Shear

	Shear
Abbreviation:	SHEAR
Prerequisites:	Psychic Shield and Rend
Signature:	Yes
Spell Slots:	3
Mana Type:	Unknown
Spell Type:	standard / warding
Difficulty:	esoteric
Prep (min/max):	30 / 103
Skill Range (min/max):	Unknown / Unknown
Valid Spell Target:	Self
Duration (min/max):	Unknown minutes /
Justice:	Unknown
Corruption:	Unknown
Description:	The Shear spell envelops you in a magical field that can absorb a spell and reactively lash back at the caster with a blast of mental energy. The drawback is that your own spells are subject to this barrier as well.
Effect:	Unknown
Example Messaging:	You gesture. A globe of shimmering blue fire flickers into being around you. Self Cast Blocking: You gesture. The shimmering globe of blue fire surrounding you shudders slightly. The pattern of your spell is torn apart, sending the raw mana cascading back into your body! You are stunned! The shimmering globe of blue fire suddenly extinguishes.
Devices/Tattoos:	Chartreuse verdant heart, Sharp-edged inkpot, Wand of eventide moonstone etched with a kaleidoscope of butterflies

Notes

• The backlash effect causes nerve damage which caps at 'severe twitching' and a lengthy stun.
  • The stun is based on spell power vs. spell power.
• Shear was a sorcery spell originally. The version the Moon Mage Guild teaches is a modified pattern with the sorcerous mix taken out, but it's close enough that the globe still has the appearance of a sorcery: It's a spell that conjures a strange semblance of fire, that violently reacts to spells crossing its interface, and was refined by someone who later turned out to be a very learned Necromancer.
• Backlash effect works on both beneficial spells as well as harmful spells.
• Since your entire Psychic Projection book is disabled while Shear is in effect, use Dazzle or Whole Displacement to disable or stun instead.
• Other barrier spells such as Sphere of Protection and Ethereal Shield seem to be very effective at wearing down a shear as well.
• Bardic Enchantes currently have the effect of wearing down a Shear without causing it to lash at the Bard. Can either be annoying or useful if you want the shear gone.
• Spell is replaceable, so if you really want the shear gone, you can replace it will a minimum prep snap cast for a very short duration.
• Shear will not activate for Area of Effect spells such as Chain Lightning. This is not a bug.
• Appears in the room LOOK as: <caster> who is in a globe of blue fire.
• Will negate the effect of a shadowsilk cloak, but not all the time (Unclear if this is on purpose to allow others to look at you and see the globe in your description, or a bug).