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True Name Ward

A standing ward of anonymity: True Name magic finds no purchase within its circle.

Pattern​

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

3 × 3, 3 layers high. Drawn flat on the ground, facing any compass direction.

Layer 1 (bottom)
AATAA
Layer 2
????B????
Layer 3 (top)
AATAA
  • Tier block × 2
    Every T is the same block, and that block’s Tier sets the rune’s strength.
  • Optional cell × 8
    Leave it empty or place a block here; the rune wakes either way.
  • Air or a Tier 0 block × 8
    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.

Keys

  • Any Stairs × 8
    stays after use
    Takes any of 12 blocks in 2 families
    • Any Wooden Stairs: Acacia Stairs, Bamboo Stairs, Birch Stairs, Cherry Stairs, Crimson Stairs, Dark Oak Stairs, Jungle Stairs, Mangrove Stairs, Oak Stairs, Spruce Stairs, Warped Stairs
    • Also: Bamboo Mosaic Stairs
    /runic build places Acacia Stairs.
  • Emerald Block × 1
    stays after use

How it works​

The True Name Ward smothers True Name magic within its sphere, so a True Name pad inside it hands out no heads. It is the only ward that takes any wooden or fungus stairs.

See Wards for raising, radius, chains, and lowering.

Configuration​

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

SettingDefaultWhat it does
max-chain256

Settings by Tier​

SettingTier 1Tier 2Tier 3Tier 4Tier 5Tier 6Tier 7
radii-by-tier
Effect radius in blocks per pattern Tier (1 = Tier 1 … 7 = Tier 7).
16243240485664

Messages​

5 messages this rune can show
KeyDefault text
not-ownerThis ward answers only to its maker.
lowered{display} lowered{chain}.
obstructedClear the eight blocks around the emerald before raising the ward.
raised{display} raised (radius {radius}). {hint}{chain}
brokenThe ward falls — its pattern no longer stands.