Index of Spells by Descriptor - Light

Name
School Casting Time Source Book
Save - Res Level Comps
Dur Range Recharge
Effect
Expensive Focus
Expensive Material
XP Cost
Description
Full Description
Anger of the Noonday Sun
    SPC
  Arc 6, Drd 6, Shu 6  
    General

Blinds creatures within 20 ft.

Aura of the Sun
    LostEmpiresOfFaerun
  Arc 4, Clr 4, Pal 4  
    General

Fills an area with light that damages undead and hampers magical darkness.

Battlefield Illumination
    HoB
  Arc 4, Clr 4, Drd 4, Pal 4  
    General

Improve light in 80-ft.-radius cylinder

Blaze of Light
    HoB
  Arc 1, Drd 2, Pal 1  
    General

60ft. cone of light dazzles creatures.

Blinding Breath
    SPC
  Wiz 4  
    General

Your breath weapon blinds targets.

Blistering Radiance
    SPC
  Arc 5, Clr 5, Sor/Wiz 4  
    General

Dazzles sighted creatures and causes 2d6 fire damage/round.

Breath Flare
    SPC
  Sor/Wiz 1  
    General

Your breath weapon dazzles targets.

Candlelight
    Ghostwalk Web
  Arc 0, Brd 0, Clr 0, Drd 0, Sor/Wiz 0  
    6 hours

Cast a 5-foot radius light from the point touched.

City Lights
    RoD
  City 2, Sor/Wiz 2  
    General

Absorb nearby light to release as blinding flare.

Continual Flame (M)
Evocation [Light] 1 standard action SRD
None - No Adp 3, Arc 3, Clr 3, HotD 2, Sor/Wiz 2, Wmg 2 V, S, M
Permanent Touch General
Effect: Magical, heatless flame
Materials: You sprinkle ruby dust (worth 50 gp) on the item that is to carry the flame.

Makes a permanent, heatless torch.

A flame, equivalent in brightness to a torch, springs forth from an object that you touch. The effect looks like a regular flame, but it creates no heat and doesn't use oxygen. A continual flame can be covered and hidden but not smothered or quenched.

Light spells counter and dispel darkness spells of an equal or lower level.

Crown of Brilliance (M)
    Book of Exalted Deeds
  Arc 6, Clr 6  
    General

Holy light blinds or dazzles foes, repels light-sensitive creatures, and damages undead.

Curtain of Light
    Book of Exalted Deeds
  Sanctified 5  
    General

Shapable curtain of light does 2d4 damage/round to evil creatures and 2d6 damage +1/level (max +20) to evil creatures passing through (double for undead).

Dancing Lights
Evocation [Light] 1 standard action SRD
None - No Arc 0, Beguiler 0, Brd 0, Duskblade 0, Shu 0, Sor/Wiz 0, Wuj 0 V, S
1 min. (D) Medium General
Effect: Up to four lights, all within a 10-ft.-radius area

Creates torches or other lights.

Depending on the version selected, you create up to four lights that resemble lanterns or torches (and cast that amount of light), or up to four glowing spheres of light (which look like will-o'-wisps), or one faintly glowing, vaguely humanoid shape. The dancing lights must stay within a 10-foot-radius area in relation to each other but otherwise move as you desire (no concentration required): forward or back, up or down, straight or turning corners, or the like. The lights can move up to 100 feet per round. A light winks out if the distance between you and it exceeds the spell's range.

Dancing lights can be made permanent with a permanency spell.

Dawn Shroud
    CV
  Arc 5, Clr 5, Drd 5  
    General

In addition to acting as a daylight* spell, the light is harmful to oozes and undead.

Daylight
Evocation [Light] 1 standard action SRD
None - No Adp 3, Arc 3, Brd 3, ChamGwyn 3, Clr 3, Drd 3, EmBarachiel 3, HotD 3, Pal 3, Shu 3, Sor/Wiz 3 V, S
10 min./level (D) Touch 4 hours
Target: Object touched

60-ft. radius of bright light.

The object touched sheds light as bright as full daylight in a 60-foot radius, and dim light for an additional 60 feet beyond that. Creatures that take penalties in bright light also take them while within the radius of this magical light. Despite its name, this spell is not the equivalent of daylight for the purposes of creatures that are damaged or destroyed by bright light.

If daylight is cast on a small object that is then placed inside or under a light- proof covering, the spells effects are blocked until the covering is removed.

