Practical uses of runes???

Felenan Prince · Post by **Felenan Prince** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:10 am

im wondering what are the practical(non-fighting) uses of runes?

pesmerga786 · Post by **pesmerga786** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:23 am

plenty of things. just got to use you imagination. with the fire rune for instance, you can jus figure many things out to do with fire. heating things, cooking, etc. You can just think of everyday things.

MrTomJoad · Post by **MrTomJoad** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 3:18 am

In suikoden 5 there is a boat powered by the "Flow rune". I assume they meant flowing but it could be something else.

Eyedol · Post by **Eyedol** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:33 am

Wind Runes allow for the use of wind power (great for sailing ships).

Water Runes, just like it's been said, allow for boats to have an easier time. (It would make it very simple for boats to sail against a river's current) Note that few boats in Raftfleet use oarves; that's because of the Rune's use.

Fire ... erh, that's pretty obvious. Fire is always obvious stuff.

Thunder ... same deal as Fire.

Earth would affect the soil; make it areable, rise up or lower down ...

If you watch the Nickelodeon TV series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, you'll get the idea. Sometimes the world of Suikoden and the world of Eberron seem alike too, on how Natural and Supernatural come together.

Aside from that ... there are/were the Rune Cannons of the Suikoden IV/Rhapsodia/Island Nations era.

Felenan Prince · Post by **Felenan Prince** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:55 am

hmm that may be true but we have yet to see anyone use a fire rune for cooking,a wind rune to speed a ship and the other things you mentioned

Reo · Post by **Reo** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:36 pm

Why do you think there are practical uses, then, if they haven't been seen?
Though, again, we have seen the Flow(ing) rune to speed a ship.

Post by **patapi** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:13 pm

Flow Runes and the rare Flowing Runes are one and the same? I'm surprised.

Felenan Prince · Post by **Felenan Prince** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:36 pm

well the flow rune shows that rune really do have some practical uses so i want to know if there are any other official practical uses for runes

pesmerga786 · Post by **pesmerga786** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:18 am

Felenan Prince wrote:well the flow rune shows that rune really do have some practical uses so i want to know if there are any other official practical uses for runes

official practical uses. you would have to look when you play the game then.

Reo · Post by **Reo** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:59 pm

Viki uses her Blinking Rune in a practical non-battle way in every game.

Night · Post by **Night** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:12 pm

Felenan Prince wrote:hmm that may be true but we have yet to see anyone use a fire rune for cooking,a wind rune to speed a ship and the other things you mentioned

But then, how often have we seen someone light a fire using matches or by striking a spark? Many of the things we see in the Suikoverse aren't fully explained. For example, in Suikoden IV we never had to sail our fleet depending on the winds. Obviously that was for game mechanics, but we can at least theorise that they were supported by wind runes.

Felenan Prince · Post by **Felenan Prince** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:00 pm

Hehe your right i forgot about viki's blinking rune

Chris_Lightfellow · Post by **Chris_Lightfellow** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:54 pm

Kyle used his water rune in a non battle way and Sialeeds used her wind rune several times outside of battle.

Eyedol · Post by **Eyedol** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:25 am

Chris_Lightfellow wrote:Kyle used his water rune in a non battle way and Sialeeds used her wind rune several times outside of battle.

Yes, how can Kyle use a spell that doesn't belong to the Rune he had?

More bloopers ...

Wraith · Post by **Wraith** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:49 am

Eyedol wrote:
Chris_Lightfellow wrote:Kyle used his water rune in a non battle way and Sialeeds used her wind rune several times outside of battle.
Yes, how can Kyle use a spell that doesn't belong to the Rune he had?

More bloopers ...

haha! He used Breath of Ice. He had a water rune after all!