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Rules of the Runes

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Rune Items

An Ancestral Heirloom or runic item is no different from a magic item, and all the usual rules for magic items still apply. For example, a creature with Ethereal rule cannot be hurt by attacks that are not classified as magical- in which case a runic weapon will also be able to affect it. All the rules that apply to the possession and use of magic items also apply to runic items.

Note that a shot from a war machine with an engineering rune is a magical attack.

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Rules of the Runes Table
Jealous Runes
No master rune may be used more than once per army, and no more than one master rune can be inscribed on an item.
Rule of Form
Weapon runes can only be inscribed on Hand Weapons, armour runes can only be inscribed on armour, banner runes can only be inscribed on standards, engineering runes can only be inscribed on war machines, and talismanic runes can only be inscribed on talismans.
Rule of Pride
No more than one item may carry the same combination of runes. You could not have two runic weapons both engraved with a Rune of Speed and a Rune of Fire, for example, or more than one standard bearing two Runes of Battle. This restriction also applies to the use of single runes.
Rule of Three
No single item can have more than three runes. Note that x2 means the rune counts as taking the standard version of the rune twice. x3 means taking it thrice.