spells.txt

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Abjuration spell

Reduces the remaining duration of any nearby hostile summoned creatures.
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Acid Splash spell

Spits a glob of acid at a nearby creature, covering it in corrosive slime
for a short time. It may also splash onto other nearby creatures on impact.
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Agony spell

Cuts the resilience of a target creature in half. This damage is never directly
lethal.
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Airstrike spell

Causes the air around a creature to twist itself into a whirling vortex of
meteorological fury. It is especially effective against flying monsters.
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Alistair's Intoxication spell

Converts a small portion of the brain matter of those around you into alcohol,
confusing all intelligent humanoids within view (although poison-resistant
creatures may resist the effects). The caster may experience vertigo briefly
as a result of making contact with other minds. It is frequently used as an
icebreaker at wizard parties.
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Animate Dead spell

Reanimates corpses of monsters slain by the caster as mindless zombies. 
This magic is unstable, so eventually those reanimated will crumble to dust. 
Zombies cannot leave the level they were created on. High spellpower will
increase the chance of reanimating a slain monster.
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Animate Skeleton spell

Reanimates a single skeleton as a follower, even if that skeleton is still
encased in flesh. This magic is unstable, so eventually those reanimated will
crumble to dust. Skeletons cannot leave the level they were created on.
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Apportation spell

Pulls the top item or group of similar items from a distant pile to the floor
near the caster. With low power, items might not be moved all the way to the
caster's position.

Extremely powerful magical items, such as the Orb of Zot, may actively resist
the pull of this spell.
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Aura of Abjuration spell

Continuously abjures hostile summoned creatures in the vicinity of the caster.
This reduces their remaining time before being sent back where they came from.
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Aura of Brilliance spell

Empowers the magic of nearby wizard allies of the caster, allowing them to
cast their magic more powerfully and more often, but at the price of fixing
the caster in place until they no longer have any nearby allies they can
empower.
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Avatar Song spell

Sings a powerfully haunting song; in addition to making nearby victims
unwilling to move away from the singer, it calls forth drowned souls from
any nearby bodies of deep water. Extremely loud noises, such as those produced
by lightning or scrolls of noise, will disrupt the effect, as will leaving the
caster's line of sight.
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Awaken Earth spell

Animates some rock walls adjacent to a target – including the target itself if
it is a rock wall – to create some earth elementals.
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Awaken Forest spell

Gives some limited motility to nearby trees, allowing them to sway their
branches and shift their roots. Such enchanted trees will lash at any adjacent
enemy.
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Awaken Vines spell

Causes vines to grow from the ground. The vines will reach out and grab
interlopers, dragging them towards any nearby trees.
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Banishment spell

Banishes a creature into the Abyss.
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Battlecry spell

Inspires nearby allies of the caster to fight more aggressively, increasing
the strength of their blows.
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Beastly Appendage spell

Temporarily replaces one or a pair of the caster's appendages with an animal
counterpart, giving them an extra attack. It is not powerful enough to meld
armour or enhance appendages that are already nonhuman.
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Berserker Rage spell

<Berserk ability>
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Berserk Other spell

Causes a nearby ally to fly into a berserk rage. Going berserk temporarily
increases health, speed, and damage dealt in melee.
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Bind Souls spell

Bestows an enchantment on other nearby living creatures that may cause them to
rise as simulacra after being slain.
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Black Mark spell

Empowers the caster and any nearby allies to debilitate their foes on a
successful melee attack, allowing them to inflict draining, cause weakness, or
deplete magical power.
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Blade Hands spell
Causes long, scythe-shaped blades to grow from the caster's hands, increasing
melee damage significantly.

While transformed, any equipped weapons are melded. The caster also becomes
unable to evoke wands, and casting spells -aside from other form-changing 
spells- becomes somewhat more difficult.
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Blink Allies Away spell

Blinks allies in sight of the caster away from a nearby enemy.
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Blink Allies Encircling spell

Translocates a number of allies in the caster's sight to surround a targeted
enemy.
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Blink Away spell

Translocates the caster to a location further away from a targeted enemy.
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Blink Close spell

Translocates the caster a short distance towards a targeted enemy.
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Blink Other Close spell

Translocates a targeted enemy a short distance towards the caster. It cannot be
resisted by usual means of magic resistance.
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Blink Other spell

Randomly translocates a targeted enemy a short distance. It cannot be resisted
by usual means of magic resistance.
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Blink Range spell

Translocates the caster to a location further away from a targeted enemy, but
still within sight of the target.
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Blink spell

Randomly translocates the caster a short distance.
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Blinkbolt spell

Transforms the caster into a lightning bolt, and translocates the caster to
the bolt's destination.
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Bolt of Cold spell

Fires a penetrating bolt of frost.
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Bolt of Draining spell

Fires a penetrating bolt of negative energy, which drains any living creature
it strikes.
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Bolt of Fire spell

Fires a penetrating bolt of flames.
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Bolt of Magma spell

Fires a penetrating bolt of molten rock. A portion of its damage bypasses
fire resistance.
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Borgnjor's Revivification spell

Instantly heals any and all wounds suffered by the caster, but also permanently
lessens their resilience to injury, to a degree dependent on (and inversely
related to) power.

