Sorry for this newbie question

I bought several minor runes of death magic for my necro, but having equipped them on my armor my death magic attribute did not go up at all. It's possible I never unlocked the rune, and I know for a fact I'd never found an actual rune for death magic, so is that why they aren't working? I thought unlocking only applied to your pvp-only character. Or is the problem only one of them would work and the others can't stack with it? But if so I should have gotten at least plus one death magic, but I got zero for 4 runes. In the meantime I was able to get a plus one swords from my warrior/monk at level 7 as soon as she came out of pre-searing using a minor swordsmanship rune my necro found and left in the vault. So I'm a bit befuddled.

I did look around for an answer but didn't find one.

Shakkar

I don`t know why your not getting the bonus but Runes of the same kind do not stack.

Yeah I have that problem, sorta. See, what happens on mine, is, I can only get my Death magic up to level 15. I just put a Major Death Rune on a piece of armor that had a minor one (cancelling out the minor) and my Death Magic did not raise at all! I just wasted, with cost of both runes, 820 gold . . . I'm too poor for this. So, if you have found an answer, or if somebody answers this, can you please email me at [email protected] as I'm not always on this site. If, for some reason, the forum blocks my email, my in game name is the same as this, Pure Eagle. I also have a pre searing character, name is Jason Johnston.

This is probably your problem. Best thing to do is open your build panel & see if you've got a blue number for your death magic attribute. That will tell you that there's something giving at least +1. (if you have a rune on your head gear, it should give you +2 to death magic.)

Runes do not stack, you can only get the bonus from one rune (the highest). The bonus from headgear items will stack with this, hence the ability to get 16 in an attribute.

This thread is from 2005, just so you know and don't waste your time helping the OP.

I didnt even notice, i saw it in bolded text (active thread) and just assumed it was all good. I should probably check these things before i waste my time.

The OP is old, but the person who necroed the thread has a similar problem. He did what he should and used search before starting a new thread.

Your Death Magic is at max for a major rune. Without runes, the highest you are allowed to raise an attribute is rank 12. If you raise Death to 12, then add a Death headpiece, you get another +1, for 13. A major rune on top of that gives another +2, bringing you to 15. Your Death Magic must have gone up when you replaced the minor with a major, because a minor can only get you to 14.

Edit: And now I see that he started a new thread anyway, where his question was already answered. My bad for not seeing it before responding here.