New Runes

[crapcarp]

Some of you might remember me posting a thread on making new runes for the Paths and Arcana a few years back (I also called them sigils 'cause I didn't actually know what sigils were and got too caught up in the origin of runes as divining stones; which I'm over now). Well, I decided to remake those and make some new ones for Practices and Orders:


Let me know your thoughts on them.

[Nicolas Milioni]

Some of you might remember me posting a thread on making new runes for the Paths and Arcana a few years back (I also called them sigils 'cause I didn't actually know what sigils were and got too caught up in the origin of runes as divining stones; which I'm over now). Well, I decided to remake those and make some new ones for Practices and Orders:


Let me know your thoughts on them.

May i make a request for some homebrew of mine?

[ArcaneArts]

Kinda generic.

[Nicolas Milioni]

those look beautiful

[crapcarp]

May i make a request for some homebrew of mine?

Like for homebrew Paths/Orders/Legacies, different versions of the same runes, or something?

Kinda generic.

Y'mean they all look uniform in design? 'Cause that was the intention behind these. Yet, they're versatile enough to be stylized in all kinds of ways. Besides, I could say the same for the official runes, and they're nonsensical on top of that.

[Nicolas Milioni]

Like for homebrew Paths/Orders/Legacies, different versions of the same runes, or something?



Y'mean they all look uniform in design? 'Cause that was the intention behind these. Yet, they're versatile enough to be stylized in all kinds of ways. Besides, I could say the same for the official runes, and they're nonsensical on top of that.

I Made the High Guild, a nameless order. could you make a rune for it?

[crapcarp]

I Made the High Guild, a nameless order. could you make a rune for it?

I could; did you have something particular in mind?

If not, I came up with this: alchemical symbol of gold with arrows converging into it; symbolizing the gathering of wealth and power in pursuit of the Perfected Self.

[Nicolas Milioni]

I could; did you have something particular in mind?

If not, I came up with this: alchemical symbol of gold with arrows converging into it; symbolizing the gathering of wealth and power in pursuit of the Perfected Self.

that sounds wonderful,honestly it's a great idea!

[orathaic]

I would love to see one for the Tremere Order (historical) possibly redacted in the modern day...

And it feels like there is another canon order missing.

Oh, what about the Exarchs? Are their Iron Seals runic?

[Phoenix853457]

Runes for
Aretos
Axios
Kleos
Mæstros
Sophros
?
https://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/...-five-paths-2e

[Phoenix853457]

Are their Iron Seals runic?

Yes? their are runic?

[crapcarp]

Runes for
Aretos
Axios
Kleos
Mæstros
Sophros
?
https://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/...-five-paths-2e

No worries, I got them covered. Oh and Nicolas Milioni, I made the rune for the High Guild, along with some others I already made.

[Nicolas Milioni]

No worries, I got them covered. Oh and Nicolas Milioni, I made the rune for the High Guild, along with some others I already made.

thank you so much!

[Isator Levi]

I feel as though there's a distinct lack of consistency in these designs, what with the inclusion of both abstract shapes and stylized images that directly depict their subject (like the one for Veiling), and that even the abstract forms don't look like they're following the same principles. The Acanthus symbol look like it's coming from a completely different design standard than the runes for Fate and Time, as though one put an Egyptian hieroglyph in the middle of some Chinese characters.

Many of them don't really look as though they'd organically follow the idea that the runes are the swirling shapes mana assumes when it is released over a subject.

[ArcaneArts]

Many of them don't really look as though they'd organically follow the idea that the runes are the swirling shapes mana assumes when it is released over a subject.

Because I don't have any additional commentary on product itself (again, kinda generic), I figure I'd elaborate on the runes we have in the game-not because I don't think you don't know it, but I imagine a lot of other people don't-

The runes are derived from the alphabet of the magi, itself a derivative of the Hebrew alphabet constructed at some point in the 17th century (look ma, I can read a wiki). Awakening takes that and add logical floruishes to communicate what they're depicting (which is why the Company of the Codex's rune looks like a little ship, yes that's very silly) to root the feeling occultism even further into the setting, by actually engaging with a prominent feature of Western occultism.

So, like, they have a logic to how they constructed, where as the fanmade product are just....kind of straightforward, generic, and superficial.