Daylight brought into an area of magical darkness (or vice versa) is temporarily negated, so that the otherwise prevailing light conditions exist in the overlapping areas of effect.

Daylight counters or dispels any darkness spell of equal or lower level, such as darkness.

Faerie Fire
Evocation [Light] 1 standard action SRD
None - Yes Arc 1, Drd 1, Fey 1, Moon 1, Shu 1 V, S, DF
1 min./level (D) Long General
Area: Creatures and objects within a 5-ft.-radius burst

Outlines subjects with light, canceling blur, concealment, and the like.

A pale glow surrounds and outlines the subjects. Outlined subjects shed light as candles. Outlined creatures do not benefit from the concealment normally provided by darkness (though a 2nd-level or higher magical darkness effect functions normally), blur, displacement, invisibility, or similar effects. The light is too dim to have any special effect on undead or dark-dwelling creatures vulnerable to light. The faerie fire can be blue, green, or violet, according to your choice at the time of casting. The faerie fire does not cause any harm to the objects or creatures thus outlined.

Flare
Evocation [Light] 1 standard action SRD
Fortitude negates - Yes Arc 0, Blg 0, Brd 0, Drd 0, Duskblade 0, Shu 0, Sor/Wiz 0, Wuj 0 V
Instant Close General
Effect: Burst of light

Dazzles one creature (-1 on attack rolls).

This cantrip creates a burst of light*. If you cause the light to burst directly in front of a single creature, that creature is dazzled for 1 minute unless it makes a successful Fortitude save. Sightless creatures, as well as creatures already dazzled, are not affected by flare.

Glowing Orb (F)
    PGtF
  Arc 4, Clr 4, Sor/Wiz 3  
    6 hours

Creates permanent magical light; you control brightness.

Guiding Light
    SPC
  Arc 1, Brd 1, Clr 1, Sor/Wiz 1  
    5 minutes

+2 on ranged attacks against creatures in illuminated area.

Handfire
    Magic of Faerun
  Arc 1, Clr 1, Drd 1, Hrp 1, Hth 1, Rgr 1  
    General

Your hand glows and can make a touch attack dealing 1d4 +1/level, 1d6 +1/level vs undead.

Heartfire
    SPC
  Arc 2, Brd 2, Drd 2  
    General

Passions of targets ignite as real fire upon the target.

Lantern Light
    Book of Exalted Deeds
  Arc 1, Clr 1, Pal 1, Sor/Wiz 1, Vassal of Bahamut 1  
    General

Ranged touch attack deals 1d6 points of damage.

Light
Evocation [Light] 1 standard action SRD
None - No Adp 0, APeace 0, Arc 0, Artificer 1, Brd 0, Clr 0, Drd 0, HB 1, Hlr 0, Shu 0, Sor/Wiz 0, Wmg 0, Wuj 0 V, M/DF
10 min./level (D) Touch 1 hour
Target: Object touched

Object shines like a torch.

This spell causes an object to glow like a torch, shedding bright light in a 20-foot radius (and dim light for an additional 20 feet) from the point you touch. The effect is immobile, but it can be cast on a movable object. Light taken into an area of magical darkness does not function.

A light spell (one with the light descriptor) counters and dispels a darkness spell (one with the darkness descriptor) of an equal or lower level.

Light of Lunia
    SPC
  Arc 1, Clr 1, Sor/Wiz 1  
    1 hour

You radiate silvery light, which you can expend as 2 bolts that deal 1d8 damage.

Light of Mercuria
    SPC
  Arc 2, Clr 2, Sor/Wiz 2  
    1 hour

You radiate golden light, which you can expend as 2 bolts that deal 2d6 damage, 4d6 against undead and evil outsiders.

Light of Venya
    SPC
  Arc 3, Clr 3  
    1 hour

You radiate silvery light, which you can expend as 2 bolts that either deal 6d6 against evil outsiders and undead or heal 1d6 points of damage.

Lightwall
    Dragon 322
  Arc 4, Clr 4, Sor/Wiz 4  
    5 minutes

Creates a wall of light that dazzles creatures passing through it.

Lucent Lance
    SPC
  Arc 6, Clr 6, Sor/Wiz 5  
    General

Ray uses ambient light to deal varied amounts of damage and dazzle target.

Luminous Gaze
    SPC
  Sor/Wiz 1  
    General

You cast a dazzling light.

