Shadow Lash

Effect

You conjure a seething blast of hungry darkness. Mages may give advanced forms of this spell more colorful names, such as:

Howl of the Hungerer (Blast, Close Combat)

Nether Storm (Blast, Range, Volley, requires an appropriate wand)

Soul Lash (Empowered)

Details

Base Difficulty: Hard (3)
Concentration: No
Skill: Void Magic
Range: Short (not Engaged)
Effect: Void damage (equal to caster's Intellect + 1 per uncancelled Success) with a Critical rating of 5. If the attack deals damage, the target must immediately make a Hard (Difficulty 3) Resilience check or suffer wounds equal to the caster's ranks in Knowledge (Thaumaturgy) and strain equal to the caster's ranks in Knowleddge (Thaumaturgy).

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Additional Effects

Shadow Lash is eligible for the following additional effects.

Effect	Difficulty Modifier
Blast	+1
Close Combat	+1
Range	+1
Volley	+1
Empowered	+2

Blast: The spell gains the Blast quality with a rating equal to the caster's ranks in Knowledge (Thaumaturgy).

Close Combat: May select a target engaged with the caster.

Range: Increase the range of the spell by one range band. This may be added multiple times, increasing the range by one range band each time.

Volley: The spell gains the Auto-Fire quality.

Empowered: The spell deals damage equal to twice the caster's Intellect + 1 per uncancelled Success. If the spell has the Blast quality, it affects all characters within short range, instead of engaged.