Changes

Runes in [[Diablo III]] are going to work differently than runes in [[Diablo II]]. They will no longer be socketed into [[items]], like {{iw|Rune Diablo 2 runes}}, and there will not be any combination of runes to make {{iw|Runeword RuneWords}}. They A lot about Skill Runes was told during Blizzcon 2008 Class Design Panel. The following are infos gathered from the Panels, Developer Interviews and Q&A sessions. ==Skills Customization==Skill Runes are now part being designed as a way to customize and improve your character's skills and are one of the main aspects of Diablo 3's skill system. By socketting in a Skill Rune you will actually change the look and way the character customizationskill works.It seems Skill Runes can be inserted into Active Skills only. As shown into Blizzcon Diablo 3 play sessions, every Active Skill presents a socket to insert runes into, while passive skills and masteries had none. Skill Runes can be swapped in and out freely, thus allowing and encouraging experimentation. You  ==Rune Types and Quality==In a way similar to Diablo 2 gems, Skill Runes will enter come in a variety of kind and quality. The type of rune you socket in determines the way the skill will be altered.As of today, known runes are:*Energy Rune*Lethality Rune*Multistrike Rune*Power Rune*Striking Rune The number is probably going to grow, since developers stated they will consider adding new runes for your whenever they come up with an idea to custumize skills/spellsin a cool new way. Right now, which only the Minor quality runes where shown. By the way, it was clearly stated that runes will come in four or five tiers of quality, with higher quality runes progressively more powerful. No further info on rune quality is available at the moment, still a progression like Minor, Normal, Major, Perfect runes, or similar pattern, is likely to show up in the final game. ==Skills with Skill Runes exemples==During the panel it was shown how Skill Runes will affect how the these way Skills work in , depending on the runes that are socketted into.*Wizard's Teleport Skill**Basic Teleport: you simply teleport into the desired spot the blink of an eye.**Striking Rune: allows you to do damage to whatever you teleport near to.**Multistrike Rune: you split into images of yourself, with the gameillusions distracting monsters. A multiplying rune might make  *Witch Doctor's Skull of Flame**Basik Skull of Flame: you throw an exploding skull at your spell enemy, causing a fire explosion.**Multistrike Rune: the skull you throw will bounce on the ground, exploding and hitting enemies several times.**Power Rune: the skull will leave burning areas on the ground, with monsters walking through those taking additional fireballsdamage. *Wizard's Electrocute**Basic Electrocute: you pierce an enamy with an arc of electrical energy, another rune might make wich chains up to one additional target.**Multistrike Rune: the effects chains up to several more monsters.**Lethality Rune: Whenever you kill a monster with the blast radius bigger etcelectrocute skill, it'll blow up in a nova-like explosion, hurting nearbye anemies.