Runes

Characters can learn the secret of magical Runes. You begin with the Rune of your god, and one other random Rune.

Mundane runes can be drawn by anyone (for example, human priests of Thor can draw Thurisaz), but they will not be magical unless drawn using the secret art taught by the gods.

Additional Runes can be granted by the gods, but they don't part with them easily. Rumour has it the secret of Runes can be stolen from the gods, as well as granted, but obviously such an act would be sacriligeous. Once you know the secret of a Rune it cannot be taken from you, even by the god you received it from. It is not sufficient to simply know a Rune to grant it to others; only the owner of the Rune understands its secrets well enough to teach it.

Runes

Rune	Name	Meanings	God	Power
ᚠ	Fehu	Cattle, Crop-Fertility and Prosperity	Freyja	EARTH HEAL(*)
ᚦ	Thurisaz	Giants, Thorns, Thunder and Victory	Thor	THUNDER SHATTER
ᚢ	Ūruz	Strength, both of Body and of Mind	Magni and Modi	THUNDER TRIPLE
ᚨ	Ansuz	Communication, Divinity and Wisdom	Odin	DARK Learn
ᚱ	Raidō	Self-Reflection, Spiritual Insight, The Moon and Travelling	Mani	ICE Insight
ᚲ	Kenaz	Creativity, Fire, Inspiration and Passion	Bragi	FLAME Create
ᚷ	Gebō	Answers, Generosity and Gifts	Kvasir	LIGHT Claim
ᚹ	Wunjō	Joy, Gambling and Harmony	Balder	LIGHT Would You Kindly Chill(*)
ᚺ	Hagalaz	Destruction, Disruptive Change, Trickery and Hail	Loki	Trickery
ᚾ	Naudiz	Binding and Death	Hel	DARK FREEZE
ᛁ	Isaz	Clarity, Dependability, Ice and Peaceful Change	Sigyn	ICE FREEZE
ᛃ	Jēra	Harvest, Healing and Peace	Idun	WATER HEAL(*)
ᛇ	Ēihaz	Bridging Life and Death, Endurance and Protection	Vali	LIGHT RESIST
ᛈ	Perthaz	Divination, Mysteries and Secrets	Mimir	DARK Insight
ᛉ	Algiz	Guarding, Protection and Vigilance	Heimdall	THUNDER RESIST
ᛊ	Sōwilō	Enlightenment, Success and The Sun	Sol	FLAME Learn
ᛏ	Tîwaz	Battle, Warriors and Weapons	Tyr	THUNDER REPEL
ᛒ	Berkanan	Dreams, Self-Care and Renewal	Sif	LIGHT HEAL(*)
ᛖ	Ehwaz	Horses, Hunting, and Vengeance	Vidar	DARK TRIPLE
ᛗ	Mannaz	The Middle Folk	Hod	EARTH Would You Kindly Chill(*)
ᛚ	Laguz	Boats, Life and Water	Njord	WATER REPEL
ᛜ	Ingwaz	Abundance, Prosperity and Unity	Ingvi	EARTH Create
ᛞ	Dagaz	Anger, Daytime and Energy	Dagur	FLAME SHATTER
ᛟ	Othala	Ancestry, Heritage, Motherhood and The Wisdom of Age	Frig	EARTH Claim

Runecasting

When you cast a rune you must say its name.

In addition to the main power granted, all runes can be cast for minor miracles, calling just its element. Outside of combat this can cause a small miracle such as using Dagaz to make a small flame to appear in your hand instead of its usual shattering effect, or Ēihaz to make a flash of light. This can be used for changing the environment, such as lighting a candle, or it can be directed at a foe to exploit its weaknesses, such as using Raidō to strike a fire troll with ICE.

Most Runes are cast through the power granted by your Material to perform their described call, but some work differently or have extra conditions as detailed below.

Trickery

Loki has perfected the use of his rune to don the guise of other runes to help his lokilings blend in with the godlings of other gods. At the start of each event choose another rune and your Hagalaz rune will perfectly mimic it, acting as that rune in all ways.

Heal

Runes of healing require careful channeling to cast. You must perform 5 seconds of uninterrupted roleplay within range of the target to call HEAL with them.

Would You Kindly Chill

These runes can be used to call "Would You Kindly Chill", but only once per encounter.

Claim

Once per event you can cast this rune to grant you a boon of resources. Exactly what you receive isn't guaranteed, but you can ask for it to be relevant to a problem before you.

Learn

Once per event you can cast this rune to ask a question and get a short factual answer. You can ask questions not even the gods know, but some things are hidden even from the runes of knowledge, and even the runes are not completely infalliable.

Insight

Once per event you can cast this rune to have a vision relating to a topic. This will be more expansive than the information given by the runes of Learning, but will be open to interpretation.

Create

Once per event you can gain a bonus when crafting or inscribing.

Material

Godlings and lokilings are made infused with one of the elemental materials of the world to give them the power to cast runes. Your material does not need to match the runes you cast, though it might be slightly uncomfortable if they don't (for example a godling infused with Ice can freely cast FLAME runes).

Iron or Stone

Solid and reliable, Iron and Stone empower you to cast runes 3 times per encounter using melee strikes or by touch with no need to wait.

You can only cast runes of RESIST once per encounter.

Ice or Nature

Patient and adaptable, Ice and Nature empower you to cast runes any number of times per encounter using melee strikes or by touch, but you must wait 10 seconds between casts.

You can only cast runes of HEAL once per encounter.

Darkness or Fire

Darkness and Fire are energetic but must be controlled. Godlings infused with either of them can cast their runes at Close range, but they can only do so 3 times per encounter and must also wait 10 seconds between casts.