Rune Maiden (Trials of Mana)

Rune Maiden
3D Version 2D Version Trials of Mana HD 3D render Trials of Mana menu sprite
First appearance	Trials of Mana (1995)
Latest appearance	Trials of Mana HD (2020)
Japanese name	ルーンメイデンToM Rūn MeidenToM Rune MaidenToM

The Rune Maiden is a Character class in Trials of Mana.

History

Trials of Mana

The Rune Maiden is Riesz's class-2 on her dark path. She can either be promoted at level 38 to the Dragon Master with a Dragoon Band or the Fenrir Knight with a Gleipnir. Regardless of the player's Class 3 evolution, becoming a Rune Maiden will select the Brynhildr as Riesz's Class 4 evolution.

Game Description

2D Version

Though to many, tales of warriors and great battles stir in mind heroics and glory, justice and the triumph of good against evil, and the majestic allure of attaining power for the sake of benevolence, so exists a coexisting truth that there is no light without its darkness; the costs that must have been made for that gain, that the horrors of war are worse than can ever be imagined, and to more grim and starker truths, that conflict is but a reoccuring cycle that will never end, that there are many battles that end without reward nor conclusion, that peace brings idle waste, complacent decadence, and vices worse than what can be committed in war, and that evil can too achieve victory. Of shock and abhorrence for the everyday world, such forsaken truths are but just as fair in the eyes of the Rune Maiden. A shadowy and enigmatic order of warriors who have dedicated themselves to a long forgotten god of war, Rune Maidens tread a way of mysticism forged through battle and violence, a warpath fraught with unknown danger and neverending carnage that baptizes them in bloodshed and destruction to understand the darker truths of the world, to attain lofty elucidation of the realm of fighting and the true nature of conflict. So as their vows adhere them to be fated to live to their last breath fighting, Rune Maidens also take a vow to purity and abstinence to become the sacred heralds of their god; a vow alleged to temper their souls and harden their hearts with determination and motivation strong enough to bolster the instinct to survive and the fighting spirit to brutalize opposition and attain victory, and bestows upon them mystical powers to waste away foes to drive forward opposition to their annihilation. But as they walk this path of darkness, their way becomes more narrow and sharper than any edge as temptation runs high, the truths they will face may be more awful and bleak than they can realize to accept, wounds on their soul can become more fatal than those of the flesh, and that journey's end will most likely not give way to salvation.

3D Version

A debuffing support class. Rune Maidens can weaken an enemy and make it easier for the party to win.

Locked Abilities

Note : locked abilities are only available in the 3D remake.

Icon	Name	Description
	Ward Runes	Stat decrease effect time shortened by 40%

Class Strike

Icon	Name	Description	CS Gauge
	Aerial Lance	A righteous spear thrust from high above the enemy's head deals damage	2

Inherited Class strike(s):

• Whirlwind Spear from Amazon

New Combo

Note: combos are only available in the 3D remake.

Abilities

Riesz as a Rune Maiden can equip a maximum of 4 abilities at the same time.
For previously inherited abilities, see Amazon (Trials of Mana).
Note : abilities are only available in the 3D remake.

New Abilities

Icon	Name	Description	Required TP
	Strength + 5	Base Strength increase by 5	9 STR Points
	Charger	Charge attack damage increased by 30%	12 STR Points
	Strength + 5	Base Strength increase by 5	15 STR Points
	Stamina + 5	Base Stamina increase by 5	9 STA Points
	Defense Help	Defense increase by 20% when HP drops to 30% or below	12 STA Points
	Stamina + 5	Base Stamina increase by 5	15 STA Points
	Super Stat Down	Stat decrease from move increased by 5%	9 INT Points
	Down Time	Stat decrease from move lengthened by 50%	12 INT Points
	Intellect + 5	Base intelligence increase by 5	12 INT Points
	Stat Down MP Saver	Decrease MP needed for move that decreases stat by 30%	12 SPRT Points
	Spirit + 5	Base Spirit increase by 5	15 SPRT Points
	Magic Smash	30% chance of magic attack and magic defense decrease with critical hit	9 LUCK Points
	Critical Smash	30% chance of attack decrease with critical hit	12 LUCK Points
	Luck + 5	Base luck increase by 5	15 LUCK Points

Moves

• 3D Version
• 2D Version

Note : Accelerate and its oppositve move Impediment are absent from the 3D version.

New Moves

Icon	Name	Description	Required TP
	Defenseless	Decreases enemy's defense	9 STR Points
	Enfeeble	Decreases enemy's magic attack and magic defense	9 STR Points
	Weaken	Decreases enemy's attack	9 STR Points

New Moves

Icon	Name	Description	Target	Required TP
	Defenseless	Decreases enemy's defense	One	10 SPRT Points
	Impediment	Decreases enemy's Evasion & Hit Rate	One	10 SPRT Points
	Enfeeble	Decreases enemy's magic attack and magic defense	One	10 SPRT Points
	Weaken	Decreases enemy's attack	One	10 SPRT Points

For previously inherited abilities, see Amazon (Trials of Mana).

Statistics

Note : this section is for the 2D version only.

STR	11 16 (Max)
DEX	11 17 (Max)
STA	10 16 (Max)
INT	10 16 (Max)
SPRT	10 15 (Max)
LUCK	9 15 (Max)

Trials of Mana Class Change Navigation
Alignment Level	Light		Dark
Class 4 (remake only)	Meteorite		Brynhildr
Class 3	Vanadis	Starlancer	Dragon Master	Fenrir Knight
Class 2	Valkyrie		Rune Maiden
Class 1	Amazon

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