Magic

問：The rules say you cannot remove someone’s integrated rune, but they also seem to indicate that they are physical objects that you bind to. What stops enemies just taking them?

答：Nothing, really! Once a rune has been integrated to one character, it can never be integrated with someone else, unless the first character dies. That is what you can never take that away from someone. However, a rune has to be in the physical possession of a character to gain its runic power. If he leaves it at home or it is stolen, it is still integrated (cannot take that away, remember) but he no longer has the benefits of its runic power. Also, a rune needs to be actually held in order to use it for runecasting – having it in your pocket is not enough.

問：What is the implication of a character integrating a Chaos rune? I’m sure you’ll appreciate that, from a Gloranthan perspective, the concept sounds very dodgy indeed – what is the intention here?

答：No intention other than what is written in the rulebook. Remember, this is a generic set of rules that can cover a variety of settings. Glorantha will be covered in its own range of books, which are based upon the foundation of these rules, but are not slaved to it.