Sith Alchemy: Expansion

[Joslae]

Placing Runes on Armour and Clothing

Alchemical runes are, first and foremost, intended for two purposes; placing down on stationary objects to affect the world around them in various ways, or for use as components of more complex rituals. However, it is possible to deploy them as chargeable components of armour - with stipulations. These runes must be carved into something that is unable to flex, lest it disrupt the shape of the runes in the most minor way. If that does happen, or if the runes are damaged, then consequences can range from anything from a mere loss of power in the runes to a corrupting energy afflicting you, or even small force-based burns and explosions. This means that cloth, leather, flexible polymers and even particularly thin metals are either useless or ill-advised as surfaces for runes that are not part of a metallurgical enchantment on armour.

These runes are not equal to enchantments, they cannot affect the properties of the armour itself and while their effects otherwise will not be negligible, they are also not likely to be hugely significant. As an example of what these runes could do, an interconnected system of runes of protection and power might provide low level protection from force abilities and minor physical trauma. However, this will be a difficult process - establishing these rune networks on armour and imbuing them with power is an extremely lengthy and costly process, and requires the hand of an alchemist intimately familiar with rune inscription.

((Originally postyed by Aodh))