Blocks

Types of blocks
Blocks come in two varieties: damage counter and effect counter.
 * 1) Damage counter blocks inflict damage to those who bump against them: half the spell's power, rounded down. Blocks may not apply healing, even if a rune with the Healing of Earth property is employed in their making.
 * 2) Effect counter blocks will apply to those who bump against them one or more effects, whose power will be equal to half the spell's power.
 * 3) It is impossible to create blocks that counter with both damage and effects; even employing runes with the property Fire will not sort that effect.

Combining multiple block runes
When more than one block rune is put into a spell:
 * 1) The resulting block HP will be equal to the sum of the block runes' HP;
 * 2) The resulting block HP loss per turn will be equal to the sum of the block runes' HP loss per turn;
 * 3) The block type (i.e., damage counter or effect counter) will be that of the rightmost block rune.

Classes and blocks
While virtually all classess may employ blocks, the Alchemist could be said to have a stronger affinity for this kind of magic. He is more likely than the others to find block runes. Furthermore, blocks may be usefully combined with healing clouds to so that they last longer - and clouds are the other one thing Alchemists excel at.