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The "bad" rune wasn't bad; it was a stabilizer. A leash. A cage. Something you paired with the dangerous ones so you could actually survive using them.
He pulled out the rune in his hand and inspected it once more.
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[ᚱ- ᚪᚾᚳᚩᚱ] -Anchor.
Legendary Rune.
Suppresses Mana Flow
Dampens Spell Output
Reduces magical volatility.
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"This is the answer. I can already see it. Most runes have disgusting passives that make them hard to use. Too volatile, too dangerous, and can harm oneself. With Anchor… things change. The dampening of spell output might be disadvantageous when you read it for the first time. But it never said anything about dampening the 'power' of the spell itself."
