Sgt. Cookie
2012-11-07, 12:50 PM
So, I had an idea for stuff. Nothing solid or concrete, just, things. I'll list 'em here for a while, and at some point compile and straighten it all out.
Runecrafting rules
Crafting a Rune
Crafting an actual Rune takes some effort on behalf of the Runecrafter. A Rune is an intricate symbol or pattern, not unlike Binding, that the Rune uses to symbolise a particular aspect, be it good, evil, fire, cold, whatever.
Many runes are easy to craft, requiring little to no time at all on the Runecrafter's part, and about as much effort these "simple" runes are weak, but are the building blocks of more complex runes.
Unless otherwise stated, a Rune in and of itself is a diminutive sized object. A Rune written on a piece of parchment (or any other foldable object) can be folded down to fine size for traveling purposes. The parchment must be unfolded to use the Rune.
Crafting times are shown below:
{table=head] Rune complexity|Action to craft
Simple|Standard Action
Intermediate|Full round action
Complex|1 round
Very Complex|2 rounds
Extremely Complex|3 rounds[/table]
There are two types of Runes, Prepared Runes and Reserve Runes.
Prepared Runes are a type of Rune purpose built for a Letter, as such they only function for that particular Letter. Because of their nature, a Runecrafter may have any number of Prepared Runes.
Reserve Runes are standalone Runes that are used to created letters on the fly, as and when the Runecrafter needs them. Unlike Prepared Runes, there is a limit to the amount of Reserve Runes a Runecrafter can have. This limit is stated in any Runecrafter class or Feats. Only Runes of upto Complex difficulty can be a Reserve Rune.
Reserve Runes are usualy written on things like small stones.
Letters
A Letter is what a Runecrafter uses to channel the power of runes. As mentioned above, there are two types of Letters, one using Prepared Runes and one using Reserve Runes.
Prepared Letters are long, arduous, time consuming tasks that the Runecrafter creates to achive monumental tasks, such as summoning a volcanoe, or traveling to another plane. Each Prepared Letter takes a different amount of time, as stated in each Letter's description. You can preprepare only a small amount of Prepared Letters, as noted in the Class or Feat. Otherwise, a Prepared Letter is "cast" when completed.
Sudden Letters, however, are a different story. A Sudden Letter is not as powerful as a Prepared Letter, but are much more useful on the fly. Sudden letters do things such as blowing a hole in a wall, or blasting an opponent with raw chaos. Unless otherwise stated, a Sudden Letter takes a standard action to form, as you have already created the Runes. Once used, the Reserve Runes cannot be used again for a certain number of rounds, as noted in the Letter's description.
Peripheral Runes
Some sudden letters you can add Peripheral Runes to. If you think of them as being like optional material components, you're not far off.
Peripheral Runes are always named so in the Letter, along side the Peripheral Rune cooldown time AND the effect achieved by using the Peripheral Rune.
Peripheral Cooldown is in addition to the standard cooldown. If, for example, a Sudden Letter had a 2 round cooldown time, and a peripheral cooldown time of 3, the total cooldown is 5 rounds.
During the total cooldown time, none of the runes used in the letter can be used.
Abilities or feats that reduce cooldown, such as the Runemaster's Enhanced Cooldown ability, affects standard cooldown first, and peripheral cooldown second.
Basic Runes and Compound Runes
There are two sorts of Runes, Basic Runes and Compound Runes.
Basic Runes are the building blocks of everything else. A Basic Rune is a simple pictogram, symbolising some basic aspect of existence, be it Flame, Water, Sound or even Mountains.
A Compound Rune, as the name suggests, is a Rune created by combining two or more Runes to create something related, such as a Rune of Life and a Rune of Death compounding into a Rune of Cycles. A Compound Rune is more likely to be used in Prepared Letters than in Sudden Letters.
Runecraft level:
Your Runecrafter level is equal to your levels in any Runecrafter class or PrC + half your levels in any other class + (2 X the number of any Runecraft feats you possess), unless the feat says otherwise. Your Runecrafter level cannot exceede your ECL.
