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Archives of Nethys

Archives of Nethys

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GM Core / Chapter 5: Treasure Trove / Armor & Armaments / Runes

Fundamental Runes

Source GM Core pg. 225 2.0
Five fundamental runes produce the most essential magic of protection and destruction: armor potency and resilient runes for armor, the reinforcing rune for shields, and weapon potency and striking runes for weapons. A potency rune is what makes a weapon a runic weapon or armor magic armor.

An item can have only one fundamental rune of each type, though etching a stronger rune can upgrade an existing rune to the more powerful version (as described in each rune's entry). As you level up, you typically alternate between increasing an item's potency rune and its striking or resilient rune when you can afford to.