The Reliques of Tolti-Aph
An interactive fiction by Graham Nelson (2005) - the Inform 7 source text
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Section 2(a) - The phenomenon of magic
A spell character is a kind of value. The spell characters are offensive, defensive, healing and arcana. A valency is a kind of value. The valencies are targeted and untargeted.
A spell is a kind of value. The spells are defined by the Table of Enchantments.[1]
Table of Enchantments
| spell | nature | cost | requirement | emission | targeting | duration | duration timer | usage count |
| detect trap | defensive | 1 | air | "diffuse blue light" | untargeted | -- | a number | a number |
| memorise | arcana | 3 | air | "a glowing symbol" | targeted | -- | ||
| fashion staff | arcana | 2 | wood | "woodpulp" | untargeted | -- | ||
| know nature | arcana | 1 | air | "probing rays" | targeted | -- | ||
| make sanctuary | arcana | 8 | clay | "rainbow walls" | untargeted | -- | ||
| magelight | arcana | 4 | wood | "flickering white light" | untargeted | 25 | ||
| mend | healing | 2 | flesh | "ghostly fingers" | targeted | -- | ||
| magic missile | offensive | 6 | wood | "a fiery red bolt" | targeted | -- | ||
| aerial shield | defensive | 3 | air | "green smoke" | untargeted | 3 | ||
| silence | defensive | 4 | air | "a tiny white puff" | untargeted | 2 | ||
| web | offensive | 4 | air | "a clingy white thread" | targeted | -- | ||
| ward magic | defensive | 6 | metal | "orange sparks" | untargeted | -- | ||
| exorcise undead | defensive | 7 | metal | "purest whiteness" | untargeted | -- | ||
| dragon sleep | healing | 5 | flesh | "little dancing lights" | targeted | -- | ||
| circumvent lock | healing | 2 | metal | "tendrils of metallic light" | targeted | -- | ||
| inner warmth | defensive | 4 | wood | "reddish glowing" | untargeted | 4 | ||
| ironbones | defensive | 4 | flesh | "red metallic beams" | untargeted | 6 | ||
| summon elemental | offensive | 6 | flesh | "blood-red mist" | untargeted | -- |
Understand "memorize" as memorise.[2]