Rune List
Lesser Runes
Basic Lesser Runes:
Lesser Rune of the Sun: A simple rune, symbolises day
Lesser Rune of the Moon: A simple rune, symbolises night
Lesser Fire (Element) Rune: A simple rune, symbolises the fire element
Lesser Water Rune: A simple rune, symbolises the water element
Lesser Air Rune: A simple rune, symbolises the air element
Lesser Earth Rune: A simple rune, symbolises the earth element
Lesser Fire (Energy) Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw fire energy
Lesser Cold Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw cold energy
Lesser Acid Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw acid energy
Lesser Electricity Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw electricity energy
Lesser Sonic Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw sonic energy
Lesser Force Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw force
Lesser Good Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises raw goodness (Energy rune)
Lesser Evil Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises raw evil (Energy rune)
Lesser Law Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises raw order (Energy rune)
Lesser Chaos Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises raw chaos (Energy rune)
Lesser Life Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises life
Lesser Death Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises death.
Compound Lesser Runes:
Any simple (Non-alignment) energy lesser rune + Lesser Law Rune = Lesser Rune of Controlled X: A complex rune, symbolises controlled destruction.
Any simple (Non-alignment) energy lesser rune + Lesser Chaos Rune = Lesser Rune of Uncontrolled X: A complex rune, symbolises uncontrolled destruction.
Lesser Rune of Life + Lesser Rune of Death OR Lesser Rune of the Sun + Lesser Rune of the Moon = Rune of Cycles: A very complex rune, symbolises repetition.
Lesser Good rune + Lesser Evil rune + Lesser Law rune + Lesser Chaos rune = Lesser Rune of spiritual balance: A very complex rune, symbolises spiritual balance.
Lesser Rune of Fire (Element) + Lesser Rune of Water + Lesser Rune of Air + Lesser Rune of Earth = Lesser Rune of Physical Balance: A very complex rune, symbolises physical balance.
Lesser Rune of Spiritual Balance + Lesser Rune of Physical Balance = Lesser Rune of Perfection: An extremely complex rune, symbolises total physical and mental perfection.
Any simple energy lesser rune + Lesser Rune of Spiritual Balance = Rune of Spiritual X: A very complex rune, symbolises destruction of spirits.
Any simple energy lesser rune + Lesser Rune of Physical Balance = Rune of Physical X: A very complex rune, symbolises destruction of the physical world.
Any simple energy lesser rune + Lesser Rune of Perfection = Lesser rune of perfect X: An extremely complex rune, symbolises total, unrivaled perfection of something.
Runes
Basic Runes
Rune of the Flame: A simple rune, symbolises fire, both controlled and uncontrolled
Rune of the Ocean: A simple rune, symbolises the open seas
Rune of the Sky: A simple rune, symbolises the skies
Rune of the Mountains: A simple rune, symbolises stone, rock, metal, etc. (Basically, the earth itself)
Rune of the Hearth: A simple rune, symbolises home
Rune of Roads: A simple rune, symbolises travel
Rune of Battle: A simple rune, symbolises war
Rune of Calm: A simple rune, symbolises peace
Rune of Love: A simple rune, symbolises love
Rune of Hate: A simple rune, symbolises hate
Rune of the Craftsman: An intermediate rune, symbolises creation at the hand of man
Rune of the Woodsman: An intermediate rune, symbolises destruction at the hand of man
Rune of the Warrior: An intermediate rune, symbolises fighting
Rune of the Magician: An intermediate rune, symbolises magic
Rune of the Performer: An intermediate rune, symbolises a performance of some kind
Rune of the Huntsman: An intermediate rune, symbolises hunting for food
Rune of the Trapper: An intermediate rune, symbolises hunting for fur, ivory, hide, etc
Rune of the Farmer: An intermediate rune, symbolises cultivating land solely for food
Rune of the Silkmaster: An intermediate rune, symbolises cultivating land solely for clothing, curtains, etc.
Rune of the Serf: An intermediate rune, symbolises a poor labourer
Rune of the Nobleman: An intermediate rune, symbolises a rich lay-about.
