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Chain Length - How many total runes you can attach to an object, etching new runes, overwriting existing runes, or augmenting anothers' runes by adding to the rune-chain.
Runesmithing primarily deals with the etching of runes into items, typically weapons and armor, to produce temporary, conditional buffs that are consumed upon use.


Rune Severity - How potent the rune-chains you etch are.  The more potent the rune-chain, the more powerful the effect is.  Acts as a multiplier.


Rune Duration - How many times the rune-chain can activate
=== Runesmithing Progression ===
 
For every rank you gain in Runesmithing, the chain of runes you can create may increase.  The potency of the runes you create also may increase.  The number of times the chain of runes can activate before needing reapplication - referred to as Charges - also increases.  Lastly, the number of turns you must wait before any specific effect occurs again decreases, to a limit of once per turn, unless otherwise stated by the Rune.
 
Runes can be applied to weapons and armor.  Runes in the middle of a chain can be removed or replaced without affecting the other runes in the chain.
 
When applying runes in a chain, you may only choose one rune from each group, but you may choose the same rune from a group multiple times, adding the effects together.
 
The Potency of a Rune gets applied to any numerical effect of the rune, rounded up after the calculation. For example: a Rune that gives +4 to your Attack at Twilight, at rank 5, would give +6 instead.


Rune Cooldown - How many turns you must wait before the rune-chain can be activated again (Maximum once per turn, unless otherwise stated)


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Chain !! Severity !! Duration !! Cooldown
! Rank !! Chain !! Potency !! Charges !! Cooldown
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| -1 || 1 || 100% || 2 || 5
| -1 || 1 || 100% || 2 || 5
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Dex and Wis
=== Types of Runes ===
 
There are 4 different groupings of runes: attack, defense, utility, skills, saves
 
Runes may have different effects depending on whether it is applied to a weapon or armor.
 


Runesmithing: d20+dex+int+rank vs DC 14+rank+# of runes
=== Etching a Rune ===


separate effects when used on armor/weapon
Etching a rune takes time to get correct.  Etching a rune takes 1 hour for each rune.  Removing a rune takes 1 Minute for each rune.  Attempting to etch more than 8 runes in one day results in one level of Exhaustion.


rune groupings: attack, defense, utility, skills, saves
Roll a Runesmithing Check (1d20 + Dexterity modifier + Wisdom modifier + Runesmithing rank).  If there are any helpers, add their Runesmithing rank.


Can choose to apply the same rune multiple times, or choose from different groupings
This is checked against the DC of the rune to be etched:


DC 14, plus the desired Rune rank.


Takes 4 hours to apply, action to 'scrape' to remove.


=== Results ===


If you roll below the DC, you still successfully create the rune, but at a rank lower than what you desired. For every 5 below the DC, the rune's effective rank drops by one.


==== Concepts ====
If you roll no more than 4 above the DC, you create your rune at the desired rank.


BG3 Weapon Actions fall under Runesmithing.
If you roll 5 or more above the DC, you create your rune at an elevated rank. For every 5 above the DC, the resultant rune's effective rank increases by one, to a maximum of 2 ranks above desired.

Latest revision as of 23:31, 7 June 2024

Runesmithing primarily deals with the etching of runes into items, typically weapons and armor, to produce temporary, conditional buffs that are consumed upon use.


Runesmithing Progression

For every rank you gain in Runesmithing, the chain of runes you can create may increase. The potency of the runes you create also may increase. The number of times the chain of runes can activate before needing reapplication - referred to as Charges - also increases. Lastly, the number of turns you must wait before any specific effect occurs again decreases, to a limit of once per turn, unless otherwise stated by the Rune.

Runes can be applied to weapons and armor. Runes in the middle of a chain can be removed or replaced without affecting the other runes in the chain.

When applying runes in a chain, you may only choose one rune from each group, but you may choose the same rune from a group multiple times, adding the effects together.

The Potency of a Rune gets applied to any numerical effect of the rune, rounded up after the calculation. For example: a Rune that gives +4 to your Attack at Twilight, at rank 5, would give +6 instead.


Rank Chain Potency Charges Cooldown
-1 1 100% 2 5
0 1 100% 5 2
1 1 100% 9 2
2 1 100% 13 2
3 1 100% 17 2
4 1 100% 21 2
5 1 150% 25 2
6 1 150% 29 2
7 2 150% 33 1
8 2 150% 37 1
9 2 150% 41 1
10 2 200% 45 1
11 2 200% 49 1
12 2 200% 53 1
13 2 200% 57 1
14 3 200% 61 0
15 3 250% 65 0
16 3 250% 69 0
17 3 250% 73 0
18 3 250% 77 0
19 3 250% 81 0
20 3 300% 85 0
21 3 300% 100 0


Types of Runes

There are 4 different groupings of runes: attack, defense, utility, skills, saves

Runes may have different effects depending on whether it is applied to a weapon or armor.


Etching a Rune

Etching a rune takes time to get correct. Etching a rune takes 1 hour for each rune. Removing a rune takes 1 Minute for each rune. Attempting to etch more than 8 runes in one day results in one level of Exhaustion.

Roll a Runesmithing Check (1d20 + Dexterity modifier + Wisdom modifier + Runesmithing rank). If there are any helpers, add their Runesmithing rank.

This is checked against the DC of the rune to be etched:

DC 14, plus the desired Rune rank.


Results

If you roll below the DC, you still successfully create the rune, but at a rank lower than what you desired. For every 5 below the DC, the rune's effective rank drops by one.

If you roll no more than 4 above the DC, you create your rune at the desired rank.

If you roll 5 or more above the DC, you create your rune at an elevated rank. For every 5 above the DC, the resultant rune's effective rank increases by one, to a maximum of 2 ranks above desired.