RPGaDay: Light

Some years ago, I created a Pathfinder character called Sephone Sungrass, a halfling sorcerer.  My concept was that she had an affinity with sunlight.  Actually implementing this in Pathfinder proved tougher than expected.

There wasn't a sorcerer bloodline in the books that really worked, so I made my own 'Suntouched' bloodline.  My aim was to have it full of light spells.  This didn't really work, as there were so few light spells in the books.  In the end I made it 'fire and light' so I could add in things like Burning Sphere and Fireball which seemed like solid choices for something connected to the sun.  It also included rather disappointing spells like Daylight, which I don't think anyone has ever cast in our games, and seems to have actually vanished from PF2.

So let's try that Suntouched bloodline again.

Spell List primal
Bloodline Skills Survival, Nature
Granted Spells cantrip: light, 1st: color spray, 2nd: continual flame, 3rd: searing light, 4th: fire shield, 5th: cloak of colors, 6th: vibrant pattern, 7th: sunburst, 8th: prismatic wall, 9th: prismatic sphere
Bloodline Spells initial: ??, advanced: ??, greater: ??
Blood Magic A dazzling light shines out of you or one target, making it difficult to look at them, causing them to be concealed for 1 round. Such obvious concealment can’t be used to Hide.

(No idea on the bloodline spells, as they're unique to each bloodline and I've no idea what kind of power level they should have.)

A different set of spells this time, and I haven't had to dip so much into fire this time, by looking at the spells tagged as Visual as well as Light.  A more interesting selection, and if I got round to coming up with bloodline spells, a potentially interesting one to play if that character gets ressurected again.  (It wouldn't be the first time.)  Continual flame is still a bit rubbish though, especially for a second level spell, and the prismatic stuff just doesn't quite feel right.

But really, the sunlight powered caster in PF1 would have been better represented by a cleric with the sun domain or an oracle with the solar mystery.  In PF2 the sun domain is still there and available to clerics.  The solar oracle is gone, but its replacement, the cosmos oracle, is still a viable choice.

And given that Sephone has already had one complete respec due to system changes (we briefly played using Mythras rather than any version of D&D/Pathfinder) if she does end up getting brought back I might try making her an oracle.  The class keeps the same key ability as the sorcerer (charisma) meaning she won't have to substantially change stats, and having acquired a mysterious curse would fit well with the way she keeps returning from the dead.

I wonder what other systems support a light-based caster?