A post made by one of the users got me thinking and I've come to a decision.
I will now be accepting User Generated Submissions for New Runes and Names for Runes that probably already exist and I haven't bothered to name.
Aside from that, you can submit potential Rune ideas or even just names for Runes to me, and if I find them acceptable I will add them to the
Public Rune List and categorize them accordingly. For Rune submissions that are close to being accepted but have a few parts that don't work I'll let the poster know, offer potential changes and if they accept them then I'll go ahead with adding the revised version to the list as well. Note that just because I accept a Rune does not necessarily mean Snorri will know it, sometimes it may exist and he just doesn't know it, or it may not exist yet and I may use it in a future Rune Trade.
A few tips and rules of thumb when submitting a Rune are as follows:
- Names are the least scrutinized and generally follow the rule of cool/thematics. Basically, if it sounds Dwarfy then it's probably good.
- If its effect can't be explained in two lines or less it's probably not going to fly.
- Master Runes are generally more powerful and/or versatile than Regular Runes.
- For Master Runes, the stronger their effect the more likely I'll make it have a rarer ingredient.
- Battle Magic tier effects are generally the realm of Master Runes, and more mundane spells the realm of Regular Runes, but not always.
- I'm willing to add
Regular Runes to both the future rewards or retroactively of your research trees if they fit with what's there, but they'll obviously be under far greater scrutiny.
Please format submissions as follows:
Rune Name: Rune Effect.
Brief description and backstory (optional)
That's all that's really important and you can stop reading here.
The next bit is just me airing out my thoughts and rationale really, because I think it helps to have a record as to why I do stuff because god only knows I forget half the time and I see no issue with it being public.
Basically, it boils down to me wondering if the way I have it set up with the public Rune List has been creatively limiting. I've stated that Snorri knows a lot of Runes, and I've just not listed them in their totality to the thread, but I haven't seen many people poke me to see if a Rune exists and I just haven't listed it and the people who go through the effort are using the Runes I have listed and nothing else. In Hindsight I'm now coming to see that creating a Write-in and or proposing an idea for a Difficult request is already creatively taxing enough, and its probably unfair of me to expect the few people who participate in that endeavour to ALSO go through the hassle of coming to me for Runes that may or may not exist, potentially get told no, and then go back to the Drawing board. So I think this may alleviate that weight. Most obviously I alleviate the workload off my back when it comes to backfilling the names of Runes you know but I haven't bothered to list. It creates a way for people who may find making an entire write-in daunting an easier way to contribute. It's a way to generate ideas for myself, and as the list grows gives people who make Write-ins more to actually work with.
Anyway that's all. I realize I didn't put an Author's note in the results for Turn 46, so this is something of a late addition to that if you wanna think of it that way. Anywho, if you read this far, I hope this all makes sense and that you found at least some of this useful. :^)
