someone asked me about runes and thought I would share my response with you all....

"Runes are permanent fixtures on the host unless they are manually removed. Again, very painful process, more so than actually getting the rune so often times once someone gets a rune... they keep it. lol 

And I have no problem with having a strong Rune or two but remember. Explain how you came upon such a powerful rune. Runes are in a way like a permanent collection. And the more powerful the rune the harder they are to come by. I am going to go into depths on how runes work and how you get them once I get the OOC started but I will give you a little insight.

A. Runes are very specific in nature. There is no 1 rune that does multiple things. Say I want these perks....
-Faster Running
-Improved Strength
-More physical durability.
Now, all three of those things could technically be grouped up into one thing.... "Higher Physical Performance." But with runes and their specific nature they would need three separate runes, one for each effect. And not only does the Runes need to be specific for each improvement but they also need to be placed in a specific place. Like strength would need to be places on the users dominant arm, whether on the forearm or bicep is up to you. Speed would need to be on one of the users legs. Durability on the stomach. 

B. Runes are placed upon the user by "Inscriptionists." Bizarre looking creatures from the other realm. Again, they will be explained in the OOC. But, the important information is that your runes can only be as powerful as the inscriptionist placing them on you. Powerful inscriptionists are VERY hard to come by and even harder to persuade. Like in the real world people with very high skill also have very high pride in their work. They won't put high quality runes on random nobodies, most of the time. So if you want a high Powered Rune you will need to explain how you found such a strong Inscriptionist and how you talked them into giving you such a rare Rune."