It is powerful enough to literally pull someone out of Death's Door, although
the shock will briefly confuse and paralyse the caster. It has no effect on the
undead.
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Brain Feed spell

Drains a portion of a visible enemy's intelligence. Such a loss is only
temporary, and can be recovered by gaining experience.
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Brothers in Arms spell

<Brothers in Arms ability>
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Call Canine Familiar spell

Summons a solitary canine to the caster's aid.
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Call Imp spell

Calls forth a minor demon from the pits of Hell.
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Call Lost Soul spell

Summons a necromantic spectre. These lost souls can enter the bodies of more
powerful undead to bring them back from brink of demise, or turn dying living
creatures into spectral versions of themselves.
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Call of Chaos spell

Calls upon the powers of Chaos to empower nearby allies. The effects vary
wildly and are usually, but not always, positive.
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Call Tide spell

Allows the caster to affect the tidal phase of all water within a large
distance. Soon after calling it, the waters on the whole level will reach high
tide. Waters near the caster will reach even higher levels than they would
normally.
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Cantrip spell

Casts one of a number of minor spells, aimed at trying to bolster the caster's
morale. They have no noticeable effect.
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Cause Fear spell

Causes fear in those near to the caster. Adventurers suffering from this effect
find that extremely loud noises, such as those produced by lightning or scrolls
of noise, will disrupt it, as will leaving the caster's line of sight.
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Chain of Chaos spell

Creates an arc of pure chaos, striking nearby creatures with unpredictable
effects.
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Chain Lightning spell

Releases a massive electrical discharge that arcs from target to target until
it grounds out. It may ground out harmlessly if there are no targets
sufficiently close to the caster. Its damage partially bypasses armour.
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Chaos Breath spell

Exhales a large cloud of fumes filled with the very essence of chaos.
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Chilling Breath spell

Exhales a blast of frost that bypasses any armour the target may have, and
may knock back airborne targets.
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Cigotuvi's Embrace spell

Brings forth a chunk of bone to serve as armour and shield for the caster.
The bone relentlessly calls carrion from the freshly slain to further enhance
the caster's defenses, though the additional armour will decay with time. 
It has no effect on casters in Statue Form, or with Ozocubu's Armour active.
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Cleansing Flame spell

<Cleansing Flame ability>
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Cloud Cone spell

Blasts the area near the caster with destructive clouds. At low power, the most
lethal clouds that can be created are noxious fumes. As power increases, this
gives way to roaring flames, freezing vapours, and poisonous gas. At the
highest tiers of power storm clouds, acidic fog and clouds of negative energy
become available.
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Cold Breath spell

Exhales a focused blast of icy-cold air. It may knock back airborne targets.
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Confuse spell

Induces a state of bewilderment and confusion in a creature's mind.
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Confusing Touch spell

Enchants the caster's dominant hand with magical energy. This energy is
released when the caster touches a monster with their bare hand, and may induce
a state of confusion in the monster.
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Confusion Gaze spell

Induces a state of bewilderment and confusion in a creature's mind, with no
direct line of fire required.
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Conjure Ball Lightning spell

Creates a pack of ball lightnings, which seek out the nearest enemy before
exploding in a huge blast of electricity. Casters are advised to use caution;
the lightning is not mindful of what it may hit.

The magic which keeps ball lightnings cohesive has limited range, so they may
dissipate harmlessly if allowed to drift too far away from their caster before
exploding.
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Conjure Flame spell

Creates a blazing column of flame in a targeted empty location.
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Control Undead spell

Enslaves any undead in the vicinity of the caster.
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Control Winds spell

Allows limited powers over the flow of air in caster's sight, blowing away or
dissipating any nearby clouds affecting the caster or their allies.
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Controlled Blink spell

Translocates the caster a short distance, with precise control. Be wary that
controlled translocations will cause the subject to become contaminated with
magical energy.
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Corona spell

Causes a halo of glowing light to surround and effectively outline a creature.
This glow offsets the dark, musty atmosphere of the dungeon, and makes the
affected creature appreciably easier to hit.
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Corpse Rot spell

Rapidly accelerates the decomposition of any corpses lying around the caster,
emitting in the process a foul miasmic vapour, which eats away at the life
force of any creature it envelops.
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Corrosive Bolt spell

Fires a penetrating bolt of acid.
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Corrupt Body spell

Instills a corruption within a target, temporarily mutating their body in an
adverse fashion. It cannot affect artificial beings, and the undead will
decompose if affected.
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Corrupting Pulse spell

Instills a corruption within all visible targets, temporarily mutating their
bodies in an adverse fashion. It cannot affect artificial beings, and the
undead will decompose if affected.
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Crystal Bolt spell

Projects a penetrating projectile with peculiar magical properties. It is
randomly imbued with either fire or ice, and additionally will reflect from
walls of any material due to the crystal embedded in the shot.
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Cure Poison spell

Removes poison from the caster's system.
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Darkness spell

Dims the light of the dungeon, reducing the range of vision. 
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Dazzling Spray spell

Fires a spread of scintillating fiery bolts from the caster's fingertips. The 
bolts may blind living creatures, even those that fully resist fire.
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Death Channel spell

Raises living creatures slain by the caster and their allies, reducing them to
a state of spectral slavery. The chance of successfully raising a spectral being 
increases with spellpower. The spell may be sustained indefinitely as long
as the caster can reserve a sufficient portion of their magic. 
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Death Rattle spell

Exhales the essence of the dying, creating clouds of negative energy.
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Death's Door spell

Renders the caster nigh invulnerable to harm for a brief period, but brings
them dangerously close to death in the process. So close, in fact, that the
body believes itself to be dead — healing effects will do nothing.

