Inscription

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Inscription is the new profession that will be introduced with the expansion: Wrath of the Lich King, which is expected to be released sometime in 2008.

The Inscription profession will allow players to permanently enhance their own spells and abilities and those of other players. We’ll provide more specific details on the mechanics of this new profession in the months ahead. - Source: Blizzard at BlizzCon 2007

The idea behind it is to give players even more specialisation options beyond the talent trees," explains Kaplan in a manner that would bamboozle the WOW-phobic to death." As a possible example, a mage could have their Frost Nova enhanced for either greater range or longer snare duration - our intention is to provide viable options rather than one 'best' Inscription for each modifiable spell or ability. - Source: C&VG Jeff Kaplan Interview

• Only Players who own Wrath of the lich King will be able to learn Inscription
• Any player will be able to use items created by an Inscriber.
• Example: Unknown spell: Demonic Runes ~ Added during v2.4 PTR testing.

All of the above is subject to change as development continues.