Spell:Burning Eyes of the Offender

Source: Book of the Emerald Circle by Brian Hon/Limited Reagent

Cost: 10m, 1wp

Circle: Emerald

Type: Simple

Keywords: Area Effect, Crippling, Obvious, War

Duration: Until dismissed

All who gaze upon the sorcerer weep uncontrollably, their eyes stung by her very visage. For the duration of this spell, whenever someone within (Essence x 100) yards beholds the sorcerer, the victim's player must roll (Wits + Awareness) at a difficulty of half (the sorcerer's Appearance + Occult + Essence). Cover bonuses apply as a reduction to the stated difficulty. If the target fails, he is blinded (see Exalted, p. 152) as a Crippling effect. A miscellaneous action may be taken to wipe away to tears and remove the blindness. (Note that this Crippling effect is caused by the spell, but it is not sorcerous itself; the sorcerer's blinding visage can be countered, but the Crippling effect cannot.) If the target succeeds, he shields his eyes or looks away in time not to be blinded. In either case, if the target beholds the sorcerer at a later time while this spell is still active, he must roll again. A character who does not wish to look upon the sorcerer's terrible countenance, he may avert or shield his eyes but is considered blind with respect to the sorcerer herself.

Note that the sorcerer herself can be affected by her own visage, via mirrors or other reflections.

This spell has the Area Effect keyword and has special effect when used in mass combat. If the unit is blinded, it immediately becomes unordered, much check for route (as subject to a spell, as well as a +2 difficulty for blindness), and its Close Combat/Ranged Attack Rating suffers the -4 penalty. Note this is for the unit being blinded. If the commander is blinded as well, the standard effects of the spell are imposed.