All About Runes

If you are new to Coliseum2 this page will help you get familiar with the Runes. It describes what the runes are, how to use them, and how to set up the Runes on your server (should you be a server admin). Use the links below to jump to the various sections on other pages for other rune related topics.

Player "Drop Rune" Set Up Shows screen grabs of the set up screens binding a key to drop a Rune.

Server Rune Configuration Describes the variables used for configuring runes on servers.

There are 5 different Runes in Coliseum2. The Runes can be thought of as instant power-ups that do not have a time limit (like the haste, flight, or quad damage power-ups in standard Q3). To pick up a Rune all you have to do is run over it. It is instantly activated as soon as you pick it up. You can only have one Rune at a time. The Rune will stay with you until you die or you drop it. You can drop the Runes at anytime by binding a key to do so. That is covered in the User Interface/Client Enhancements section. But first lets take a look at the 5 Runes and see what they do:

The red "Strength" rune can be thought of as a mini Quad. It increases the damage of your weapons by 1.5 (default). Watch out for your own splash damage. It is increased too. It's easy to blow yourself up with this one. |  | The blue "Resist" rune can be thought of as permanent armor. It reduces the damage you take from others by 0.5 (default).
The yellow "Haste" rune increases the firing rate of all of your weapons only. It does not increase the speed of your motion. |  | The green "Regen" rune will slowly increase your health to max health of 200 (default). Once max is reached, it will stay there unless you take damage where it will increase your health again while you are holding the rune. Both the max health and replenish rate is adjustable by the server.
The pink "Vampire" Rune adds to your health 25% of the health you take from an opponent when you shoot them. It will build your health to the max of 200 (default). Both the steal percent amount and max health is adjustable by the server.

In the game the Runes will appear from time to time all across the map. As stated above, in order to use a Rune all you need to do is run over it and that allows you to "pick it up". It then becomes active. Here is a screen grab of the vampire rune in the game. It is just to the right and slightly behind the rocket launcher.
One of the things you need to know is the status of your Rune inventory. In Coliseum2 this is handled by a small icon in the lower right hand side of you HUD. First, here is a screen grab of a player with no Rune. The black Rune shape circled in red is what you would see in single player. In multi-player this icon shows up just to the left of the lag-o-meter.
This is a screen grab of a player that has the red Strength Rune. It is circled in red at the lower right hand side of the HUD. This is how it appears in single player. In multi-player it shows up just to the left of the lag-o-meter if it is on. Note: the red circles in the above shots are just to help you see where the icon is. The red circle does not show up in the game.

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