Rune

From Neverend

Runes are crafted by a mage with crafting skill to make runic swords, jewelry, and other items. Mages can create a runestone, a stone inscribed with a rune. Runic items have a permanent, lasting effect on their item. Multiple runes can weaken the effect and raise contradictions, unless supplement runes are in place. Items can only hold limited space for runes depending on the item. Runes are modified from traditional runes.

Using the right order, runes allow the item to cast a corresponding spell effect, such as "fire" and "dart" being fire dart. The item can have a bonus against creature types, be strong against creature types, create a creature, cast an offensive or defensive spell.

The rune crafter skill determines the power and effectiveness of the spell. A low level crafter can create spell effects weaker than those cast by enchanters, a higher skilled crafter can have effects equal to and slightly better than enchanter effects, and a highly skilled crafter would be at the same skill as a high skill enchanter. Runic items are mainly a substitute for enchanting temporary spell effects.

Longer rune sequences and more powerful spells require a higher crafting skill, as a longer rune sequence will increase the chance of a failed item. An incorrect rune sequence will also fail. High level spells have a higher chance of being crafted as infrequent effect items, or weaker versions of spells, such as a dragon summoning rune creating a weak dragon hatchling. A high skilled crafter has a better chance of producing an item with an optimal spell and a high activation rate, but success is not guaranteed.

Crafting skill determines the rate of usage for an effect if the effect is manual, and the rate of being cast if the effect is automatic. A lightning enchanted sword may use lightning magic rarely if enchanted by a low skill crafter, but more frequently from a high skill crafter. A manual summon spell from an item might work once a day, twice a day, four times a day, every two hours, every hour, or every half hour.

Rune mages can use instant rune magic by using rune stones. Rune magic opens a grid of all runes, showing all runes present in inventory and the quantity of each rune, and requires typing or selecting available rune stones in the right order to cast an existing spell. Each rune is destroyed when a spell is cast. Rune spells drain small amounts of mana, but cost much less than typical mage spells. Rune magic skill determines the power and effectiveness of the spell used, so a high level spell will be weak or fail if used with insufficient skill. Each spell has a skill level for proficiency.

Rune stones are stored in inventory under "rune stones" as a container, listing individual stones and quantity when selected.

There may be special types of rune stones that are used on the rune grid when in inventory, runes with multiple charges, rune stones with three charges until being destroyed, or rune stones that become uncharged when used once and cannot be used until recharged. Increasing the variety of rune stone types creates an excess amount of runes, but may be manageable if stored as simple text variables.

ID	Name	Type	Stats	Description
	Ath	Element		Earth
	Ani	Attribute		Speed
	Ako	Element		Water
	Gan	Effect		Shield
	Th	Effect		Forcefield
	Phe	Effect		Projectile
	Yon	Status		Luck
	Guh	Effect		Damage
	Koh	Element		Fire
	Lah	Element		Air
	Quh	Status		Dexterity
	Buh	Status		Strength
	Tke	Status		Wisdom
	Roh	Status		Willpower
	Xah	Status		Stamina
	Lih	Magic		Necromancy
	Tku	Creature		Bird
	Che	Effect		Berserk
	Sha	Status		Dodge
	Pel	Effect		Speed
	Wol	Effect		Treasure
	Rid	Effect		Sphere
	Faw	Creature		Animal
	Gon	Creature		Golem
	Gil	Element		Plant
	Xeh	Effect		Create
	Meh	Effect		Summon
	Pih	Effect		Protect against
	Pih	Creature		Insects
	Kel	Element		Wood
	Bal	Element		Bone
	Gel	Element		Gem
	Ett	Effect		Item
	Vat	Element		Alcohol
	Kil	Effect		Confusion
	Pit	Effect		Poison
	Gal	Effect		Rise
	Log	Effect		Lower
	Ban	Effect		Burst
	Sho	Effect		Explode
	Pik	Effect		Beam
	Rud	Effect		Prevent
	Neg	Effect		Weakness to
	Kan	Effect		Speak
	Jen	Effect		Dagger
	Den	Effect		Sword
	Gen	Effect		Shield
	Nen	Effect		Armor
	Lis	Effect		Visible
	Vi	Effect		Sustain
	Tol	Effect		Increase
	Dol	Effect		Decrease
	Cer	Effect		Enchant
	Feh	Effect		Arrow
	Fih	Effect		Dart
	Goh	Effect		Cloud
	Zet	Effect		Dragon
	Enu	Effect		Heal
	Poh	Effect		Food
	Zeh	Effect		Jump
	Teh	Effect		Strike
	Toh	Effect		Push
	Cos	Effect		Negate
	Lal	Effect		Small
	Lal	Effect		See
	Tos	Effect		Life
	Nah	Effect		Light
	Ril	Effect		Motion
	Tin	Effect		Vision
	Vin	Effect		Time
	Eth	Effect		Magic