Investing of items with etched runes


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It is very UNCLEAR wether an expert quality longsword with a +1 weapon potency rune needs to be invested.

It is clear that an expert quality longsword with a void rune must be invested if the user wants to activate the weapon. But according to everything that I read the user gets the void bonus without activation - just not the activated part.

It seems that there has been a lot of controversy over resonance points. If what I am reading is true, a character can have the use of worn rune enhanced weapons and armor that do not have activation costs without investing any of them, and consequently not using any resonance points.


Pathfinder Rulebook, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Weapons do not require investment to get their potency (or passive bonuses). Only certain weapon rune effects require resonance expenditures and those are explicitly stated.

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