Element Selection: Air
New Runes Discovered
A Rune is a shape that indicates its Meaning and a colour that denotes Element. An uncharged Rune has only shape and an Element of mana without shape does not cause anything to happen. Rune shapes all have indentations that take on the colour of the Element they are charged with.
Shape Meaning
An unusual rune, the shape varies; spheres, cubes, and pyramids are all valid. Each face is marked with an indented double wavy line symbol.
Attack Meaning
A thin rectangular shape that tapers to a point on three out of six faces. The other three faces are marked with an indented cross symbol. All three tapered faces are on the same plane.
Ward Meaning
The Ward shape is a dome. An eight-pointed star is indented on the tip of the dome.
Air Element
Air is the Element of speed, separation and flight. The Air Element is found everywhere above the earth and is drawn in and pressed back out when taking a breath. It is represented by the colour blue.
Earth Element
The Element of Earth carries with it the aspects of weight, solidity and endurance. It is found in all materials and flows most strongly through the ground. It is represented by the colour white.
Fire Element
Aspected towards relentlessness, consumption and destruction. It is unusual in that it is most frequently transmuted from other elements as they are burned. It is represented by the colour red.
Chanting Discovered
Chanting is the skill of transferring the elemental mana from a Rune into the body via the medium of the air. Storing the breath this way allows the Chanter to lace magic into their speech, exhaling the stored elements in physical form. Thus far we have only found one successful combination of stored Runes.
Starting Chant - Shape(Air), Attack(Earth), Ward(Fire) - Wind of Embers
The first chant we have discovered, is the chant of embers. This chant transmutes the wind into embers like the sparks escaping a bonfire directed forward away from the speaker. If these embers land upon suitable kindling they can start fires, but they do not seem overly harmful on their own.
It is now Summer of Turn -3
Discovery PhaseThis turn is a double turn, so you may take 2 actions each phase. There will be no Battle phase.
Rune Skills are a measure of your nation’s understanding of the Runes. They are measured as Unskilled, Apprentice, Adept and Master. You cannot make use of Meanings or Elements until you have at least an Apprentice level understanding of them.
Meaning
Shape - Apprentice
Attack - Apprentice
Ward - Apprentice
Form - Unskilled
Control - Unskilled
Element
Air - Adept - Chanting
Fire - Apprentice
Earth - Apprentice
Water - Unskilled
Wood - Unskilled
Discoveries are magical effects you have discovered that you can put to practical use inside Designs.
Chants
Shape(Air), Attack(Earth), Ward(Fire) - Wind of Embers
This chant transmutes the wind into embers like the sparks escaping a bonfire directed forward away from the speaker. If these embers land upon suitable kindling they can start fires, but they do not seem overly harmful on their own.