List of Radiances (WIP)

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LIST OF RADIANCES

The 28 radiances are summarized here and described in detail in the posts below, listed alphabetically. Some radiances can only be learned by the Light Mage or Radiant Soul, while common radiances can be learned by either class.

COMMON RADIANCES

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• Absorption - Base: target gains vulnerability to light damage. Stage I-III: absorb energy damage. Stage IV: create a tiny disintegrating black hole.
• Ally of Light - Summon a light-related creature to serve you for 10 minutes.
• Aurora - Area deals cold damage and Fascinates targets.
• Caustic Network - Light patterns deal acid damage and entangle in an area.
• Daylight - Base: as the spell Daylight for 1 minute/level. Stage I-IV: deal increasing light damage and dazzle or blind all creatures in a 60-ft. burst.
• Enhanced Vision - See invisible creatures, see through walls or opaque smoke, replicate True Seeing and Scrying, or, in Stage IV, gain +100 to Spot/Search.
• Interference - Negatively interfere with enemy spells to disrupt them or positively interfere with ally spells or your own radiances to enhance them.
• Mirror Field - Wall or sphere reflects ranged attacks, possibly back at users, and deals damage to those who cross.
• Moonlight - Create a variety of moon-related effects such as a weapon made of moonlight, Confusion, a blast of Str damage, Bite of the Werebear, or a powerful fear effect.
• Photosynthesis - Grant a creature fast healing, regeneration, or plant immunities.
• Plant Growth - Grow entangling plants, walls of thorns, or a wave of vegetation.
• Prismatic Rays - Base: fire a ray with one of 7 random effects. Stages I-IV: fire more rays, at the same or different targets.
• Reflecting Beam - Produce a powerful line of light damage that can reflect off of surfaces.
• Signal - Daze creatures, control them with Suggestions, or send messages to them over long distances.
• Speed of Light - Grant flight or Haste, traverse miles in an instant and become incorporeal as you move.
• Starlight - Base: you recover twice as much energy outdoors at night. Stages I-IV: manipulate luck and predict the future.

LIGHT MAGE EXCLUSIVE

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• Hard Light - Make objects out of luminous force such as projectiles, armor, walls and cages.
• Hologram - Create illusions with increasing durations and programmatic complexity, until eventually they are intelligent and can cast simple radiances.
• Invisibility - Make creatures and objects invisible, including, at higher stages, to special senses or even to divinations.
• Laser - Laser sights improve accuracy, or more powerful lasers set targets ablaze or slice clear through obstacles.
• Modify Appearance - Change the appearances of yourself, allies and enemies. Objects can be permanently modified, and at Stage IV, enemies must save or believe they are what they look like.
• Radiation - Cone of high-frequency invisible light deals Con damage, sickens, nauseates, or even causes instant death.
• Relativity - Manipulate time, deal damage based on initiative scores, or affect gravity.
• Superposition - Allow creatures to occupy multiple places at once. Can be used defensively to grant yourself miss chances, or offensively to shunt enemies into walls or into the center of the sun.

RADIANT SOUL EXCLUSIVE

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• Glory - See alignments and lies, strike down enemies with lightning that increases in power the more evil they are, gain a gaze attack, or change a creature's alignment to yours.
• Halo - Ring-shaped light effects protect allies or deal light damage.
• Light of Healing - Touch creatures to grant a second try on a failed save, restore their HP, heal ailments, or revive them from death.
• Light of Hope - Grant save bonuses, immunity to fear or immunity to harmful mind-affecting effects. Stage I grants inspiration offensively to make an enemy recklessly optimistic.

