Runes

Only available when the unofficial expansion, Horn of the Abyss, is installed.

Secondary Skills
Air Magic
Archery
Armorer
Artillery
Ballistics
Diplomacy
Eagle Eye
Earth Magic
Estates
Fire Magic
First Aid
Intelligence
Interference
Leadership
Learning
Logistics
Luck
Mysticism
Navigation
Necromancy
Offense
Pathfinding
Resistance
Runes
Scholar
Scouting
Sorcery
Tactics
Water Magic
Wisdom

Runes

Basic: allows the hero's units to accumulate up to 3 Rune Levels in combat. Each rune Level gives bonuses to their creatures' stats:

1: +2 Attack, 2: +2 Defense, 3: +1 Speed.

Advanced: allows the hero's units to accumulate up to 6 Rune Levels in combat. Each rune Level gives bonuses to their creatures' stats:

1: +2 Attack, 2: +2 Defense, 3: +1 Speed.

4: +2 Attack, 5: +2 Defense, 6: +1 Speed.

Expert: allows the hero's units to accumulate up to 9 Rune Levels in combat. Each rune Level gives bonuses to their creatures' stats:

1: +2 Attack, 2: +2 Defense, 3: +1 Speed.

4: +2 Attack, 5: +2 Defense, 6: +1 Speed.

7: +2 Attack, 8: +2 Defense, 9: +1 Speed.

The bonuses of all achieved Rune Levels are cumulative. The unit gains +1 Rune Level when it attacks; +2 Rune Levels when it takes damage; +3 Rune Levels when it takes a defensive stance.

All classes may learn Runes from a Bulwark's Sieidi of the Runes if they have any level of Scholar.