The caster will receive one warning shortly before the spell expires. After
expiry, the spell cannot immediately be recast, but with high power the caster
will be left more resilient when the effect ends. It has no effect on those who
are already undead.
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Debugging Ray spell

Fires a ray which does massive damage (1500 hp) and always hits.
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Deflect Missiles spell

Protects the caster from all kinds of projectile attacks, making them
significantly easier to dodge. It is highly effective against both
single-target and penetrating attacks.
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Delayed Fireball spell

Gives the caster the ability to instantaneously release a fireball at a later
time. Knowing this spell allows the learner to memorise Fireball for no
additional spell levels.
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Dig spell

Digs a tunnel through unworked rock.
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Dimension Anchor spell

Blocks any translocations attempted by the affected target, be they voluntary
or not. This includes even some cross-plane effects, although notably not
Banishment.
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Discord spell

Drives nearby creatures into an insane frenzy, causing them to mercilessly
attack anything and everything nearby with great strength and speed.
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Disintegrate spell

Violently rends apart anything in a small volume of space. It can be used to
cause severe damage, or remove a chunk of rock.
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Disjunction spell

Destabilizes the space in a sphere around the caster for a while, causing
anyone nearby to be randomly blinked. The chance of blinking depends on the
distance from the caster, being nearly certain when directly adjacent.
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Dispel Undead spell

Harms an undead creature greatly by interfering with the forces binding it
together.
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Dispersal spell

Teleports away any creatures within a short distance of the caster. Any
creature that resists the effect will still be irresistibly blinked a shorter
distance, and any monster it affects at all has a chance of being confused by
the warping of space.
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Doom Howl spell

Unleashes a piercing howl that catches and echoes in victims' minds. While
those echoes linger, nightmarish creatures will hear and track them to their
source. It can only be used once by a given creature.
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Dragon Form spell

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    local desc = "Transforms the caster into a mighty"

    if you.race():find("Draconian") then
        desc = desc .. " dragon, retaining your innate colour"
        if you.race() ~= "Grey Draconian" then
            desc = desc .. " and increasing the power of your breath"
        end
    else
        desc = desc .. ", fire-breathing dragon"
    end

    desc = desc .. "."

    return desc
}} The caster becomes able to deal incredible damage in melee combat, and
they become much more robust, although their evasiveness is reduced.

While transformed, any equipped weapons and armour are melded.
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Dragon's Call spell

Issues a powerful call to a draconic realm, beckoning forth dragon after dragon
to engage the summoner's enemies. The spell is taxing to maintain, and each new
dragon which answers the call will further drain the summoner's magical
reserves. After the call ends, it cannot be issued again for a short time.
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Drain Life spell

<Drain Life ability>
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Drain Magic spell

Causes the target's magic to leak into the air, as though they were hit by an
antimagic weapon.
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Draining Gaze spell

Causes the target's magic to leak into the air, as though they were hit by an
antimagic weapon, with no direct line of fire required.
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Dream Dust spell

Overwhelms the target with soporific dream dust, putting them to sleep.
Additional dream sheep will increase the strength and duration of this effect.
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Druid's Call spell

Recalls woodland creatures from elsewhere on the same level.
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Electrical Bolt spell

Throws a bolt of electricity at the target, with high accuracy.
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Energy Bolt spell

Fires a bolt of highly destructive energy.
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Enslavement spell

Causes an otherwise hostile creature to fight on the caster's side for a while.
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Ensnare spell

Shoots a stream of webbing at a creature, ensnaring the target in a spider web.
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Ensorcelled Hibernation spell

Lowers its target's metabolic rate, inducing hibernation. After awakening, the
target will be unable to be put to sleep again for some time.
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Entropic Weave spell

Corrodes the target, with no direct line of fire required.
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Excruciating Wounds spell

Infuses the weapon held by the caster with the essence of pain
itself. It will not affect artefact weapons. A weapon thus infused
will sometimes shriek uncontrollably when swung, but high spellpower 
will help keep it quiet. The weapon will remain branded as long as it is
the caster can reserve sufficient magic to sustain the spell and keeps
the weapon wielded.
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Flay spell

Opens painful illusionary wounds on the target's body, which disappear after
a short time or on the death of the caster. This cannot kill directly, and is
ineffective against unnatural targets.
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Fire Breath spell

Breathes a blast of fire at a targeted creature.
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Fire Storm spell

Calls forth a mighty storm of roaring flame directly onto the target, dealing
damage in a large area and leaving behind short-lived fire vortices. A portion
of its damage bypasses fire resistance.
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Fire Summon spell

Summons demons of flame and damnation.
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Fireball spell

Hurls an explosive ball of fire. This spell does not cost any spell levels if
the learner already knows Delayed Fireball.
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Flame Tongue spell

Creates a short burst of flame.
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Flaming Cloud spell

Conjures up a large cloud of roaring flames.
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Flash Freeze spell

Freezes the air around a target, causing significant harm and slowing the
target's movement. It has no effect on targets that are already frozen.
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Force Lance spell

Fires a shaft of metal imbued with translocational force. If the impact 
deals damage, it may knock the target back.
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Forceful Invitation spell

Summons some of the lesser threats from one of the Lair of Beasts, the Snake
Pit, the Spider Nest, the Swamp, the Shoals, the Orcish Mines, the Elven Halls,
the Vaults, or the Crypt; the specific branch varies with the caster.
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Freeze spell

Freezes an adjacent creature, dealing damage that bypasses any armour the
target may have. This may temporarily slow cold-blooded creatures.
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Freezing Cloud spell

Conjures up a large cloud of lethally cold vapour.
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Fulminant Prism spell

Conjures a prism which unleashes a violent electrical explosion after a
short duration. The prism is extremely fragile and any damage caused to it may
result in premature detonation.
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Gell's Gravitas spell

