Talk:Amazoness/@comment-72.233.169.22-20150124183206/@comment-172.5.4.227-20150215055216

They claim that it's a charm to draw out the power of a warrior. But we know that's not true, at least not in the magical sense.

This begs the question: why don't they notice that it doesn't do anything for them? That answer is a bit complicated. To understand it, you must understand the psychological effects of the runes. The amazoness with the runes on their skin are going into battle with the full belief that they are now stronger thanks to the runes. The result is that they are even more confident than usual, and that they will plow right through the opponent. The result? That's exactly what happens. It's not that they got a boost: it's that they had that power all along, and now that they are more confident, they are using that power. The description that the runes are a charm to 'draw out the power of a warrior' is, oddly enough, quite accurate: it makes them confident, and thus they fight with more of their own power.

So, to put it simply: they work because the amazoness believe they work.