Lesser runes

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Lesser runes in E3M6: The Halls of Fear

Lesser runes are the small ammo type used in Heretic's hellstaff. They provide the player with 20 shots (30 on skills 1 and 5), and are sometimes dropped by a sabreclaw when killed.

Data[edit]

Lesser runes data
Thing type 20 (decimal), 14 (hex)
Enum MT_AMSKRDWIMPY (152)
Appears in Heretic/SSR expansion
Radius 20
Height 16
Sprite AMS1
Frames 2 [AB]
Class Ammo
Pickup
Flags 1 (decimal)
00000001 (hex)
Flags list 0: Can be picked up
Flags2 0 (decimal)
00000000 (hex)

Heretic + Hexen changes[edit]

In Heretic + Hexen re-release when using the "Enhanced Weapons" modifier the following changes (defined in the EX_IAMMO lump) are applied to the lesser runes:

  • when picked up from a fixed spawn point they grant 15 charges instead of 20 (22 instead of 30 on skill levels 1 and 5);
  • runes dropped by a sabreclaw grant 10 charges instead of 20 (15 instead of 30 on skill levels 1 and 5).

Appearance statistics[edit]

In the IWADs the lesser runes are first encountered on these maps per skill level:

The IWADs contain the following numbers of lesser runes per skill level: