Light from Images

[Tywyll]

How far can a light produced with Images be seen? How bright can it be?

 

In Fantasy Hero there is a light spell that is "as bright as daylight" and give a +4 modifier to PER rolls. If you want something to be that bright, do you have buy the +4, or is that just the mechanical benefits?

 

I've also seen a flashlight done with "no range" and Images. Is that legal? Would a flashlight need a Cone area of effect? Please help.

[Steve Long]

Re: Light from Images

 

How far away an Image (of any sort) can be seen depends on the local conditions affecting Sight. The radius of an Image governs how large it can be, not who it can affect. In the right circumstances, someone might be able to see an Image from miles away. For example, an Image of light can probably be seen further at night (when it's more noticeable) than during the day.

 

Since the rules specify a -4 PER Roll penalty for "dark night," +4 is by definition the minimum that's needed to create "daylight" to counteract the darkness.

 

A flashlight could have AoE: Cone, but it doesn't have to. I've built plenty of example flashlights in various books, and IIRC none of them have Cone. What matters is the size of the area covered by the light at its maximum "expansion," not what it looks like as it gets to that point.