Adamant Countermagic

If the character spends 20 motes of Essence, she secures her own person against hostile magic. She crosses her arms or makes a gesture of defiance, and a nimbus of multicolored energy surrounds her. For the duration of the Cast Sorcery action and for her next action thereafter, any spell that attempts to affect her in a fashion she considers undesirable shatters and its effects are wasted.

The sorcerer can also opt to spend 25 motes of Essence and shatter a spell operating within a radius of (the caster's permanent Essence x 50) feet. If the spell is currently being shaped, its caster is automatically interrupted. Spells currently in effect are shattered. This does not banish demons or spirits, whose summoning has already been accomplished and is no longer considered a spell.

Cost: 20 motes or 25 motes
Target: Caster or one spell

This spell functions as Emerald Countermagic (see sidebar), save for the increased cost and the noted changes. This spell has special timing rules. The character can shape Solar Circle sorcery to cast this spell as three reflexive 0-tick actions.

This spell can shatter Second and Third Circle as well as First Circle spells. It extinguishes First and Second Circle spells without side effects, but shattering Third Circle spells is more dramatic. The explosion of Essence fragments that results from countering a Third Circle spell—while it will not harm the sorcerer using Adamant Countermagic—has effects more profound than many First Circle spells. Such an explosion can kill or transform mortals and lay waste to the countryside.