Spell Engine without runes
RunelessRPG gives every player a mana pool and makes Spell Engine
spells, class skills and weapon skills cost mana instead of runes. Mana comes back over time; gear, enchantments,
potions and affixes make the pool bigger and faster. A mana display sits next to the hotbar and docks at
Miki's Fantasy HUD when it is installed.
Client & Server required · Spell Engine required, everything else optional · Built for pack developers
What it does
Mana instead of runes
- Every player starts with 20 mana and 0.5 mana per second.
- Spells cost mana by their tier (4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 18); class skills cost ×0.75, weapon skills ×0.5.
- Runes are never consumed. Bow skills still use their arrows.
- Not enough mana? The spell is not cast, Spell Engine shows "Mana" as missing, and the bar flashes red.
- Optional debt modes let players cast below 0.
Channeled spells pay while they channel
Arcane Beam, Blizzard, Whirlwind and friends cost mana tick by tick: stop early and pay less, run dry and the channel
ends. Interrupting a channel no longer skips its cooldown.
Six attributes
| Attribute |
Effect |
| Max Mana |
Size of the mana pool |
| Mana Regeneration |
Mana per second |
| Mana Cost |
Cheaper spells (never below 50 %) |
| Overcharge |
Spells cost more and deal more damage and healing |
| Mana Leech |
Weapon damage restores mana |
| Spell Mana Leech |
Direct spell hits restore mana |
All of them work on any gear, from any mod.
Mana HUD
- Six styles: a thin bar, a framed bar, a vertical bar, and a half diamond or band at Miki's Fantasy HUD.
- Nine screen anchors plus four anchors at Miki's HUD that follow its scaling.
- Layout editor: drag, scroll to scale, right click to hide. The mana number is its own element.
- Red flash when mana is missing, hover tooltip with the regeneration.
Enchantments and potions
- Seven enchantments for armor and spell weapons: Manafused, Lucid, Mana-Stabilized, Cerulean, Resplendent, Azure,
Inspired.
- Potion of Mana I/II (25 % / 50 % of max mana), Magical Stability (−15 % Mana Cost) and Borrowed Power
(cast into debt for 30 seconds, backlash damage if you are still in debt when it ends).
- Spell Engine's Spell Infinity lowers mana costs instead of doing nothing.
Apotheosis
With Apotheosis installed, six affixes for the six attributes. The spell weapon affixes only roll on staffs and wands.
For pack developers
- Config: base mana and regeneration, the cost per tier, categories on/off with their multipliers, the floor of Mana
Cost, the mana mode (full cost, debt, limited debt), channel mode, Overcharge factor, leech rules, potion values and
brewing ingredients.
- Spell tags decide which spell is a spell, class skill, weapon skill, item ability or free.
- Datapacks give single spells a fixed cost:
data/<ns>/runelessrpg/spell_costs/*.json.
- Cost report:
config/runelessrpg/spell_costs_report.json lists every spell with category and cost.
- Commands:
/runelessrpg mana, /runelessrpg cost <spell> (shows the whole calculation), /runelessrpg report.
- API and events for mods and KubeJS: read and change mana, change costs with
ManaCostEvent, react to
ManaChangeEvent.
- Examples for RPG Series equipment configs, Dungeon Difficulty and KubeJS are in the wiki.
Compatibility
| Mod |
Needed |
| Spell Engine (with Spell Power) |
required |
| Miki's Fantasy HUD |
optional, the mana display docks at its diamonds |
| Apotheosis |
optional, six affixes |
| RPG Series class mods and add-ons |
optional, their skills cost mana through the bundled tags |
| Gearscope |
optional, shows the attribute icons |
Install RunelessRPG on the server and every client (same version on both). Tested on a dedicated server.
Links
Credits
- Mana item texture and effect icons from RPGMana by cleannrooster (CC0-1.0), also the idea source for several
enchantments and potions (own implementation).
- Attribute icons from the RPG Icon Pack – 400+ Skills and Spells by Clockwork Raven Studios.
- The cost report idea is inspired by Savaru's Mana.
- RunelessRPG is an unofficial add-on and not affiliated with Spell Engine or any other mod. License: MIT.
