This course is only sometimes available, depending on the political sentiments of the day, and only students recommended by a faculty member for their character may enroll.
Students of this course will be made aware of the most common types of dark magic, and learn effective countermeasures.
This spell expands in utility as students advance their mastery of the material.

You have advantage on tests to identify dark magic and curses on creatures or objects, what they do, and methods of remedying or mitigating them (but not to actually use dark magic).

You learn if the target is cursed, and identify the specific nature of the curse.
Insidious curses with special countermeasures hiding or disguising them may remain undetected if you lose a contest of artifice or spellcraft against their caster.

Target gets advantage on a save against a curse. You may use this after seeing the result of the roll (and this may turn a failure into a pass).

Target gets advantage on a save against fear or terror. You may use this after seeing the result of the roll (and this may turn a failure into a pass).

Resist dark damage from the triggering action.

If the triggering ability would instantly kill the target or reduce them to 1 or 0 HP regardless of their current HP, instead it does not.

If the triggering ability would deal damage based on the target’s maximum HP, instead it deals no damage.

The triggering ability cannot reduce the target’s maximum HP or steal the target’s HP, stats, spellburn, or SP.
This spell also prevents the target from being reanimated as an undead creature for one day.

A 10 ft. radius sphere around the target expels any magical darkness within it, and prevents any magical darkness from entering it.
This spell’s area can be stationary or move with the target.