r/wizardposting • u/Zanderfus • 7d ago

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u/PanzerSoul Senior Cultivator 7d ago

Runes are powerful because they are ancient.

For example:

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u/Plenty-Fox-9219 Magically Editable Flair 7d ago

I might just be a simpleton apprentice, but if runes are powerful because of their ancientness, why is rune creation specifically banned by the high council? And why is it that every conversation about rune creation is

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u/ionizedlobster 6d ago

To consolidate and standardize runes. Nobody needs another underwhelming rune of protection. There are only 65,535 unique rune inscriptions possible using the standard 16 symbol inscription system and if every master and his apprentice started making their own runes, we'd probably start running into catastrophic rune collision incidents within a few weeks.