Basic Questions about Runewells

[Rhishisikk]

Okay, I realize a lot of this is probably in Burnt Offerings, but:

With the exception of the Master Runewell in the Runeforge, each runewell can only hold 1-3 sins, is this correct?

The "control dias" for a Runewell limits what the power in the well can be used for?

It requires special training / feat in order to bond with a Runewell for features other than summoning things?

Special Sihedron rituals are needed to "recharge" a pool through sinful fatalities? Or just chuck a sinful critter into the well and watch it dissolve?

I had other questions, but I'm going to plead night-brain. I'll be back after I try to sleep.

[Twigs]

Rhishisikk wrote:

Okay, I realize a lot of this is probably in Burnt Offerings, but:

With the exception of the Master Runewell in the Runeforge, each runewell can only hold 1-3 sins, is this correct?

The "control dias" for a Runewell limits what the power in the well can be used for?

It requires special training / feat in order to bond with a Runewell for features other than summoning things?

Special Sihedron rituals are needed to "recharge" a pool through sinful fatalities? Or just chuck a sinful critter into the well and watch it dissolve?

I had other questions, but I'm going to plead night-brain. I'll be back after I try to sleep.

From the top of my head...

No. I believe the runewell in the catacombs of wrath was nearly spent, but it merely needed to be "topped up". There was no cap.

I'm not sure what this means.

I don't think so. At least, not in the form of a feat or something. It'd be safe to say that it'd take a Runelord to harness that much raw power.

The sihedron rituals (as seen in Skinsaw Murders and HMM) seem to be a way to recharge the runewells over a long distance. These 'sinful fatalities' were otherwise just a matter of proximity. The Runewells awakening was fueled by the murder of Ameiko's mother and the death of Chopper, as it would've been fueled by the deaths of several goblins under Nualia.

Hope this helps.

[EtsuElfRanger]

Rhishisikk wrote:

With the exception of the Master Runewell in the Runeforge, each runewell can only hold 1-3 sins, is this correct?

Right, specifically, each Runewell that I remember seeing is attuned to only one sin, ie the Runewell under Sandpoint is attuned to Wrath. If I remember correctly, most of the Runelords only built one or two Runewells. The exception being Wrath, which had a lot of little ones at all her major holdings.

Rhishisikk wrote:

The "control dias" for a Runewell limits what the power in the well can be used for?

If I'm understanding you right, no. The limit on the Runewell (sin points, I think they called it) is basically the charges remaining. Anyone that knows how to use it, or accidentally bleeds on it, can use the Runewell. Now, to do more than summon sinspawn or infuse someone with that sin, yeah, you'd probably have to actually be a Runelord.

Rhishisikk wrote:

Special Sihedron rituals are needed to "recharge" a pool through sinful fatalities? Or just chuck a sinful critter into the well and watch it dissolve?

Well, the ritual seems to be needed to fuel the Greed Runewell, but not so much with the Wrath Runewell. I am assuming that the ritual basically sends the sin energy to the appropriate runewell upon death. Probably is related to the distance between the victim and the runewell. If it's close enough, it can absorb the energy itself automatically; if not, it has to be sent there.

And if I'm remembering right, the Wrath Runewell wasn't awakened by the murders in Sandpoint. It was the cause of them. The Runewell, and probably most of the others, reactivated when the Greed Runewell was reactivated. The murders recharged it, definitely, but they didn't actually awaken it.