Briefly redirects gravity around a target point, causing 'down' to be towards
that point. All nearby creatures, save the caster, fall helplessly toward that
point – typically colliding with each other, or with a victim standing there.
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Ghostly Fireball spell

Hurls an exploding ball of negative energy which drains any living creature
it engulfs.
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Ghostly Sacrifice spell

Uses an ally's motivating essence to create a blast of negative energy,
draining any living creature it engulfs. The being used to fuel the spell, no
matter whether living or construct, is consumed and unmade in the process.
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Throw Ally spell

Throws a nearby ally at the monster's foe, doing minimal damage and landing the
thrown monster nearby.
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Glaciate spell

Conjures forth a mighty blast of ice. Creatures within its cone-shaped area of
effect take damage, with higher damage being dealt to those close to the
caster. Those hit by the blast are encased in ice, slowing their movement, and
those killed by the blast may be frozen into solid blocks of ice. A significant
portion of its damage bypasses cold resistance.
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Greater Servant of Makhleb spell

<Greater Servant of Makhleb ability>
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Haste Other spell

Speeds the actions of a nearby ally.
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Haste spell

Speeds the actions of the caster. The perfected version of this spell never expires,
so long as the caster can reserve enough magical power to sustain it, but requires
such immense skill to maintain that few are capable of casting it at all. Many of
the dungeon's denizens know an inferior, temporary version of the spell. 
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Haunt spell

Calls wraiths and ghosts to haunt the caster's target. They will only attack
the creature they are haunting, and will dissipate quickly once their target
dies.
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Heal Other spell

Heals a nearby ally.
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Call Down Damnation spell

Blasts a targeted enemy with damnation, with no direct line of fire required.
These unholy forces harm the victim and anyone adjacent, and are not affected
by any means of protection, such as armour or resistances. However, certain
creatures, usually those able to invoke damnation themselves, are entirely
unscathed by damnation.
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Hurl Damnation spell

<Hurl Damnation ability>
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Holy Breath spell

Exhales a large cloud of blessed flame, shining with the glory of the good
gods. These flames are especially dangerous to undead and demonic creatures,
and have no effect on holy creatures.
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Holy Flames spell

Traps an enemy in a ring of blessed flame. These flames are especially
dangerous to undead and demonic creatures, and have no effect on holy
creatures.
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Hydra Form spell

Transforms the caster into a many-headed hydra for a brief duration. Its many
heads strike in all directions. Edible foes slain by the gnashing teeth are
instantly devoured, reinvigorating the caster in their reptilian rampage.

The form's number of heads is fixed upon casting the spell, and increases with
power.
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Iceblast spell

Fires a large mass of ice, which explodes on impact. It affects even
cold-resistant creatures somewhat, due to the strong impact and cutting edges.
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Ice Form spell

Transforms the caster into a frozen ice-creature, light enough to float on
water. The caster becomes incredibly resistant to cold, and resistant to
poison, but vulnerable to fire and unable to evoke wands.
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Ignite Poison spell

Converts all nearby poison into liquid flame, burning poisoned creatures from
within. It also turns clouds of poison and mephitic gases into flame. The
caster is not affected directly.
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Ignition spell

All foes in the caster's surroundings are engulfed in balls of fire. The caster
and their allies are protected from the fire and will never be harmed by this
spell.

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Infestation spell

Calls forth a plague of scarabs, infesting affected creatures for a duration
depending on power and causing death scarabs to grow and burst from them upon
death.
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Infusion spell

Infuses the caster's melee attacks with magic, drawing from their reserves of
magical energy to deal additional damage whenever an enemy is hit. It has no
effect when the caster's magic is depleted.
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Injury Bond spell

Binds the caster to a nearby ally, redirecting half of any damage the target
suffers to the caster.
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Injury Mirror spell

Reflects damage taken for a short duration, hurting attackers whenever any
damage is taken.
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Ink Cloud spell

Releases a thick cloud of ink to obscure vision.
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Inner Flame spell

Fills an enemy with an intense fire, to be explosively released upon death. The
size of the explosion caused is dependent on the size of the target.
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Invisibility spell

Turns a targeted creature invisible. Turning invisible causes magical
contamination and may eventually cause glowing, nullifying the invisibility.
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Invisibility Other spell

Turns a nearby ally invisible.
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Iron Shot spell

Hurls a large and heavy metal shot.
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Irradiate spell

Transmutes an ultra-thin layer of the caster's skin (or equivalent) directly
into pure magical energy, blasting adjacent creatures and bypassing any armour
they may have. It heavily deforms its targets, weakening them and reducing
their armour. The caster is not left entirely unaffected; some of the magic
lingers, enough to leave them dangerously contaminated after a few castings.
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Iskenderun's Battlesphere spell

Conjures a small globe of magical energy linked to the caster's own magical
reserves. While the battlesphere cannot take independent action, it will fire
volleys of energy at the caster's enemies in sync with its creator's own
destructive magic. With increasing power, the battlesphere lasts longer
and deals more damage per volley.
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Iskenderun's Mystic Blast spell

Throws a crackling sphere of destructive energy. The sphere will sometimes
explode on impact, and the chance of it doing so is higher if the sphere has
traveled less distance.
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Leda's Liquefaction spell

Liquefies the ground around the caster, making it difficult to move through.
Any movement through liquefied ground will be slowed.

The effect starts out with a radius depending on power, which will then shrink,
eventually covering only the caster, before it times out.
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Lee's Rapid Deconstruction spell

Fragments a wall or a suitably brittle visible monster into an explosion of
deadly shrapnel. It can be used on monsters made of ice, bone, or any wall-like
substance, as well as those turned to stone by petrification. Its damage is
strongly reduced by armour.