Compound runes:
Rune of the Warrior + Rune of Calm = Rune of the Tactician: A complex rune, symbolises thought in battle
Rune of Roads + Rune of the Performer = Rune of the Traveling Performer: A complex rune, symbolises a moving performance
Runecrafting rules
Crafting a Rune
Crafting an actual Rune takes some effort on behalf of the Runecrafter. A Rune is an intricate symbol or pattern, not unlike Binding, that the Rune uses to symbolise a particular aspect, be it good, evil, fire, cold, whatever.
Many runes are easy to craft, requiring little to no time at all on the Runecrafter's part, and about as much effort these "simple" runes are weak, but are the building blocks of more complex runes.
Unless otherwise stated, a Rune in and of itself is a diminutive sized object. A Rune written on a piece of parchment (or any other foldable object) can be folded down to fine size for traveling purposes. The parchment must be unfolded to use the Rune.
Crafting times are shown below:
{table=head] Rune complexity|Action to craft
Simple|Standard Action
Intermediate|Full round action
Complex|1 round
Very Complex|2 rounds
Extremely Complex|3 rounds[/table]
There are two types of Runes, Prepared Runes and Reserve Runes.
Prepared Runes are a type of Rune purpose built for a Letter, as such they only function for that particular Letter. Because of their nature, a Runecrafter may have any number of Prepared Runes.
Reserve Runes are standalone Runes that are used to created letters on the fly, as and when the Runecrafter needs them. Unlike Prepared Runes, there is a limit to the amount of Reserve Runes a Runecrafter can have. This limit is stated in any Runecrafter class or Feats. Only Runes of upto Complex difficulty can be a Reserve Rune.
Reserve Runes are usualy written on things like small stones.
Letters
A Letter is what a Runecrafter uses to channel the power of runes. As mentioned above, there are two types of Letters, one using Prepared Runes and one using Reserve Runes.
Prepared Letters are long, arduous, time consuming tasks that the Runecrafter creates to achive monumental tasks, such as summoning a volcanoe, or traveling to another plane. Each Prepared Letter takes a different amount of time, as stated in each Letter's description. You can preprepare only a small amount of Prepared Letters, as noted in the Class or Feat. Otherwise, a Prepared Letter is "cast" when completed.
Sudden Letters, however, are a different story. A Sudden Letter is not as powerful as a Prepared Letter, but are much more useful on the fly. Sudden letters do things such as blowing a hole in a wall, or blasting an opponent with raw chaos. Unless otherwise stated, a Sudden Letter takes a standard action to form, as you have already created the Runes. Once used, the Reserve Runes cannot be used again for a certain number of rounds, as noted in the Letter's description.
Peripheral Runes
Some sudden letters you can add Peripheral Runes to. If you think of them as being like optional material components, you're not far off.
Peripheral Runes are always named so in the Letter, along side the Peripheral Rune cooldown time AND the effect achieved by using the Peripheral Rune.
Peripheral Cooldown is in addition to the standard cooldown. If, for example, a Sudden Letter had a 2 round cooldown time, and a peripheral cooldown time of 3, the total cooldown is 5 rounds.
During the total cooldown time, none of the runes used in the letter can be used.
Abilities or feats that reduce cooldown, such as the Runemaster's Enhanced Cooldown ability, affects standard cooldown first, and peripheral cooldown second.
Basic Runes and Compound Runes
There are two sorts of Runes, Basic Runes and Compound Runes.
Basic Runes are the building blocks of everything else. A Basic Rune is a simple pictogram, symbolising some basic aspect of existence, be it Flame, Water, Sound or even Mountains.
A Compound Rune, as the name suggests, is a Rune created by combining two or more Runes to create something related, such as a Rune of Life and a Rune of Death compounding into a Rune of Cycles. A Compound Rune is more likely to be used in Prepared Letters than in Sudden Letters.
Runecraft level:
Your Runecrafter level is equal to your levels in any Runecrafter class or PrC + half your levels in any other class + (2 X the number of any Runecraft feats you possess), unless the feat says otherwise. Your Runecrafter level cannot exceede your ECL.