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ALL RADIANCES A-L

Absorption
Learned by: Light Mage, Radiant Soul

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Stage	Casting Time	Range	Target/Effect/Area	Duration	SR?	Description
Base	1 standard action	Medium	One creature	1d4+1 rounds	Yes	The target's skin absorbs light, becoming visibly darker, which grants them a +5 bonus to Hide checks in shadowy illumination or darker surroundings. In addition, this causes them to become vulnerable to light damage (+50% damage from all light damage sources) if they weren't already. Neither effect allows a saving throw, though if the target has Spell Resistance and is unwilling, it applies.
I	1 immediate action	Close	One creature	1 round	No	When you cast this radiance, choose a energy type, which may be any of the 5 main types (acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic) or light. The target gains energy resistance 20 + your caster level (rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5) against the chosen type for 1 round. This radiance can be cast in response to an incoming energy attack to reduce its damage.
II	1 standard action	Medium	20-ft.-radius spread	1 round/level	No	You create a shadowy region that absorbs energy and light. The area fills with magical darkness, granting concealment (20% miss chance) to all creatures within. Darkvision does not bypass this, but other senses such as blindsight may circumvent it. In addition, all effects that deal variable, numeric energy damage (of one of the 6 types listed in Stage II) cast into, out of, or through the affected region are dampened, dealing minimum damage.
III	1 swift action	Personal	You	10 minutes or until discharged	No	You perfectly absorb and emit incoming energy attacks. The next time you would be struck by an attack that deals energy damage, you take no damage (other effects of the attack may still apply). You may then immediately emit the energy as a ray of light at a target within 60 feet (the energy disperses harmlessly otherwise). This does not require an action, can occur outside of your turn, and discharges this radiance (whether or not you choose to fire the ray). On a successful ranged touch attack, the ray deals light damage equal to the amount of damage you avoided. Assume you would have failed any relevant saving throws and didn't have any resistance or immunity to the incoming energy for the purpose of determining the ray's damage.
IV	1 standard action	5 feet	Fine-sized black hole	1 round/level	No	You absorb a staggering amount of energy, concentrating it into a fine-sized black hole at a point in a space adjacent to you. Each round (including the turn this radiance is cast) you may move the black hole up to 10 feet as a free action on your turn. If it enters a square occupied by a creature or object, it's movement stops and deals 1d10 damage per caster level to the occupying creature or object (max. 20d10). If it is a creature, they are allowed a Reflex save to negate the damage and move into an adjacent square, if they are able (the black hole still comes to a stop). Objects or creatures reduced to 0 HP or lower by the black hole are annihilated, leaving no trace. The black hole dissipates if its distance from you exceeds Close range.

Mastery: Stage I may be cast as a move action instead of a standard action. In addition, the duration of Stage III increases from 10 minutes to 24 hours (it still ends if discharged).

Ally of Light
Learned by: Light Mage, Radiant Soul

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Stage	Casting Time	Range	Target/Effect/Area	Duration	SR?	Description
Base	1 round	Close	Summoned creature	10 minutes	No	You summon a Lumi (Monster Manual III, p. 98). It obeys your commands without question. You may only have one summoned monster from any stage of this radiance at any given time; if you summon another, any monster you previously summoned from this radiance vanishes. You may dismiss the summoned monster back to its home plane as a standard action.
I	1 round	Close	Summoned creature	10 minutes	No	As Base, but you instead summon a Coure Eladrin (Book of Exalted Deeds p. 168). Its spell-like abilities have caster level 2 (instead of 3, as listed in its monster entry).
II	1 round	Close	Summoned creature	10 minutes	No	As Base, but you instead summon a Will-O'-Wisp. Its deflection bonus to AC is +4 (instead of +9, as listed in its monster entry. This reduces its AC and touch AC to 24).
III	1 round	Close	Summoned creature	10 minutes	No	As Base, but you instead summon a Quesar (Book of Exalted Deeds p. 180). It can only use its Consuming Brilliance ability once, and only after it has had its Blinding Radiance active for at least 1 round.
IV	1 round	Close	Summoned creature	10 minutes	No	As Base, but you instead summon a Juvenile Radiant Dragon (Draconomicon p. 185).

Mastery: Allies summoned via this radiance are permanent until destroyed, dismissed, or dispelled.

