Ars Nouveau spell builder

Click glyphs to build a spell the way you would in the spell book. The builder totals its mana cost, tells you which book tier can hold it, works out the damage of damaging effects with the amplifies you added, and flags augments that the glyph before them ignores. The link keeps your spell.

How spells cost mana

A spell's cost is simply the sum of its glyphs' costs: the form, every effect and every augment. Each augment applies to the glyph right before it, so Amplify after Harm makes Harm hit harder, while Amplify after Projectile does nothing useful. A spell book can only hold glyphs of its tier or lower: Novice books take tier 1, Apprentice books tier 2 and Archmage books tier 3. Harm deals 5 damage plus 2 for each Amplify (Dampen takes 2 away).