Runestones

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 take a bit of fine tweaking to be able to properly cast it. When you work with runestones, you are working your Magical Devices skill.

The runestone carries no power itself. Instead, you have to 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 unestone, 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.

Using a Runestone

• FOCUS on your runestone. When you focus, you'll get a dialogue like this:

You focus your magical senses on a dark asketine runestone.
The asketine runestone has a definite magical pattern, which is apparently a spell.
You recognize the pattern as a manifestation of Life magic.
It seems to involve Nature Manipulation.
The pattern appears to be the Compost spell.
There is a weak point in one of the lines of energy, which will probably not hold for many more uses.
The lines are of moderate width, and they glare with brilliance.

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 Magical Devices skill.

• CHARGE rune <percent> - 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.

>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.

• RUB the runestone to begin casting the spell.

>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.

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

Types of Runestones

Runestone	Spell	Magic Type
Faceted Hafaltu	Ethereal Shield	Elemental
Fiery Rhodonite	Fire Shard	Elemental
Selenite	Frostbite	Elemental
Shining Calvarite	Arc Light	Elemental
Sky Blue Imnera	Zephyr	Elemental
Dark Silver Sraeth	Soul Bonding	Holy
Delicate Pink Erythrite	Rejuvenate	Holy
Colorful Elbaite	Sphere of Protection	Life
Dark Asketine	Compost	Life
Dark Azurite	Shadows	Moon
Glossy Axinite	Mental Blast	Moon
Ice-Blue Celestite	Refractive Field	Moon
Pale Avaes	Clear Vision	Moon
Shiny Blue Xibaryl	Hypnotize	Moon

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 must be FOCUSed and then you RUB them to use the spell. Eventually, the will break as well. You cannot charge runic jewelry.

Runestones for Sale

Sierack's Reagents in Shard

Kalazashi's House of Majik in Ratha sells rune jewelry.