Aurora
Learned by: Light Mage, Radiant Soul

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Stage	Casting Time	Range	Target/Effect/Area	Duration	SR?	Description
Base	1 standard action	Medium	30-ft.-radius spread	1d4+1 rounds	See text	A fluttering, mesmerizing aurora bewilders all creatures in the area, causing them to take a -2 penalty to Wisdom checks, Wisdom-based skill checks, and Will saves (this is a mind-affecting effect). This penalty lasts as long as they remain in the effect, and for 1 round afterward. In addition, each round on your turn (including the turn in which you cast this radiance), all creatures within the affected area take 1d4 points of cold damage (no save). Damage from this radiance bypasses spell resistance, but the mind-affecting effect does not. Damage from multiple overlapping instances of this radiance do not stack; only the highest-stage of the overlapping radiances applies.
I	1 standard action	Medium	30-ft.-radius spread	1d4+1 rounds	See text	As Base, except the auroral lights are even more captivating, and the cold damage per round increases to 3d4. Each round on your turn (including the turn in which you cast this radiance), all creatures within the affected area must make a Will save or become Fascinated for 1 round. They may not take any actions other than to stare at the lights - unlike the normal Fascinate condition, potential threats do not snap them out of the effect, though damage or a standard action to shake them does. Continual damage sources such as the cold from this radiance do not disrupt the fascination. On a successful save, they instead take the -2 penalty described in the Base effect. In either case, it is a mind-affecting effect that can be blocked by spell resistance.
II	1 standard action	Medium	30-ft.-radius spread	1d4+1 rounds	See text	As Stage I, but the cold damage per round increases to 6d4, and the penalty imposed on a successful Will save becomes -4.
III	1 standard action	Medium	30-ft.-radius spread	1d4+1 rounds	See text	As Stage II, but the cold damage per round increases to 8d4. In addition, the aurora's glacial chill causes all floors, walls, and ceilings within the area to become coated in a thin layer of slippery ice. This acts as the spell Grease.
IV	1 standard action	Medium	30-ft.-radius spread	1d4+1 rounds	See text	As Stage III, but the cold damage per round increases to 11d4, and the penalty imposed on a successful Will save becomes -6.

Mastery: You are immune to cold damage. You may not learn more than one mastery effect that grants immunity to an energy type.

Caustic Network
Learned by: Light Mage, Radiant Soul

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Stage	Casting Time	Range	Target/Effect/Area	Duration	SR?	Description
Base	1 standard action	Long	5-ft.-radius burst	Instantaneous	No	An arcing pattern of light, like the bottom of a glass of water, explodes outward from a point in range, burning nearby targets like acid and wrapping them in a luminous web. All creatures in the area take 1d6 acid damage per 2 levels (rounded up, Reflex half). On a failed save, they additionally become Entangled for 2 rounds.
I	1 standard action	Long	15-ft.-radius burst	Instantaneous	No	As Base, but the burst is 15 feet in radius, the acid damage is 1d6 per 2 levels (rounded up) + 2d6, and the Entangle effect lasts for 3 rounds.
II	1 standard action	Long	25-ft.-radius burst	Instantaneous	No	As Base, but the burst is 25 feet in radius, and the acid damage is 1d6/2 levels (rounded up) + 4d6. In addition, on a failed save, any affected target is Immobilized (they cannot leave their current position) and Entangled for 4 rounds; on a successful save, they are still Entangled but the duration is 1 round and they are not Immobilized.
III	1 standard action	Long	35-ft.-radius burst	Instantaneous	No	As Stage II, but the burst is 35 feet in radius, the acid damage is 1d6/2 levels (rounded up) + 6d6, and the durations on a failed and successful save are 5 rounds and 2 rounds, respectively.
IV	1 standard action	Long	45-ft.-radius spread	Instantaneous	No	As Stage II, but the burst is 45 feet in radius, the acid damage is 1d6/2 levels (rounded up) + 8d6, and the durations on a failed and successful save are 6 rounds and 3 rounds, respectively. In addition, the light from this radiance bends around any squares you choose within its area, allowing it to avoid harming your allies when you cast it into the center of combat.

Mastery: You are immune to acid damage. You may not learn more than one mastery effect that grants immunity to an energy type.

