'''Runes ''' in [[Diablo 3 ]] are small items that are socketed into skills[[skill]]s, not items[[item]]s. The runes grant special bonuses to the skill. There are many types of runes, all found in various quality levels, and they work across skills -- each rune will (in theory) work in every skill, adding something similar to the skills.

 At the Blizzcon [[BlizzCon 2008]] demo (October 2008) runes were stored in an inventory grid on the skill tree menu; not in the normal inventory. There were 10 rune slots below the skill trees. It's not known if they will still be stored there in the final game, if there will be ways to increase the number of slots, if they can be stored in the inventory instead, etc.