Sunbeam

Source book: Shadow Spells

Developed under contract with the Kingdom of Benin by Mitsuhama, Sunbeam was intended to give spellcasters an advantage against HMHVV-Infected invaders or infiltrators from Asamando. The spell creates an instantaneous beam of sunlight directed at the target. Intended to take advantage of ghouls’ vulnerability to sunlight, it has proven effective against other sufferers of the virus. The spell is not very useful against targets without any Allergy to sunlight; it does half the normal damage (rounded up) as Stun damage. Damage resolution is handled as explained in Indirect Combat Spells (p. 283, SR5). Against targets who have the Allergy (sunlight) weakness, however, the spell’s Damage Value is increased to twice what it normally is, and it always inflicts Physical damage regardless of the target’s armor value. All targets must deal with the bright glare of the spell; any target hit by the spell (whether it does damage or not) receives a –1 dice pool penalty to their next attack due to glare (flare compensation of any kind removes this penalty).