Talk:Runes/@comment-173.59.36.86-20200106010829

The Reaper rune increases your health and stamina bars if you kill many enemies in the parish while it is active. The health and stamina increases are permanent UNLESS you die or rest at a bonfire. You must keep the runic weapon in the main or off-hand while you kill the enemies in the parish, but once you’re finished, you can remove the runic weapon and the bonus will remain until you die or rest.

What determines whether you get the Reaper or Ransacker rune first is dependent on which gargoyle you kill first. I believe if you kill the first gargoyle (the one with the tail) first, you will receive the Reaper rune.

I’m still not sure what triggers the runes themselves to appear in the catacombs, but some believe it’s ringing the bell at the church, or obtaining the lord vessel.