Targets made from rock, stone, ice or bone will cause a small or medium-sized
explosion. Metal targets will cause a small but particularly damaging
explosion, and targets made from crystal will cause a large and extremely
damaging explosion.

At high power, this spell is capable of destroying rock, stone or
metal walls. Crystal walls are particularly brittle and have a chance of being
destroyed at any power level.
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Legendary Destruction spell

Conjures two explosive magical effects in instant succession. The effects can
be any mix of Fireball, Iceblast, and Ghostly Fireball.
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Lehudib's Crystal Spear spell

Hurls a lethally sharp shard of crystal.
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Lesser Beckoning spell

Beckons the target forward, attempting to place them adjacent to the caster.
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Lightning Bolt spell

Fires a mighty bolt of lightning. It inflicts less damage than other similar
bolts, but its damage partially bypasses armour and it can be bounced off walls
to hit targets twice.
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Magic Dart spell

Fires a fast-moving dart woven from the air. It never misses.
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Major Destruction spell

<Major Destruction ability>
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Major Healing spell

Heals a large amount of damage to the caster's body.
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Malign Gateway spell

Tears a gash in reality, creating a self-sustained but temporary portal to an
unknown, tainted otherworld. It requires open space to succeed. After a short
time, a powerful clawed tentacle will reach through the portal, remaining bound
to the caster's will for a duration depending on power. With the portal's
expiry, the tentacle will be severed and turn on the caster.
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Malign Offering spell

Drains life from an enemy, healing nearby allies in the process.
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Malmutate spell

Bestows a mutation on a target. The mutation is almost always harmful. It
cannot affect artificial beings, and the undead will decompose if affected.
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Mara Summon spell

Weaves illusions of the caster. Such illusions have the same physical prowess
as the original, and can cast the same spells.
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Mass Confusion spell

Causes confusion in all who gaze upon the caster.
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Mephitic Cloud spell

Conjures up a short-lived cloud of noxious fumes, which may cause confusion.
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Mesmerise spell

Makes a targeted creature unwilling to move away from the caster. Extremely
loud noises, such as those produced by lightning or scrolls of noise, will
disrupt the effect, as will leaving the caster's line of sight.
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Metabolic Englaciation spell

Lowers the metabolic rate of every creature in the caster's vicinity, slowing
all those who are not resistant to cold. Those especially vulnerable to cold
will be affected much more strongly, and tougher creatures will be slowed for a
shorter time.
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Metal Splinters spell

Fires a directed stream of sharp metal splinters. Its damage is strongly
reduced by armour.
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Miasma Breath spell

Creates a large cloud of foul pestilence, slowing and rotting any living
creatures it touches.
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Might Other spell

Significally increases a nearby ally's damage dealt in melee.
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Might spell

Significantly increases the caster's damage in melee.
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Minor Healing spell

Heals a small amount of damage to the caster's body.
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Monstrous Menagerie spell

Summons a powerful exotic creature to the caster's aid. It may call forth a
harpy, manticore or lindwurm, and at high power may summon a sphinx, or an
entire pack of harpies. With high power the individual creatures will also gain
increased strength.
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Necromutation spell

Transforms the caster into a lich — a powerful skeletal figure. The caster
becomes more resistant to cold and hostile enchantments and completely immune
to poison, rotting, negative energy and torment, and requires no food at all
for the duration of the spell. The caster also gains some of the more dubious
benefits of having an undead body, such as a vulnerability to holy weapons and
an inability to consume potions.
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Noxious Cloud spell

Creates a large cloud of noxious fumes, which may cause confusion.
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Olgreb's Toxic Radiance spell

Causes the caster to radiate toxic energy, continuously inflicting poison on
everything nearby for as long as the spell lasts.
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Orb of Destruction spell

Conjures an orb made of destructively-enhanced rock. Compared to most other
projectiles, these orbs travel at a relatively slow pace. The orbs home onto
their targets, yet because of their huge inertia, especially agile opponents
may be able to outmanoeuvre them. The orbs need some time to stabilize, and a
nascent orb will deal reduced damage.

Residents of the dungeon are able to maintain the orb until it impacts a
target, but when cast by you the orb will dissipate upon leaving your line of
sight.
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Orb of Electricity spell

Hurls a crackling orb of electrical energy, creating a huge explosion on
impact. Its damage partially bypasses armour.
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Ozocubu's Armour spell

Envelops the caster's body in a protective layer of thick ice. This provides 
no special protection against cold. The spell will not function for casters 
already wearing heavy armour (any body armour with an encumbrance rating of 5 
or more).
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Ozocubu's Refrigeration spell

Drains heat from the caster and their surroundings, causing harm to all
creatures not resistant to cold and bypassing any armour the targets may have.
It prevents the caster from using potions for a brief duration.
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Pain spell

Inflicts an extremely painful injury upon one living creature. The caster
suffers minor damage from the backlash.
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Paralyse spell

Prevents a creature from taking any action for a short time.
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Paralysis Gaze spell

Irresistably prevents a creature from taking any action for a short time,
requiring multiple charges but not line of fire.
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Passage of Golubria spell

Opens two gateways (one always near the caster), which allow instantaneous
transport to random other open gateways to any creature entering them. There is
no limit to the number of gateways that can be open at one time, but a gateway
will close when entered, or after a moderate amount of time.
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Passwall spell

Tunes the caster's body such that it can instantly pass through solid rock.
It takes some time for the caster to attune to the rock, during which they will
be helpless.
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Petrify spell

