Scute Shell

Rune Info

School

Abjuration

Item enchantment

Size

5 × 5

Drawn on

Ground

Activation

Right-click the Iron Block

Uses

Binds to an elytra, a turtle shell, or gold, iron, chainmail, or copper armor; 32 charges at Tier 1, up to 8,490 at Tier 7

Spent on use

The Tier blocks, the Oak Log, the Redstone Torch, and the Iron Block

Materials

• 8× Tier blocks, all one kind
• 8× Oak Log
• 4× Redstone Torch
• 1× Iron Block

Minecraft

1.13+

Permission

runic.runes.scuteshell

An armor blessing: a projectile that would strike you is shrugged aside, and for a short breath more missiles glance away. One charge each time the shell kindles.

Pattern

Hover a tile to name it. Reading pattern diagrams explains the symbols.

5 × 5, one layer. Drawn flat on the ground, facing any compass direction.

NWES

TATTABATABCBATABATTAT

• T
  Tier block × 8

  Every T is the same block, and that block’s Tier sets the rune’s strength.
• Air or a Tier 0 block × 4

  Leave these as air, or fill them with Tier 0 blocks such as dirt or stone.
• Activation block

  The glowing cell is the one to click.
• Spent

  Cells with a corner mark are used up when the rune wakes.

Keys

• A
  Oak Log × 8

  spent when the rune wakes
• B
  Redstone Torch × 4

  spent when the rune wakes
• C
  Iron Block × 1

  spent when the rune wakes

How it works

Scute Shell blesses a piece of armor against missiles. When an arrow, trident, or other projectile would strike you, the shell kindles: the hit is turned aside, one charge is spent, and for the next two seconds every other projectile glances off as well.

A whole volley of arrows therefore costs a single charge, as long as it lands within that short window.

Server owners can lengthen or shorten the window with duration-ticks.

Enchantment

The enchantment is called Scute Shell. Hold an elytra, a turtle shell, or gold, iron, chainmail, or copper armor while you wake the rune.

Items that take it: Elytra, Turtle Helmet, Copper Helmet, Copper Chestplate, Copper Leggings, Copper Boots, Chainmail Helmet, Chainmail Chestplate, Chainmail Leggings, Chainmail Boots, Iron Helmet, Iron Chestplate, Iron Leggings, Iron Boots, Golden Helmet, Golden Chestplate, Golden Leggings, and Golden Boots.

Conflicts with 7 other enchantments

Lock Zone, Lockpick, Personal Automation Designator, Scribe, Silkier Touch, Surveyor, Wraithstep

Configuration

These are the defaults in plugins/Runic/runes/scuteshell.yml. Every rune file also carries the shared settings described in Rune files.

Setting	Default	What it does
use-charges	true	true = finite tier charges, false = infinite charges
duration-ticks	40	How long follow-up projectiles glance away after a charge kindles the shell.

Settings by Tier

Setting	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7
charges-by-tier Charges granted per pattern Tier (1 = Tier 1 … 7 = Tier 7). Edit this table to override the baked default pool.	32	70	161	403	1048	2830	8490

Messages

3 messages this rune can show

Key	Default text
reject-item	The rune stirs, but rejects your hand. Hold {hint}.
conflict	The {other} already bound to this item repels {effect}.
bound	{effect} binds to your {item} ({charges}).