Daylight
Learned by: Light Mage, Radiant Soul

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Stage	Casting Time	Range	Target/Effect/Area	Duration	SR?	Description
Base	1 standard action	Touch	Object touched	10 minutes/level	Yes	The touched object glows like the sun, as the spell Daylight. Treat this as a spell of level equal to half your caster level (rounded up) for the purpose of determining which darkness effects it can cancel out. Since this radiance costs zero energy but produces artificial light, it allows the caster to recover their energy even if there is no source of light nearby and they have no energy remaining.
I	1 standard action	60 ft.	60-ft. cone or 60-ft. burst centered on you	Instantaneous	Yes	You emit a flash of brilliant light, either in a cone or in a burst centered on, but not affecting, you. All creatures and objects within the area take 1d6 light damage per 2 levels (rounded up, Reflex half). Creatures that fail the save are Blinded for 1 round; those that pass but take damage are Dazzled for 1 round instead.
II	1 standard action	60 ft.	60-ft. cone or 60-ft. burst centered on you	Instantaneous	Yes	As Stage I, except the amount of light damage is 1d6 per 2 levels (rounded up) + 2d6. Creatures that fail the save are Blinded for 1d4+1 rounds; those that pass but take damage are Blinded for 1 round.
III	1 standard action	60 ft.	60-ft. cone or 60-ft. burst centered on you	Instantaneous	Yes	As Stage I, except the amount of light damage is 1d6 per 2 levels (rounded up) + 4d6. Creatures that fail the save are Stunned for 1 round and Blinded for 1d4+1 rounds; those that pass but take damage are Blinded for 1 round.
IV	1 standard action	60 ft.	60-ft. cone or 60-ft. burst centered on you	Instantaneous	Yes	As Stage I, except the amount of light damage is 1d6 per 2 levels (rounded up) + 6d6. Creatures that fail the save are Stunned for 1d4+1 rounds and permanently Blinded; those that pass but take damage are still Blinded for 1d4+1 rounds.

Mastery: Add +1 to the DC of all of your radiances that deal light damage.

Enhanced Vision
Learned by: Light Mage, Radiant Soul

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Stage	Casting Time	Range	Target/Effect/Area	Duration	SR?	Description
Base	1 standard action	Personal	You	10 minutes/level	No	You can see infrared light out to a distance of 60 feet. This allows you to see invisible creatures, and to see through smoke and darkness (except magical darkness).
I	1 standard action	Personal	You	1 round/level	No	You gain x-ray vision for out to a distance of 60 feet. X-ray vision allows you to see through up to 1 total foot of stone (whether or not it is contiguous), 3 feet of wood or dirt, or 1 inch of common metal, but is blocked by even a thin sheet of lead. It also allows you to see the shapes of concealed objects from within pockets or bags.
II	1 standard action	Personal	You	10 minutes	No	You gain True Seeing, as the spell, for 10 minutes.
III	1 standard action	Personal	You	10 minutes/level or until dismissed	See text	You can see any location or creature you wish, as long as they are on the current plane. If you choose a location, you view your surroundings as if you were at the chosen point in space. If you choose a creature, they are allowed a Will save, and Spell Resistance may apply, either of which can cause this radiance to fail. In this case, you must wait 24 hours before attempting to view them again. If you successfully view, them, you also view their surroundings, as though you were standing beside them. Regardless of what you choose to view, you gain only visual information, which can include the other senses from this radiance (except Stage II), but not sound or extraordinary senses such as blindsight. This radiance counts as a Divination (Scrying) effect.
IV	1 standard action	Personal	You	24 hours	No	You perceive the world in unimaginable detail and clarity. You gain a +100 enhancement bonus to Search and Spot. In addition to the obvious benefits of instantly identifying hidden objects and seeing through mundane disguises, you have access to epic usages such as bypassing illusions. This radiance also grants the ability to search for magical or difficult traps like a rogue can, though it confers no way to disarm them.

Mastery: All stages of this radiance have their duration increased to 24 hours.

