Dark Magic manipulates power through curses, corruption, and forbidden pacts. It drains strength, weakens defenses, and twists fate to punish or control. Whether through shadowy hexes or soul-binding rituals, Dark Magic specializes in disruption, decay, and dread.
Practitioners are often calculating, feared, and misunderstood. Some are cold and cruel by choice; others wield darkness for pragmatic or even noble reasons. Regardless of intent, few who walk this path escape the suspicion — or respect — of others.
Dark spells manifest as black flame, whispering shadows, or flickers of pain in the soul. They leave marks not just on the body, but on the battlefield’s energy. To use Dark Magic is to touch something older and more dangerous than light — and to know it touches back.
You release all the power of the curses on cursed targets near you and cause the targets to take damage. If the target is not cursed, it takes no damage.
You conjure a writhing tether of shadow between yourself and your target — a clearly visible bond of dark energy. If, on your turn, the target is still within range, the bond tightens and lashes their soul, dealing damage. While the connection remains, the target suffers a penalty to any attacks, unnerved by the oppressive force of the hex.
This spell does not count as a curse.
You afflict the target with a corruptive hex that distorts all restorative efforts. Any healing they receive — whether through magic, skills, or technology — is reduced by half. If another creature attempts to restore the target’s vitality, the curse lashes back, dealing damage to the healer as their energy, effort, or systems are violently unraveled.
You curse the target to lose part of its power for the duration of the spell.
Curses the target to take additional damage from all sources for the duration of the spell.
You curse the target with a vicious curse slowly draining life power from them. If the target is hit, the curse will spread to a nearby target within the radius area of the spell.
You conceal yourself in a veil of darkness that emanates power from you dealing damage to all nearby. You are slowed, but you are harder to hit for the duration of the spell.