This guide will be separated into sections to detail the following:

• Area types and descriptions of what they do.
  
• Special Effect list and descriptions.
  
• List of elements and associated words.
  
• The effects of certain words when used in naming spells.
  
• A list of example spells. (To be done)
  
• A list of spells that do not follow expectations.

This is aimed at helping the players find the best spells for either function or flavour and to inform people of what their spells do and how they work.

• Front - This will target only the square immediately in front of you.
  
• Straight - This will fire a projectile in the direction you are pointing.
  
• Target - This will hit the closest enemy in front of you that you have direct line of sight to.
  
• Double-way - This will fire 2 projectiles, one forwards, the other backwards.
  
• Three-way - This will fire 3 projectiles in a fan shape in the direction you are pointing.
  
• Wide - This will fire 3 projectiles side by side in the direction you are pointing.
  
• Cross - This fires projectiles to the front sides and back of the direction you are pointing.
  
• Fan - This hits all enemies within 2 squares in a fan shape in front of you.
  
• Large Fan - This hits all enemies within 3 squares in a fan shape in front of you.
  
• Square - This hits everything in a 3x3 square in front of you.
  
• Far Square - This hits everything in a 3x3 square 1 tile away in the direction you are pointing.
  
• Area - This hits all enemies within 2 spaces of you.
  
• All - This hits everything on the screen (except you).
  
• Self - This does what it sounds like, it hits you and only you.

These are all the area types I've found so far. If there are any others you come across please let me know what it is and the name of the spell you found it on.

Any additional elements and associated words would be appreciated to expand this list.

Defensive Effects / Buffs:

• Antidote - Removes the Poison debuff.
  
• Barrier - Will place barrier zones in the target area that improve defense of anything above them.
  
• Counter - Will deal damage to an enemy that hits you.
  
• DamageCutOff - Protects you from some damage.
  
• EyeRemedy - Removes the Blind debuff.
  
• FullRestore - Removes all debuffs.
  
• GagRemover - Removes the Silence debuff.
  
• Heal - Restores your MP. Uses HP. (Not very useful unless you need rapid healing and are out of snacks)
  
• Mapping - Reveals the current map.
  
• Power - Increases Physical damage.
  
• Protect - Protects you from some damage.
  
• Speed - Allows you to act twice as often as enemies do.
  
• Summon - Summons a monster to protect you.
  
• Thaw - Removes the Freeze debuff.
  
• Waker - Removes the Sleep debuff.
  
• Warp - Sends you to a random place elsewhere in the area.

Offensive Effects / Debuffs:

• Alchemy - ???
  
• Bind - Immobolizes the target for a few turns. (It can still attack)
  
• Blind - Reduces the detection radius of the target. (Will black out everything further than about 1 tile away from the player)
  
• Bomb - Effective against certain enemy types. (Example given are Metal Oozes)
  
• Curse - Target performs actions at half speed.
  
• Eagle - Allows critical hits.
  
• Equip - ???
  
• Freeze - Target is frozen for a few turns. (Can't move or attack)
  
• Homing - The projectile will aim for enemies near the direction you are pointing.
  
• Instakill - Chance to instantly kill the target.
  
• LongRange - Increases the area of effect or range of the spell.
  
• Mine - Places a mine that will detonate when somebody walks over it.
  
• Multi - Causes the spell's effect to be cast multiple times.
  
• Pierce - The spell will pierce through the first enemy it hits and continue hitting enemies behind it until reaching the end of it's range.
  
• Push - Moves enemies away from you.
  
• Poison - Deals damage over time to the target.
  
• RemoveBuff - ??? (Removes enemy buffs)
  
• Setup - The spell will place an obstacle in the targeted area that will deal damage to anything that walks over it. (Basically a multi-use mine)
  
• Silver - ??? (Rumors of it being useful against Werewolves?)
  
• Sleep - Target goes to sleep for a few turns, will wake up if hit. (Can't move or attack)
  
• Stun - Will stun the target for a few turns. (Can't move or attack)
  
• Whatever - Creates a random effect at the targetted area.

I have not found out specifically what every special effect does yet or even all of them most likely.
If anybody can provide some more info as to what they do please share, thanks.

*NB - These words do not always provide the listed effects and might differ depending on the order of the words in the spell or some other unknown reason. Also not all words effect every part of the spell and might have priorities.

Things like Max Level, Power and Cost will be specified with numbers only when the result should always give the number otherwise the number can vary quite a bit depending on the other words in the spell and the order and will be specified with words that describe whether or not the Word generally provides high or low values.

More words to be found and investigated

If you find any words of note please share and I'll add them to the list.

This section will describe some examples of spell names that seemingly do not produce expected results.

• Fire Blast is not a Straight Push type spell like nearly every other XXX Blast spell. Instead it is a Wide Piercing spell.
  
• Almost everything named either Lava or Magma is not a combination of Heat and Earth. Instead they are mostly Heat only.
  
• Stardust Arrow does not Pierce however the plain Stardust spell does.
  
• Very few spells named Rock, Earth or Stone seem to actually give Earth element spells.
  
• Frost and Ice sometimes also do not provide Frost only spells and instead are combination of Heat/Frost or Storm/Frost.