Moonbeam
    SPC
  Arc 2, Hth 2, Moon 2  
    30 minutes

Creates a cone of moonlight that causes lycanthropes to assume animal form, penetrates darkness spells of equal or lower level.

Moonfire
    SPC
  Arc 9, Moon 9  
    General

Cone of moonlight deals 1d8 damage/two levels (max 10d8, magical auras glow blue for 1 round/level, illuminates as full mune, negates electricity for 1 round/level.

Nimbus of Light
    Complete Divine
  Arc 1, Clr 1, Purification 1  
    General

Sunlight illuminates you until released as an attack for 1d8+1/level damage.

Radiant Assault (F)
    Dragon 322
  Arc 7, Clr 7, Sor/Wiz 7  
    General

Light burst deals nonlethal damage and dazes creatures.

Rainbow Beam (M)
    Dragon 322
  Sor/Wiz 2  
    General

Ray does a random type of damage.

Rainbow Blast (M)
    Dragon 322
  Sor/Wiz 3  
    General

Line deals damage from each type of energy.

Ray of Light
    DA5
  Brd 1, Sor/Wiz 1  
    General

Creates a narrow cone of light.

Righteous Aura
    Miniatures
  Arc 4, Pal 4  
    6 hours

You detonate on death, healing good creatures and damaging others (2d6/level damage).

Rosemantle
    Magic of Faerun
  Arc 1, Clr 1  
    General

Adds +1/level (max +10) sacred bonus against pain, nausea, and fear affects. Also delays poison.

Searing Exposure
    Sandstorm
  Arc 4, Drd 4, Sor/Wiz 4  
    General

Target suffers hours of wasteland exposure in a moment.

Sun Bolt
    ShS
  Arc 2, Clr 2, Sor/Wiz 2  
    Prohibited

Ray deals 2d6 damage, more against undead, and might blind target.

Sun Scepter
    LostEmpiresOfFaerun
  Arc 6, Clr 6  
    General

Scepter of light functions as a melee weapon with the axiomatic, disruption, and flaming burst special abilities.

Sunbeam
Evocation [Light] 1 standard action SRD
Reflex negates and Reflex half; see text - Yes Arc 7, Drd 7, Glory 7, Shu 7, Summer 6, Sun 7, Wmg 7 V, S, DF
1 round/level or until all beams are exhausted 60 ft. General
Area: Line from your hand

Beam blinds and deals 4d6 damage.

For the duration of this spell, you can use a standard action to evoke a dazzling beam of intense light each round. You can call forth one beam per three caster levels (maximum six beams at 18th level). The spell ends when its duration runs out or your allotment of beams is exhausted.

Each creature in the beam is blinded and takes 4d6 points of damage. Any creatures to which sunlight is harmful or unnatural take double damage. A successful Reflex save negates the blindness and reduces the damage by half.

An undead creature caught within the beam takes 1d6 points of damage per caster level (maximum 20d6), or half damage if a Reflex save is successful. In addition, the beam results in the destruction of any undead creature specifically harmed by bright light if it fails its save.

The ultraviolet light generated by the spell deals damage to fungi, mold, oozes, and slimes just as if they were undead creatures.

Sunburst
Evocation [Light] 1 standard action SRD
Reflex partial; see text - Yes Arc 8, Drd 8, Elf 8, Purification 8, Shu 8, Sor/Wiz 8, Summer 8, Sun 8, Wmg 8 V, S, M/DF
Instant Long General
Area: 80-ft.-radius burst

Blinds all within 10 ft., deals 6d6 damage.

Sunburst causes a globe of searing radiance to explode silently from a point you select. All creatures in the globe are blinded and take 6d6 points of damage. A creature to which sunlight is harmful or unnatural takes double damage. A successful Reflex save negates the blindness and reduces the damage by half.

An undead creature caught within the globe takes 1d6 points of damage per caster level (maximum 25d6), or half damage if a Reflex save is successful. In addition, the burst results in the destruction of any undead creature specifically harmed by bright light if it fail its save.

The ultraviolet light generated by the spell deals damage to fungi, mold, oozes, and slimes just as if they were undead creatures.

Sunburst dispels any darkness spells of lower than 9th level within its area.

Wall Of Light
    SPC
  Arc 3, Clr 3, Sor/Wiz 3  
    General

Creates wall of light, can dazzle creatures.