Cover of Blackness

This spell is a part of the Blotting spell chain and is found in the Blotting rune stone.

This spell envelops the entire battlefield in pure blackness. The blackness extinguishes any light source and is thick like soup. During the duration of the spell, enemies find their movements cut in half and their melee attacks reduced by 25%. Projectile attacks fail to work for enemies. Enemies also must make Hard Luck -1 checks to find and attack you and your allies as they can perceive nothing. Allies and yourself can see just fine as you are all granted Dark Vision. Your projectiles won't work, but your melee attacks aren't reduced, nor are your movement speeds. Everyone can either walk or swim within the blackness, including upwards.