Light

Alteration [light]
Tier: 0
Components: Verbal, Somatic
Casting Time: 1 major action
Range: Touch
Target/Effect: See text
Duration: 10 minutes/level
Saving Throw: None
You clasp the head of your staff between your hands. After a moment, light begins to spill between your fingers. When you remove your hands, your surroundings are illuminated.

This spell creates a light, either in your hand, or in a specially prepared item. The light shines like a torch, shedding bright light in a 20 ft radius and dim light for an additional 20 ft.

This effect is cancelled by darkness spells of a higher tier.

Material Component:
A specially prepared crystal, infused with sunlight and set in brass. Many wizards set such crystals atop their staves.