Runic Magic
Where magery channels the raw Arcane Weave, runic magic is the art of shaping it through ancient symbols of power. Runes are the building blocks of spellcraft in Velmora — discrete glyphs that can be combined, layered, and sequenced to create spells no grimoire has ever recorded. A single rune might produce a spark; combine three and you summon a firestorm. The possibilities are vast, but so are the costs. More powerful rune combinations demand rarer reagents, and a miscombined sequence can backfire catastrophically. Runes themselves are found throughout the world — etched into forgotten ruins, dropped by slain creatures, or traded by wandering scholars. Some runes govern the visual manifestation of a spell, allowing a caster to select animation effects from a library of collected animation runes. Others alter fundamental properties: range, duration, elemental affinity, area of effect. The true art lies not in collecting runes but in understanding how they interact, discovering synergies that turn a simple cantrip into something extraordinary.