Runecasting

Runecasting is the magic system from the Medallion, Myth and Superluminal universes.
==Usage==
Runecasting is not widely known in any universe. Even those who know if it are chary of using it, as it is known to be unpredictable and often dangerous, and the body of known magical knowledge has thus been declining over time. However, despite its dangers, critters find many of its uses vital.
==Casting==
Something about runes and chanting in foreign languages?
==Spells==
The most important spells are those of concealment. Such spells are used to hide the existence of Avalons and similar critter societies from humans. Other spells have been seen and Marri has forgotten them all and will return to them later.
==Medallions==
Medallions are magical amulets that is worn by most critters in order to appear human. They generate a "solid illusion" which allows the wearer to not only appear human, but physically become one. The ability to create new medallions has been lost, meaning all remaining medallions are many centuries old.ghost
===Appearance===
Medallions are immensely varied in composition and appearance. The first medallions were simple and featureless, while newer medallions display their intended species in some way, such as a carving or symbol. They are magically robust, and do not show visible wear consistent with their age, but a number have managed to sustain damage in the centuries since their creation.
===Ownership===
A medallion can only be owned by one critter of the matching species at a time.ghost When a medallion-less critter of the correct type touches a medallion, they become magically connected with a small static-like spark.ghost Once a critter has bonded to a medallion, they can never use another. Ownership can be voluntarily relinquished to a new owner, and otherwise dissipates upon the critter's death, leaving the medallion unclaimed.
===Descendants===
Critters with medallions in human form are capable of bearing offspring with regular humans. Any of their offspring who are born critters will be born with the same human-form illusion as their medallioned parent, and will remain human unless and only unless they obtain a medallion of their own. This can then be passed onto their own children, and their children's children, and so on. Those born as humans may never learn of their mythical origins, as the number of remaining medallions is limited, and so the true size of the critter population remains unknown.ghost
===Use===
Medallions allow their wearer to turn fully or partially human ('midform') at will. They must be within a few inches of their owner to work, and are therefore usually worn as necklaces. Clothing will adapt magically as is convenient for the critter's current form; shirts may develop slits for wings, outfits may vanish outright and reappear upon changing form, and so forth.ghost
===Damage===
Damaged medallions cannot properly maintain their solid illusion, resulting in gaps. In practice, this means the wearer will have some of their non-human traits permanently exposed as though they were always in midform.
==References==
Category:Incandescence
Category:Magic
Category:Medallion
Category:Effulgence
Category:Superluminal
Category:Witchlight
Category:Myth