SpellCraft - Magic World

⚡ Lightning Spells & Combat Overhaul

New: Lightning-style spell beams — every spell cast now fires as a jagged, crackling bolt (real 3D geometry, additive glow, ~0.5s fading afterglow) instead of a straight particle trail. Wand-lock duels (Priori Incantatem) now clash with writhing lightning bolts on both sides and a colorful spark burst at the collision point.

Protego Maxima now actively pushes back everything caught in the dome (~5-6 blocks) and deflects incoming arrows/projectiles back at the shooter.

Combat fixes:

• Troll attacks are now properly telegraphed — no more damage landing before the swing animation.
• Basilisk venom spit now respects armor (was bypassing it entirely).
• Stupefy applies a proper ~1s stun on hit.

🔥 Spell Behavior Changes

• Glacius now freezes the surface of water when aimed at it (previously froze underwater layers through the surface).
• Ventus extinguishes fire in a wide cone up to 15 blocks ahead.
• Confringo cooldown increased slightly (+0.3s).
• Accio range and pull strength significantly increased; description now correctly mentions it pulls creatures too.
• All spell damage increased by 15%; base mana regeneration increased by 5%.
• Creative-mode players no longer need reagents or mana to cast/learn spells.

🦉 Creatures

• Phoenix, Thunderbird, and Snowy Owl now spawn in all Overworld biomes (previously biome-restricted) with increased frequency — these are the birds needed for spell reagents.
• Mooncalf spawn frequency increased and no longer restricted to a single biome.
• Thunderbird flight speed increased.
• Newly spawned creatures near players no longer despawn when you walk away.

🎨 Visuals & UI

• Reworked Gloomwood's soil/grass textures to match vanilla's pixel style (previously a mismatched resolution).
• Spell Table screen: title text is now readable (was dark-on-dark), and long hint text no longer overflows the panel.
• Spell tooltips now show a short description of what each spell does.

📦 Loot & Progression

• Dark Spell Book drop chance from Death Eater camps increased.