Rune List
Lesser Runes
Basic Lesser Runes:
Lesser Rune of the Sun: A simple rune, symbolises day
Lesser Rune of the Moon: A simple rune, symbolises night
Lesser Fire (Element) Rune: A simple rune, symbolises the fire element
Lesser Water Rune: A simple rune, symbolises the water element
Lesser Air Rune: A simple rune, symbolises the air element
Lesser Earth Rune: A simple rune, symbolises the earth element
Lesser Fire (Energy) Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw fire energy
Lesser Cold Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw cold energy
Lesser Acid Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw acid energy
Lesser Electricity Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw electricity energy
Lesser Sonic Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw sonic energy
Lesser Force Rune: A simple rune, symbolises raw force
Lesser Good Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises raw goodness (Energy rune)
Lesser Evil Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises raw evil (Energy rune)
Lesser Law Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises raw order (Energy rune)
Lesser Chaos Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises raw chaos (Energy rune)
Lesser Life Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises life
Lesser Death Rune: An intermediate rune, symbolises death.
Compound Lesser Runes:
Any simple (Non-alignment) energy lesser rune + Lesser Law Rune = Lesser Rune of Controlled X: A complex rune, symbolises controlled destruction.
Any simple (Non-alignment) energy lesser rune + Lesser Chaos Rune = Lesser Rune of Uncontrolled X: A complex rune, symbolises uncontrolled destruction.
Lesser Rune of Life + Lesser Rune of Death OR Lesser Rune of the Sun + Lesser Rune of the Moon = Rune of Cycles: A very complex rune, symbolises repetition.
Lesser Good rune + Lesser Evil rune + Lesser Law rune + Lesser Chaos rune = Lesser Rune of spiritual balance: A very complex rune, symbolises spiritual balance.
Lesser Rune of Fire (Element) + Lesser Rune of Water + Lesser Rune of Air + Lesser Rune of Earth = Lesser Rune of Physical Balance: A very complex rune, symbolises physical balance.
Lesser Rune of Spiritual Balance + Lesser Rune of Physical Balance = Lesser Rune of Perfection: An extremely complex rune, symbolises total physical and mental perfection.
Any simple energy lesser rune + Lesser Rune of Spiritual Balance = Rune of Spiritual X: A very complex rune, symbolises destruction of spirits.
Any simple energy lesser rune + Lesser Rune of Physical Balance = Rune of Physical X: A very complex rune, symbolises destruction of the physical world.
Any simple energy lesser rune + Lesser Rune of Perfection = Lesser rune of perfect X: An extremely complex rune, symbolises total, unrivaled perfection of something.
Runes
Basic Runes
Rune of the Flame: A simple rune, symbolises fire, both controlled and uncontrolled
Rune of the Ocean: A simple rune, symbolises the open seas
Rune of the Sky: A simple rune, symbolises the skies
Rune of the Mountains: A simple rune, symbolises stone, rock, metal, etc. (Basically, the earth itself)
Rune of the Hearth: A simple rune, symbolises home
Rune of Roads: A simple rune, symbolises travel
Rune of Battle: A simple rune, symbolises war
Rune of Calm: A simple rune, symbolises peace
Rune of Love: A simple rune, symbolises love
Rune of Hate: A simple rune, symbolises hate
Rune of the Craftsman: An intermediate rune, symbolises creation at the hand of man
Rune of the Woodsman: An intermediate rune, symbolises destruction at the hand of man
Rune of the Warrior: An intermediate rune, symbolises fighting
Rune of the Magician: An intermediate rune, symbolises magic
Rune of the Performer: An intermediate rune, symbolises a performance of some kind
Rune of the Huntsman: An intermediate rune, symbolises hunting for food
Rune of the Trapper: An intermediate rune, symbolises hunting for fur, ivory, hide, etc
Rune of the Farmer: An intermediate rune, symbolises cultivating land solely for food
Rune of the Silkmaster: An intermediate rune, symbolises cultivating land solely for clothing, curtains, etc.
Rune of the Serf: An intermediate rune, symbolises a poor labourer
Rune of the Nobleman: An intermediate rune, symbolises a rich lay-about.
Compound runes:
Rune of the Warrior + Rune of Calm = Rune of the Tactician: A complex rune, symbolises thought in battle
Rune of Roads + Rune of the Performer = Rune of the Traveling Performer: A complex rune, symbolises a moving performance