Petrifies a targeted creature. If successful, the target is slowed down for a
while until it is temporarily turned into stone. In this state, the target will
take less damage upon being hit.
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Petrifying Cloud spell

Exhales calcifying dust, which petrifies anyone affected for longer than a
brief moment.
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Phantom Mirror spell

Creates a phantom copy of a creature. The copy will be somewhat fragile, but
otherwise almost indistinguishable from the original.
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Plane Rend spell

Summons some of the greater threats from one of the Snake Pit, the Spider Nest,
the Swamp, the Shoals, the Pits of Slime, the Elven Halls, the Vaults, the
Crypt, the Tomb of Ancients, or the Realm of Zot; the specific branch varies
with each cast of the spell.
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Poison Arrow spell

Fires a magical arrow coated with the most vile and noxious toxin. Even those
resistant to poison will be poisoned by it, and a small portion of its direct
damage bypasses poison resistance.
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Poisonous Cloud spell

Conjures forth a great cloud of lethal gasses.
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Polymorph spell

Randomly alters the form of a creature. It is especially effective against
shape-changing creatures.
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Porkalator spell

Transforms the target into a pig. The target moves swiftly but cannot evoke
wands or cast spells. The caster's demise will cause the transformation to end.
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Portal Projectile spell

Allows the caster to teleport fired or thrown missiles directly to their
targets for a short duration, spending an additional small amount of magic for
each missile. Teleported projectiles have their accuracy greatly increased.
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Primal Wave spell

Conjures a great wave of water that may knock back the target, and creates a
pool of shallow water for a short duration.
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Quicksilver Bolt spell

<Breathe Dispelling Energy ability>
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Radiation Breath spell

Exhales a large cloud of radioactive, mutagenic gas.
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Random Bolt spell

Fires, at random, a bolt of venom, negative energy, fire, cold, dispelling
energy, electricity, or acid.
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Recall spell

Recalls any friendly creatures on the same level to a position adjacent to the
caster, over a short duration.
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Regeneration spell

Reanimates parts of the caster's wounds. This unnatural act dramatically 
increases the caster's health regeneration, but requires a portion of their
magic to be held in reserve to sustain the effect.
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Repel Missiles spell

Reduces the chance of projectile attacks striking the caster, making them
easier to dodge. Single-target attacks are much easier to repel than
penetrating attacks.
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Resonance Strike spell

Calls a surge of power from the earth, striking an enemy within the caster's
sight. The spell cascades through nearby constructs, growing in strength with
each one standing near the target.
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Ring of Flames spell

Surrounds the caster with a mobile ring of searing flame, and keeps other fire
clouds away from the caster. This spell attunes the caster to the forces of
fire, increasing the power of their fire magic and giving protection from fire.
However, it also makes them much more susceptible to cold.
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Sandblast spell

Consumes eight stones to create a short blast of high-velocity rock shards. Its
damage is strongly reduced by armour.
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Sap Magic spell

Taints a targeted creature's ability to cast spells. Casting a spell while
afflicted with this condition may cause the target to lose control over their
magic, progressively hindering their chances of success as more spells are cast.
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Scattershot spell

Blasts a cone-shaped area in front of the caster with metallic fragments. Its
damage is strongly reduced by armour.
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Seal Doors spell

Imparts seals on nearby doors and stairs, preventing those not allied with
the caster from traversing them.
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Searing Ray spell

Fires a continuous ray of fiery energy from the caster's hands. Though
initially mild, so long as the caster maintains focus upon the spell and
supplies it with magical power (by waiting in place and not taking any other
actions), the ray will grow in strength until it becomes a surging bolt able to
tear clean through the ranks of the caster's foes. The ray is concentrated enough 
to partially ignore the fire resistance of those it strikes.
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Searing Breath spell

Breathes a blast of fire at a targeted creature, leaving a cloud of flames at
the endpoint.
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Sentinel's Mark spell

Bestows a strong beacon upon a targeted creature. It announces the presence
and location of the marked creature to everyone on the same level.
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Shadow Bolt spell

Mimics a penetrating damaging spell cast by a Dithmenos worshipper, firing a
bolt of shadow.
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Shadow Creatures spell

Creates replicas of creatures native to the caster's current location, weaving
them from shadows and threads of Abyssal matter.
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Shadow Shard spell

Mimics a damaging spell cast by a Dithmenos worshipper, firing a shard of
shadow.
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Shatter spell

Causes an enormous burst of concussive force around the caster. Flying and
gelatinous creatures can escape the worst effects, and insubstantial creatures
are entirely unaffected, but all others will be gravely injured by the blast.
It may also destroy nearby walls.
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Shock spell

Throws a bouncing bolt of electricity. It partially bypasses armour.
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Shroud of Golubria spell

Bends space around the caster's body, protecting them from some blows by
redirecting their force to the air nearby. Ranged attacks cannot be diverted in
this way. The shroud is highly unstable, and may fall apart unexpectedly under
stress.
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Warning Cry spell

Generates a loud noise, alerting nearby enemies.
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Silence spell

Eliminates all sound near the caster. This makes reading scrolls, casting
spells, invoking divine abilities, or shouting impossible in the caster's
vicinity. The spell's oppressive, unnatural effect will greatly hamper stealth.

Certain monsters have innate magical or special abilities which will still be
usable while silenced.

