This was first published on GameWyrd on the 30th May, 2002
The following rune language was devised for the Shifter Sphere on a MUSH. The language had been lost to the local Ratkin but the plot plan was to allow them to rediscover it and because of that the runes were “coded” to be fairly easy to crack. The design was simple; two symbols each composed of no more than two straight lines formed the language. The idea was that this design would reflect claw marks on stone and wood and would be actually be possible to draw using standard keyboard characters.
| A: | ++ | P: | +- |
| B: | +< | Q: | X- |
| C: | |> | R: | |< |
| D: | V+ | S: | >< |
| E: | – | T: | V| |
| F: | -| | U: | VV |
| G: | >V | V: | XV |
| H: | >X | W: | <| |
| I: | || | X: | <V |
| J: | |X | Y: | <> |
| K: | +> | Z: | X| |
| L: | |- | ING: | +X |
| M: | X< | TH: | X> |
| N: | -V | LX: | V- |
| O: | XX | ST: | -+ |
