Rune Chart

Different weapons accept the same Runes differently. Even two different copies of the same item might react to Runes differently.

However, any weapon that accepts Runes will accept them in one of ten ways. Which set of runes any weapon accepts is randomly determined when the item pops. So, to determine what Runes will have a desired affect on any given weapon, first delve the item a couple times to see which set of runes you're dealing with. Once you figure out which one of the ten sets of Runes this weapon is accepting, you can safely Rune the item without fear of accidentally applying the wrong Rune.

NB: The reason you delve twice is twofold; firstly, delve is not 100% accurate so it is helpful to be more certain. Secondly, if you get a result of 'runeword will have no affect' then you will need to delve again because each runeword does nothing in two sets. (example; if delve tells you 'yal' does nothing, your weapon might be in set 1 or 7)

Rune Chart

Set:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Effect
Weakness	zor	era	boh	vi	chy	to	ka	rin	yal	nol	-5 dr
Sickliness	era	to	ka	zor	boh	nol	rin	yal	vi	chy	-2 con
Confusion	vi	zor	chy	yal	nol	era	boh	ka	rin	to	-2 wis
Vanquishing	rin	yal	to	ka	era	vi	nol	chy	boh	zor	+min/avg/max
Striking	ka	rin	era	boh	zor	yal	to	nol	chy	vi	+min/avg
Battle	boh	ka	zor	chy	vi	rin	era	to	nol	yal	-3 ac, +min/avg
Defense	chy	boh	vi	nol	yal	ka	zor	era	to	rin	-5 ac
Invulnerability	nol	chy	yal	to	rin	boh	vi	zor	era	ka	-10 ac
None	to	vi	nol	rin	ka	chy	yal	boh	zor	era
None	yal	nol	rin	era	to	zor	chy	vi	ka	boh

• Rune of Striking is superior in raising minimum and average damage of a weapon to the Rune of Battle, by approximately 5-7 points to minimum and 3-5 points to average damage - tested on hero weapons, the range for lord weapons will likely be greater.