Talk:Overlord Volume 11/@comment-26815449-20160824053812/@comment-29248623-20160824074730

If the author follows the LOTR scheme on this, it would be a unique imbuing method only known to the dwarves. This would likely be magic runes with specific activated abilities that require the mention of counterpart phrases in the runic language or have different requirements for activation. This covers general use in crafting and engineering.

Examples would be: (Fellowship of the Ring) the scene of entering the Dwarven Gate of Moria where the mention of a the Elvish word for friend activated the lock on the gate rune; (The Hobbit 1st movie) the hidden runes written on the Dwarvish Map of the Lonely Mountain that could only be read in the moon light of a specific part of the year.

Moving on to weapons and armor. Rune magic may simply be like what Sestar said, Runes function as enhancements. They may appear like written symbols on the items and there is a mention of a sword in Osk's collection that has runes on it. These enchantments might simply be more effective than what humans can craft or have special hidden abilities and spell charges on them. A close example would be Frost Pain (It had writting on it but not sure if it was runic).