diff --git a/spells/Light1.tex b/spells/Light1.tex index 98f1761300108bfc25604cb56c5fb2676f8ad766..09f5044e5cb20eb402da93506e4080295b964314 100644 --- a/spells/Light1.tex +++ b/spells/Light1.tex @@ -3,34 +3,15 @@ {Wax}% Action {}% Enhancements {surrounding darkness}% Resist with - {Arcanists of light can make any source of light -- even a candle flame or starlight -- bloom into the light of a healthy torch}% Description + {The caster speaks encouragingly to a flame, and it blooms enough to light a banquet hall.}% Description {} -\spell{Shadow}% Name - {Fire, Air}% Spheres - {Wane}% Action - {}% Enhancements - {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with - {A single patch of darkness, the length of a step, forms anywhere within range}% Description - {It can completely obscure a candle's light, and diminish a torch's light to the strength of a candle. - - The patch of shadow joins to a target. - If cast on a person, the shadow remains attached to them, inflicting a -1 penalty to noticing things (and becomes very irritating, very quickly). - - The shadow fades once sunlight touches it for \pgls{interval}.} - -\spell{Little Big}% Name +\spell{Were Light}% Name {Fire, Air}% Spheres {Warp}% Action {}% Enhancements - {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with - {Single item contorts like a funhouse mirror}% Description - {When the light contorts, it can make something seem larger or smaller (or oscillate between the two). - The farther something is from the target, the stranger the target appears. - - A gnome seen from ten steps might appear to be the size of a human, or a human may appear the size of a gnome. - Of course the closer one approaches the target, the more normal it appears. - - The spell inflicts a penalty to any ranged attacks, including spells. - Targets five steps away get a -1 penalty, those 10 steps receive a -2 penalty, and anyone further receives a -3 penalty.} + {surrounding darkness}% Resist with + {The caster laughts in the face of darkness, and any minute light in the area lifts from its source, and wanders free.}% Description + {Most of these floating lights follow their creator, but others leave to seek out their own goals. + Their reasons and aims remain a mystery.} diff --git a/spells/Light2.tex b/spells/Light2.tex index e7f5802251adda4f27d03bc75f2d6c0c64e1fc8e..012a89e8b75cb3ee1ae3a32c46880c5d54a4c3ac 100644 --- a/spells/Light2.tex +++ b/spells/Light2.tex @@ -3,22 +3,18 @@ {Wax}% Action {Fire, Air}% Spheres {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with - {The caster grows any source of light into a painful glare, covering a massive area}% Description - {When this light springs up suddenly in the dark, anyone looking towards it makes a \roll{Wits}{Vigilance} test (\tn[9]) or loses \arabic{spellCost}~\glspl{ap}.} + {The caster shouts, suddenly. + Nearby lights flash. + If cast in darkness, everyong within \spellRange\ of an affected light source blinks in confusion, and takes a -\arabic{spellCost} penalty to anything involving vision, for the rest of the round}% Description + {The spell only works once, as eyes adjust quickly to the shock.} -\spell{Were Light}% Name +\spell{Phantasm}% Name {detailed}% Enhancements - {Wax}% Action + {Warp}% Action {Fire, Air}% Spheres {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with - {A light springs up suddenly, and targets used to the dark, make a Wits + Vigilance test (\tn[9]) or loses \arabic{spellCost}~\gls{ap}}% Description - {This light attaches to a target, hovering around them like sparkling oil-stain. - The light fades if left in the darkness for a full \gls{interval}, or if batted and prodded for a couple of rounds.} + {The caster makes an incredibly dubious claim, and nearby light gathers into whatever the caster spoke about}% Description + {The illusion will not hold up against close inspection, but from even a few steps away, it can look like anything roughly the size of a person. + + In combat, these illusions provide worth by wasting enemy's \glspl{ap}, since attacking them requires attention and movement.} -\spell{Shadow Puppet}% Name - {detailed}% Enhancements - {Wane}% Action - {Fire, Air}% Spheres - {\roll{Wits}{Vigilance}}% Resist with - {One target shadow forms a detailed silhouette, and may even stand up and away from the ground}% Description - {During the daylight, it simply appears very strange; but at night these shadow puppets can easily fool someone.}