The effect starts out with a radius depending on power, which will then shrink,
eventually covering only the caster, before it times out.
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Simulacrum spell

Creates an icy replica from the corpse of the original being. This magic is
unstable, so eventually the replica will sublimate into a freezing cloud.
Simulacra cannot leave the level they were created on.
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Siren Song spell

Sings a haunting song, making nearby victims unwilling to move away from the
singer. Extremely loud noises, such as those produced by lightning or scrolls
of noise, will disrupt the effect, as will leaving the caster's line of sight.
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Sleep spell

Puts a targeted creature to sleep. Taking damage will typically wake the
target, and loud sounds can potentially do so as well.
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Slow spell

Slows the actions of a creature.
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Slug Dart spell

Fires a sharp dart of hardened chitin.
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Smiting spell

<Smiting ability>
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Song of Slaying spell

Recites ancient verses of battle, boosting the caster's slaying abilities. 
Each non-summoned enemy the caster slays in combat during this recitation 
further enhances their melee and ranged skills for a short time. The song
continues as long as the caster can reserve a portion of their 
magical power to sustain it. 
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Spawn Tentacles spell

Extends large tentacles to attack nearby enemies.
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Spectral Cloud spell

Creates a cloud of spectral mist, dealing minor damage to all creatures other
than the undead. Dangerous but short-lived spectral undead creatures will
coalesce from the mist over time.
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Spectral Weapon spell

Draws out the spirit within a wielded weapon to fight for the caster, with its
strength increasing with power. The weapon will be summoned when the caster 
successfully hits a target. It only attacks when the caster does, and its
kills count as the caster's own. Only one spectral weapon can be maintained
at a time, and only while the original weapon remains wielded.

Certain powerful named artefacts cannot be summoned, and any abilities that
require evocation skill to trigger will not be active.
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Spellforged Servitor spell

Summons an extraplanar elemental and binds it to a durable shell forged from
the caster's own magic. The servitor is capable of unleashing some of the
destructive spells known to its creator, though the strongest and most volatile
of magics cannot be imbued in this fashion.
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Spider Form spell

Transforms the caster into a venomous, spider-like creature. The caster becomes
highly evasive and gains a poisonous bite, but gains vulnerability to poison
and cannot evoke wands. It makes spellcasting -aside from casting other form-changing
spells- slightly more difficult.
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Spit Acid spell

<Spit Acid ability>
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Spit Lava spell

Spits lava at a targeted creature.
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Spit Poison spell

<Spit Poison ability>
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Sprint spell

Causes the caster to cover ground more rapidly for a short duration.
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Static Discharge spell

Releases electrical charges against those next to the caster. These may arc to
other adjacent creatures, or back to the caster, before eventually grounding
out. It deals reduced damage when arcing to the caster, and bypasses any armour
the target may have.
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Statue Form spell


Transforms the caster into a slow but extremely robust stone statue. The
caster's melee damage, both unarmed and with weapons, is substantially
increased. The caster's stone body is insulated from electricity and gains
resistance to poison, rotting and negative energy.

While transformed, any equipped body armour, gloves and boots are melded.
%%%%
Steam Ball spell

Throws a ball of hot steam towards a targeted creature.
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Sticks to Snakes spell

Transforms a number of arrows in inventory into short-lived snakes, creating
more dangerous snakes with higher power. Eight arrows are consumed for each
snake created.
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Sticky Flame Range spell

Launches a glob of sticky flame, covering a targeted creature with liquid fire
for a short time.
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Sticky Flame Splash spell

<Breathe Sticky Flame ability>
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Sticky Flame spell

Conjures a glob of sticky flame, covering an adjacent creature with liquid fire
for a short time.
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Still Winds spell

Brings the air into unnatural stillness across a huge area, preventing anything
short of a tornado from breaking the calm. The effect takes concentration to
maintain, and only lasts a short time; if the caster is killed, clouds will
begin to form again as normal.
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Sting spell

Fires a magical dart of poison.
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Stone Arrow spell

Fires a sharp spine of rock.
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Stoneskin spell

Hardens the caster's skin. It has no effect on the undead or those under the
effects of most types of transformation.
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Strip Resistance spell

Greatly reduces the target's magic resistance, making them more vulnerable to
hostile enchantments.
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Sublimation of Blood spell

Converts some of the caster's blood into magical energy. The process is painful
but never directly lethal. The efficiency of the conversion increases with the
spell's power.
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Summon Air Elementals spell

Summons one or more air elementals.
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Summon Butterflies spell

Creates a shower of colourful butterflies. How pretty!
%%%%
Summon Demon spell

Opens a gate to the realm of Pandemonium and draws forth one of its inhabitants
to serve the caster for a time. The demon's servitude is not guaranteed, but
will be more likely with high power.
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Summon Dragon spell

Summons and binds a powerful dragon to perform the caster's bidding. At high
power it may summon particularly deadly varieties of dragon, or multiple lesser
dragons at once.
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Summon Drakes spell

Summons multiple drakes, and possibly one true dragon of some kind, barring the
most powerful ones.
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Summon Earth Elementals spell

Summons one or more earth elementals.
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Summon Emperor Scorpions spell

Summons multiple noble and monstrous emperor scorpions.
%%%%
Summon Executioners spell

Summons multiple Executioners to tear apart foes of the caster.
%%%%
Summon Eyeballs spell

Summons multiple floating eyeballs that may be able to paralyse, drain,
confuse, mutate or disintegrate.
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Summon Fire Elementals spell

Summons one or more fire elementals.
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Summon Forest spell

Forcefully intersects a forested plane with this world. It requires open space
to succeed. While the spell holds, a spirit of the forest will be called forth,
and the trees of the forest will be awakened to deal damage to nearby enemies.
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Summon Greater Demon spell