Glory
Learned by: Radiant Soul

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Stage	Casting Time	Range	Target/Effect/Area	Duration	SR?	Description
Base	1 standard action	Long	One creature	Instantaneous	Yes	The target creature is struck by a bolt of lightning from the heavens. You do not need to have line of effect to the target, though you must know the square they inhabit. The target takes 1d6 electricity damage per 2 levels (rounded up, Reflex half) if they have a non-evil alignment. If they are evil, the damage dice used become d8 instead of d6. If they are evil outsiders, the dice become d10.
I	1 standard action	Personal	You	10 minutes	No	Your eyes glow white, and you can see the truth inside creatures' hearts. You know instantly what alignment creatures are just by looking at them (though effects such as the spell Undetectable Alignment can yield misleading results). In addition, at will during this radiance's duration, you may concentrate on a creature in order to replicate the effect of the spell Discern Lies.
II	1 standard action	Long	One creature + one additional creature per 4 levels	Instantaneous	Yes	As Base, except multiple creatures can be targeted, and the damage dealt is increased by 4 dice of the appropriate type.
III	1 swift action	Personal	You	1 round/level	See text	Your eyes begin to glow, granting you the ability to fire a beam of light from them at will as a standard action throughout this radiance's duration. When you use this effect, a target within Medium range must make a Fortitude save or be Paralyzed for 1d3 rounds. Spell Resistance does not hinder you from applying this radiance to yourself, but the Spell Resistance of a target must be overcome in order to Paralyze them with a beam of light.
IV	1 standard action	Touch	Nongood creature touched	Instantaneous	Yes	With a touch, you realign a creature's mind and soul, converting their alignment along the good-evil axis to good. This is a mind-affecting effect that allows a Will save to negate it. The shock of this transformation causes the creature to be Nauseated and Confused for 1d4+1 rounds. Whenever their confusion allows them to behave "normally," they act as your ally. After the nausea and confusion fades, they may remain your ally, or take whatever new course of action their altered personality believes is right. Once performed, this alignment change can only be undone with a Wish or Miracle. Since the new personality despises evil, they will attempt to prevent this effect from being removed at all costs.

Mastery: You are immune to electricity damage. You may not learn more than one mastery effect that grants immunity to an energy type.

Halo
Learned by: Radiant Soul

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Stage	Casting Time	Range	Target/Effect/Area	Duration	SR?	Description
Base	1 standard action	Close	One creature	10 minutes/level	No	A halo appears over the target creature, granting them protection as the spell Sanctuary. You may not protect more than one creature at a time; if you cast a second instance of this Base radiance, the first halo disappears and its effect ends.
I	1 standard action	Medium	All spaces passed through by 5-to-20-foot ring	Instantaneous	Yes	A ring of light momentarily appears centered at a point in range. The ring is a one-dimensional circle, not a disc or annulus. It may be at any orientation and have any radius between 5 and 20 feet. All creatures occupying any 5-foot cubes intersected by the ring take 1d6 light damage per 2 levels (rounded up) + 2d6 (Reflex half).
II	1 standard action	Medium	20-foot-radius ring	10 minutes	No	A 20-foot-radius ring of luminous runes appears on the ground centered at a point within range. One creature entirely within the ring (chosen when this radiance is cast) may not cross the ring or the space above or below it by any means, even via teleportation or planar travel (no save). Freedom of Movement and similar effects do not allow escape. Only movement is constrained; the chosen creature may still target creatures outside the ring with attacks if they are within range.
III	1 standard action	Medium	All spaces passed through by 5-to-50-foot ring	Instantaneous	Yes	As Stage I, except the ring may be any radius from 5 feet to 50 feet, and the light damage dealt is 1d6 per 2 levels (rounded up) + 6d6.
IV	1 standard action	Medium	ring of radius between 5 and 50 feet	10 minutes	No	As Stage II, but no creatures (including those outside) can cross other than those you indicate at the time of casting, and the ring can be of any radius from 5 feet up to 50 feet. Creatures intersecting the ring at the time of casting cannot be among those forbidden from crossing.

Mastery: Whenever a creature receives the benefit of the Base effect of this radiance, they may still attack freely without ending the effect.