the advanced metallurgy and tools required to work with the tiny, mana-conductive filaments.

Runestone merchants

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