Discerning the pattern of creatures will give you their race, their rank and their level. Dismissing allows you to disrupt a creature’s pattern and destroy it. Not all creatures are dismissible, depending on the characteristics below:
Their Race:
What creature they are, i.e. Human, Jotun, Aesir etc.
Their Rank:
Lesser, Greater, or True. This determines the type of Rune required to dismiss the creature, i.e. Quartz, Hematite or Obsidian respectively.
Their Level:
A number. If a number is given, that creature is dismissible. This will be the number of Runes required to dismiss the creature. If no number is given, the creature is not dismissible.
For example:
Player A discerns the pattern of a creature using the following call: “Discern Pattern”
The creature could respond by saying: “Draugr, Lesser, Level 5.”
This indicates to Player A that dismissing the Draugr will require 5 Quartz (Lesser) Runes to accomplish.
To dismiss this creature, they must tear a number of Rune cards of the appropriate type (Quartz/Hematite/Obsidian) and use the vocal below, once all cards are torn:
“By the power of the Runes, I dismiss you, Level 5, Draugr!”
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Alternatively, the creature that Player A discerned could respond by saying: "Human, Lesser".
This indicates to the caster that they are Human; a lesser creature that cannot be dismissed.
NOTE: You only have one pair of hands and cracking a Rune (tearing the card) takes 3 seconds. In the example above, you would have to spend 5 x 3 seconds = 15 seconds cracking your runes first, then call your vocals.
