Scroll of light

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Name	light
Appearance	random
Base price	50 zm
Weight	5
Ink to write	4-7
Monster use	Will not be used by monsters.

The scroll of light generates a permanent field of light when read. The field has a 9-unit radius if blessed or a 5-unit radius if uncursed. If cursed, it instead creates a 5-unit radius field of darkness and extinguishes active light sources. If confused, the scroll will instead produce a field of darkness regardless of the beatitude of the scroll - a 9-unit radius if the scroll was blessed, or a 5-unit radius if the scroll was uncursed or cursed. In addition, all carried light sources will be extinguished. Sunsword is not extinguished by the extinguishing effects, nor is the light generated by light producing creatures such as yellow lights.

Messages

A lit field surrounds you!

You read a blessed or uncursed scroll.

You are surrounded by darkness!

You read a cursed scroll, or a scroll of any beatitude while confused. Messages that may be appended depending if you are wielding a light source:

Your <light source> goes out!

Your <candle>'s flame is extinguished.

Your light source is extinguished.

Suddenly, the only light left comes from Sunsword!

You are wielding Sunsword.

UnNetHack

In UnNetHack, reading a scroll of light while confused has a different effect than reading a cursed scroll. If blessed or uncursed, it will summon 5-10 Yellow lights scattered throughout the level. If the scroll is cursed, it will instead summon up to 15 Black lights.

Strategy

While useful for lighting up a single room, a more efficient option is using a wand of light, spellbook of light, or a lamp, brass lantern or other light source. Therefore, this scroll is a good candidate for blanking.

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Area darkened by cursed scroll

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Area lit by blessed scroll

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