This is an add-on mod for Ars Nouveau that adds 2 new battle glyphs: Slash and Magic Blast. They can be woven into spells and augmented with modifiers just like other glyphs, and both now support custom effect colors via the "Spell Style" page in the spellbook.

Glyph overview:

Slash– Strikes a target creature with a blade of force, dealing one instance of damage. Damage is based on melee attack damage and spell power. Mana cost: 40.
Magic Blast – Unleashes a burst of arcane energy at the target location, damaging all creatures in the area. Damage is based on maximum mana and spell power; comes with an explosive sound effect. Mana cost: 100.

Available modifiers for Slash: Amplify (increases damage per level), Dampen (decreases damage per level), Split (adds one additional blade slash every 3 ticks, up to 3 extra slashes).

Available modifiers for Magic Blast:Amplify, Dampen, AOE (increases blast radius by +1 block per level, base radius 3 blocks), Sensitive (destroys blocks of moderate hardness within the blast radius).

Both glyphs are crafted at the Scribe's Table and cost 27 XP:

Slash: Iron Sword ×2 + Stick ×1
Magic Blast: Gunpowder ×2 + Amethyst Shard ×1 + Firework Star ×1

Casting method:Bind the glyph into a spell in the spellbook, then aim and cast like any normal spell.

Slash: Must be aimed directly at a creature to land a hit (hitting a block does nothing, nor does it affect dropped items). Upon impact, a semicircular blade arc sweeps across the target. With the **Split** modifier, additional slashes follow every 3 ticks, delivering rapid successive damage.

Magic Blast:** Aim at any location to cast. Upon detonation, a luminous orb rapidly expands at the target point (reaching the full blast radius in about 0.2 seconds), damaging all creatures within the sphere. With the Sensitive** modifier, fragile blocks such as dirt and wood within the blast radius will be destroyed (except for indestructible blocks like bedrock and obsidian).

Beware of friendly fire:** Neither Slash nor Magic Blast harms the caster or their tamed pets, but they will damage other creatures (including villagers, pets of other players, etc.). Magic Blast is an area-of-effect spell—be cautious in chaotic fights.

Mind the collateral:** Adding **Sensitive** to Magic Blast will destroy blocks—do not cast it recklessly near buildings or important areas.

All values (damage multipliers, blast radius, split interval, etc.) can be adjusted in the mod's configuration file.**

Ars Nouveau Combat Glyphs