Rune of Absorption!

[IEEE 802.11]

Presenting the rune of that once a month problem women have!

http://www.shambels.com/other/absorb.zip

Haha, no really, high class jokes aside. The above link is a demo of a new rune I've been working on called Rune of Absorption (or some variation). Basically is absorbs radius blast damage, collects it until full then allows you to replay it all at once.

Downside:
Once full, radius blasts will start to hurt you again. This amount can be configured.

Upside:
Turn players rocket blasts back on them as every shot they take fills you up. Activate before it gets too full or else you'll start to take damage. Take a BFG full on (avoiding the lightning, naturally) and you'll most likely live and still have a fully loaded radius blast to distrubute pain. When being killed with Divine Wind it will suck up the attack and hopefully you'll survive depending on how close the Divine Wind exploded. Also you can charge yourself as displayed in the demo.

[foq]

Surfer Girl: HAX!! You survived that bfg!!!!!1one OMG!!

[gamefreak]

hey ieee! i'm guessing this rune will go to fear right? and what about gib/genie rune?

[foq]

All I see it as is making runes even CRAZIER!! Splash absorption, heh, the only effective weapon would be teh allmighty shaft.

[IEEE 802.11]

hey ieee! i'm guessing this rune will go to fear right? and what about gib/genie rune?

I haven't given those two runes much thought lately.

Mr. Gibs ("Jibs")
Turns you into a pile of indestructible gibs when activated. 2nd activation reassembles you. Pro's: You can setup an ambush or play dead until the player runs out of a powerup. Cons: You can't shoot while in gibs mode and players will know where you are if they saw you go gib; also the gib mode does time out.

Rune Genie - Replacement of Uber rune
Automatically grants you runes and rune powers as the genie sees fit. Pro's: Automatically sets traps and gives you runes based on rules like if a player is in your sights or if you're low on health. Cons: You can't control what the genie does and dropping the rune may envoke his wrath; including losing the frags you obtained while using it.