From 7516aae0e4d79cd0681b40cf5a71246b8ebab2d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DualFroz <me@dualfroz.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 14:12:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add Spells.knows and Spells.learn to spells

---
 src/spells.lua | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/spells.lua b/src/spells.lua
index f11f978..6a24034 100644
--- a/src/spells.lua
+++ b/src/spells.lua
@@ -156,3 +156,94 @@ Spells.catalog = {
   -- Saps the target's fighting strength for a few turns (see status.lua's
   -- Status.WEAKEN). Until now WEAKEN only ever flowed toward the player - a
   -- shaman's ranged curse, a cursed shrine's backfired prayer - with no way
+  -- for the player to return the favor against a monster; this spell is
+  -- that missing direction, shaped exactly like confuse/blind above (no
+  -- direct damage, just a debuff riding on Status.apply).
+  weaken = {
+    name = "withering hex", cost = 4, targeted = true, range = 5,
+    cast = function(_, _, target)
+      Status.apply(target, Status.WEAKEN, 6, 1)
+      return { string.format("%s's strength withers", target.name) }
+    end,
+  },
+  -- Rewrites the target's body outright rather than damaging or debuffing
+  -- it (see polymorph.lua). A pricier cast than any other targeted spell
+  -- here, since a lucky roll can turn a real threat into something the
+  -- caster can safely ignore - and an unlucky one can just as easily make
+  -- it worse, the same double-edged risk a shrine's backfired prayer carries.
+  polymorph = {
+    name = "polymorph", cost = 9, targeted = true, range = 5,
+    cast = function(game, _, target)
+      local oldName = target.name
+      local pool = Polymorph.pool(game.depth)
+      local spec = Polymorph.transform(target, game.rng, pool)
+      if not spec then
+        return { string.format("the magic washes over %s, changing nothing", oldName) }
+      end
+      return { string.format("%s convulses and reforms into a %s", oldName, spec.name) }
+    end,
+  },
+  -- A self-buff shaped exactly like shield, but see status.lua's
+  -- Status.LEVITATE for the payoff: for as long as it lasts, the caster
+  -- drifts clear of lava, a chasm's drop, an ice tile's slide, and any
+  -- ground-pressure trap (Game:checkTerrainFor/checkTrapFor) instead of
+  -- soaking a hit.
+  levitate = {
+    name = "levitation", cost = 5, targeted = false,
+    cast = function(_, caster)
+      Status.apply(caster, Status.LEVITATE, 20, 1)
+      return { "you rise off the ground" }
+    end,
+  },
+  blink = {
+    name = "blink", cost = 6, targeted = false,
+    cast = function(game, caster)
+      local free = {}
+      for _, cell in ipairs(reachableWithin(game, caster, 5)) do
+        if not game.level:entityAt(cell.x, cell.y) then
+          free[#free + 1] = cell
+        end
+      end
+      if #free == 0 then return { "there is nowhere to blink" } end
+      local pick = free[game.rng:range(1, #free)]
+      caster.x, caster.y = pick.x, pick.y
+      return { "you blink through space" }
+    end,
+  },
+}
+
+function Spells.knows(caster, key)
+  for _, known in ipairs(caster.spellsKnown) do
+    if known == key then return true end
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
+function Spells.learn(caster, key)
+  if not Spells.catalog[key] then return false end
+  if Spells.knows(caster, key) then return false end
+  caster.spellsKnown[#caster.spellsKnown + 1] = key
+  return true
+end
+
+-- Attempts to cast `key` on behalf of `caster`. Returns (true, lines) on a
+-- successful cast, or (false, lines) with an explanatory line and no state
+-- changed - no mana spent, no cooldown, nothing - on failure.
+function Spells.cast(game, caster, key, target)
+  local spell = Spells.catalog[key]
+  if not spell then return false, { "you don't know that spell" } end
+  if not Spells.knows(caster, key) then return false, { "you haven't learned that spell" } end
+  if caster.mana < spell.cost then return false, { "not enough mana" } end
+  if spell.targeted then
+    if not target or not target:isAlive() then return false, { "no target" } end
+    local dist = math.max(math.abs(target.x - caster.x), math.abs(target.y - caster.y))
+    if dist > spell.range then return false, { "out of range" } end
+    if not Los.clear(game.level.map, caster.x, caster.y, target.x, target.y) then
+      return false, { "no clear shot" }
+    end
+  end
+  caster.mana = caster.mana - spell.cost
+  return true, spell.cast(game, caster, target) or {}
+end
+
+return Spells