Bark spirit is a battle spell of Bloom, the affinity of growth that Virenna, the Greenmother holds. Before the fighting, the caster lays the toughness of old bark over one company of their own army, selected by chance. For that battle its soldiers take more killing.
It is among the simpler spells, so a mage of any affinity can learn it, though across the ring it costs more, fails more easily and lays a thinner skin. Like every spell cast from a core since the Age of the First Sealborn, it is lost at the Unsealing.
The treefolk say the bark is not made but lent. Somewhere a tree-warden like Tree guardian stands a little thinner while a soldier stands a little thicker, and gets it back when the battle ends.
Player-visible facts
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Base mana per cast | 600 |
| Turns per cast | 0 |
| Type | battle |
Current costs and availability come from your legal actions. Affinity and active effects can change the base cost.