There is one thing that the runic alter can do in vanilla botania that isn't a rune. There might be more that i'm overlooking though.
Head Creation.
Although I do agree that a peice of living rock doesn't make huge sense for seed making, i've just seen it as a required catalyst in that case.
Head Creation.
Although I do agree that a peice of living rock doesn't make huge sense for seed making, i've just seen it as a required catalyst in that case.