Alpha's Starlight
(Evocation, Illusion)

Range:  5 yards per level
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  1 turn per level
Casting Time:  1 round
Area of Effect:  10 square feet per level
Saving Throw:  None

This spell illuminates an area as a cloudless outdoor night sky filled with stars. This light is pale and wan, and dilutes vision mostly to black and white. Full visual acuity is possible only out to a range of 10 yards, but general identification can be made out to 20 yards.
Stationary figures can be made out at 40 yards, and movement detected out to 80 yards. Intervening cover will, of course, reduce sighting distances accordingly. This light does not interfere with infravision, and there are ample shadows within the area of effect to hide in. The illusionary component of the spell creates the appearance of an actual starry night sky. The area of effect is stationary. The material component is a piece of black velvet and a few bits of glass.

