MRPG Runeing
Runeing is the process of carving magical runes into an item. These runes may make the item itself stronger, or provide stat bonuses to the player it is equipped to. Runes will not typically directly increase the item's damage-level(E.G. a sword my have a Rune of Strength that provides the player a strength bonus, thus increasing damage, but no rune will just add to the sword's base damage).
Runeing requires a special type of recipe called a template and various runeing tools called for by the template. All of these are consumed when the item is runed. Runeing templates cannot be copied by transcription.
Items that can be runed include: all weapons, armor, and shields.
Runic Alphabet
A single, very basic rune(such as a Rune of Strength) can be used, but for more complex effects players must use a runic alphabet comprised of 26 characters. It includes specific all magic-types, stats, weapon-types, armor, etc.
A basic Rune of Strength would add a single point of strength to the wearer. In order to make the bonus stack, the template must also include a rune of damage(for weapons) or protection(for armor), as well as a rune of completion to finish the spell. Thus, the most basic template works with 3 runes(except for single-bonus, non-stacking runes).
Multiples of the same rune can be used within a template. For example a template with Damage, Strength, Strength, Strength, Completion would give a +3 stacking bonus to strength while consisting of 5 runes. An items size determines how many runes it can hold.
Runeing Ingredients
A given template requires one of each of the following and my call for other items:
- Rune Pick
- Rune Hammer
- Preparation Material(usually an alchemical liquid)
- Finishing Rinse(also usually an alchemical liquid)
As well as the Template itself. Templets must usually be bought or found, but a skilled transcriptionist can copy templates.
