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Rune magick is not entirely safe: a powerful tool harms the careless. Three dangers matter most.
A powerful tool
It is not entirely safe. Rune magick is a powerful tool, and a powerful tool harms the careless — a knife cuts bread, and it cuts the hand that mishandles it. Three dangers matter most.
Runes you do not understand
Activating runes you do not understand. The main one. You must understand every rune in the formula, bindrune or stave you activate — not its memorised meaning, but the deep understanding that comes from working with each rune over time.
Staves from the internet
Using staves found on the internet. You do not know the intention a stave was made with, whatever its description claims; it may be an energy stealer. Prefer staves many people have used, and check one with divination before activating it.
Black magick
Doing black magick. A stave activated to harm someone is activated with your attention and your energy, so its effects reach you as well. And there are forces that govern such uses of power: whenever you work magick, you work under their close observation.
How to stay safe
Follow the sacred laws, respect the free will of others, harm no one, and check an amulet with divination before you use it — and you can use the runes safely.
Read are runes dangerous? and are runes evil?
Questions
What is the main danger of rune magick?
Activating runes you do not deeply understand.
Are staves from the internet safe?
Not always: you cannot know the intention they were made with. Check them with divination first.