Rune magic

Rune magic is an art of utilizing the power that lies dormant within glyphstones and runestones.
In contrast to casting spells or incantations, one does not need innate magical abilities in order to enchant magical properties within an object. Runes, glyphs, and complicated combinations thereof seem to be innately powerful and might produce seemingly endless combinations of effects. The practitioners that do have magical skills are known as runemages and seem to be skilled in creational magic.
== History and usage ==
When human scholars from the Northern Realms discovered the runic technology it was already ancient. While (according to Brandon of Oxenfurt) many believed it to be pioneered by the elves, other races such as gnomes and dwarves had their own runic traditions. The dwarven runes in particular appear to be an often-mentioned curiosity amongst humans, who are interested in their secrecy; as Zoltan Chivay describes, Mahakaman dwarves used to engrave incantations (often quite vulgar) that ward off monsters.
In the 10th century, Nordling runemages were able to craft the so-called runic discs: circular plates of copper alloy that harnessed power of multiple runestones in order to fuse energies drawn from multiple elemental planes. Due to the chaotic nature of magic, it was said that only sages and madmen attempted to utilize this technique.
Nowadays, the art of runewrighting is flourishing in an Ofiri region where a pantheistic monotheistic religion has been flourishing, whose clerics teach that runes, glyphs, and other signs are an imperfect interpretation of the symbols through which God, the Universe, expresses Itself.
Nilfgaardian and Nordling mages utilize runes and glyphs in creation of amulets. Non-magical Craftsmen skilled in etching runes are commonly referred to as runewrights or artificers.
== Trivia ==
* The philosophy behind Ofiri runewrighting in the appear to be inspired by Jewish Kabbalah and Islamic Sufism.
== Gallery ==
Gwent cardart northern cintrian artificer.jpg|A Cintrian artificer
Gwent cardart unknown runic disc.png|A 10th century Nordling runic disc
Gwent cardart neutral runemage.jpg|A runemage
==References==
Category:Magic