Calls forth one of the greater demons of Pandemonium to serve the caster. With
high power, the summoned demon will be less likely to be initially hostile —
but the strongest demons may eventually turn against their summoner regardless.
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Summon Guardian Golem spell

Summons a protective golem. It redirects the injuries of its allies (but not
the caster) to itself, though it risks overheating after absorbing significant
amounts of damage. It will gain more health at high power.
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Summon Hell Beast spell

Summons a deadly hell beast.
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Summon Holies spell

Calls forth divine warriors to aid the caster.
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Summon Horrible Things spell

Opens a gate to the Abyss and calls through one or more hideous abominations
from that dreadful place. The opening of the gate may drain a portion of the
caster's intellect.
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Summon Hydra spell

Summons a many-headed hydra to fight alongside the caster for a short time.
%%%%
Summon Ice Beast spell

Calls forth a beast of ice to serve the caster.
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Summon Illusion spell

Summons a temporary mirror image of an enemy. Such a copy has the same physical
prowess as the original, and can cast the same spells.
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Summon Lightning Spire spell

Constructs a lightning spire in a nearby location. It can fire bouncing bolts
of electricity at the caster's foes, but is completely immobile.
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Summon Mana Viper spell

Summons a violet-scaled serpent whose bite can swiftly drain the magical
reserves of nearly any foe. At higher power, the antimagic properties of the
viper's bite grow even stronger.
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Summon Minor Demon spell

Summons between one and three minor (rank 5) demons.
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Summon Mushrooms spell

Summons wandering mushrooms and deathcaps next to a targeted creature.
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Summon Scarabs spell

Calls forth a swarm of death scarabs.
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Summon Small Mammal spell

Summons a small mammal to the caster's aid.
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Summon Spectral Orcs spell

Summons between one and three spectral orcs, specialised for melee combat
and equipped with spectral weaponry and armour.
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Summon Swarm spell

Summons forth a pestilential swarm of insects.
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Summon Ufetubus spell

Summons multiple ufetubi; small, annoying demons.
%%%%
Summon Undead spell

Summons multiple undead monsters, creating various ghosts, vampires, wraiths
and other lesser undead.
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Summon Vermin spell

Summons multiple rats, spiders and worms.
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Summon Water Elementals spell

Summons one or more water elementals.
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Swiftness spell

Calls forth winds to greatly increase the caster's movement speed. After the
effect ends, the caster's movements will be sluggish for a time.
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Symbol of Torment spell

Calls on the powers of darkness to cause agonising injury to any living thing
in the caster's vicinity, cutting their resilience in half. This damage is
never directly lethal.
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Teleport Other spell

Randomly translocates a targeted creature.
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Teleport Self spell

Teleports the caster to a random location.
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Throw spell

Hurls an adjacent foe a considerable distance, injuring them.
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Throw Barbs spell

Fires a volley of barbs at the target, skewering them and making movement
painful.
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Throw Flame spell

Throws a small puff of flame.
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Throw Frost spell

Throws a small puff of frost.
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Throw Icicle spell

Fires a shard of ice. Due to its strong impact and cutting edges, a
significant portion of its damage bypasses cold resistance.
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Thunderbolt spell

Creates an arc of electricity.
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Tomb of Doroklohe spell

Entombs the caster within walls of rock. These walls will push away objects in
their way, but their growth is obstructed by the presence of any creature. They
are not permanent, and will expire after a period of time.
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Tornado spell

Turns the air around the caster into a mighty vortex, doing tremendous damage
to everyone caught in it. Those affected will also be swept up into the air and
tossed around. Only the eye of the storm is a safe place, and it follows the
caster. The spell's effectiveness is greatly diminished in closed areas. After
the tornado fades, it cannot be called forth again for a short time.
%%%%
Trog's Hand spell

<Trog's Hand ability>
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Tukima's Dance spell

Animates the weapon of a targeted foe, ripping it from their hands and causing
it to attack them relentlessly. Once the target dies, the weapon will fall to
the ground shortly thereafter.

Ranged weapons and certain powerful named artefacts cannot be affected, and
any abilities that require evocation skill to trigger will not be active.
%%%%
Twisted Resurrection spell

Causes nearby corpses to begin crawling together, merging into horrible
agglomerations of flesh. More and larger corpses result in more powerful
creations.
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Upheaval spell

Calls on the forces of nature to blast a small area with magma, ice, wind,
or rubble.
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Vampiric Draining spell

Steals the life of an adjacent living creature and grants it to the caster.
Life will not be drained in excess of what the caster can capably absorb.
%%%%
Venom Bolt spell

Fires a penetrating bolt of poison.
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Virulence spell

Makes a targeted creature more vulnerable to poison.
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Volley of Thorns spell

Launches a small hail of sharp thorns.
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Wall of Brambles spell

Causes brambles to rapidly grow nearby. They have almost no structural
strength, but the wicked thorns they bear make their removal difficult. Such
brambles are sparse enough that almost any missile can pass through unhindered.
%%%%
Warning Cry spell

Generates a loud noise, alerting nearby enemies.
%%%%
Waterstrike spell

Causes the water around or under the target to violently swirl, dealing damage.
It can affect targets standing in or flying above water.
%%%%
Wind Blast spell

Causes a strong gust of wind, pushing away creatures and clouds in a cone.
%%%%
Word of Recall spell

Recalls intelligent allies from elsewhere on the same level to the caster,
after a short delay.
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Yara's Violent Unravelling spell

Tears apart the bonds that bind enchantments to the target creature,
transforming the magic into a spray of deadly, mutagenic radiation.