Runic Cards
Empowering a rune means flooding it with arcane power, and the process is nearly identical to casting a spell. Runes are inert before their creator empowers them. Thus, rune magic is a two-part process: first the caster creates the rune, and then, immediately or some time later, they empowers it.
While empowering a rune is akin to casting a spell, the two actions are very different. Where the normal arcane caster channels arcane power and shapes it through the use of gesture, word and material components, the rune caster simply shunts the energy into the pattern formed by the rune, serving as the channel between the energy and the rune.
This method of rune casting allows for an arcane user to empower the card for use at any point, or to leave them inert until a certain scenario has taken place. This also allows for the use of the cards by non-arcane users if they are already empowered, they need only be thrown or activated.
The process of making these cards is simple, using ink mixed in with arcane powder draw the necessary characters or symbols onto the surface (preferably paper) and imbue them with arcane for later use, using the symbols to determine the perimeters of the spell except for power, that will determined by the amount of arcane channelled into the rune. This process can only be achieved with smaller or simple runes. For any complex runes or spell work please refer to Runic Scrolls.
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