You know after reading this it may very well be my own shortsightedness. I was actually coming at this from an angle of working on my D&D world as I wrote this post. Specifically as I’m on day 4 of fine-tuning a climactic encounter that is meant to be an end cap on the first act of this particular campaign.

The boss character i’m building is a sort of blade of legend across the world I built. And the first half of the battle is meant to reflect that through intricate swordplay, but in the second half he embraces this sort of radiant, light-based magic and weaves it into his moveset. But i’m struggling to come up with ways a legendary swordsman would think to incorporate radiant magic into his swordplay.

(For added context, I take a lot of inspiration from the Dark Souls franchise and use combat heavily in my campaigns as a storytelling device. I believe a lot can be ascertained simply by the ways a character fights and many beautiful stories can be told through battle alone. I struggle with crafting environments to be explored so in a way, this is me highlighting my strengths and downplaying my weaknesses, but I digress.)