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Unless I'm missing something, light is not dismissible. You can recast it which results in it being dismissed, but you can't turn it off to quickly hide. If it's cast on the fighter's shield/sword, you can't just put it in your pocket. You could take a turn to recast it on something else and then pocket that, but then you've lost a whole turn.
Seems kind of silly. I wonder what other spells can't be dismissed.
(D) Dismissible: If the duration line ends with “(D),” you can dismiss the spell at will. You must be within range of the spell's effect and must speak words of dismissal, which are usually a modified form of the spell's verbal component. If the spell has no verbal component, you can dismiss the effect with a gesture. Dismissing a spell is a standard action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Light
School evocation [light]; Level bard 0, cleric 0, druid 0, sorcerer/wizard 0
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, M/DF (a firefly)
Range touch
Target object touched
Duration 10 min./level
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
You can always cover it.
Well, you are spending the same amount of effort to recast light as you would if you were able to dismiss it (though admittedly recasting would provoke an AOO, but if you're at that point in the fight then hiding your light isn't really all that important).
My players tend to light pebbles or other small throwable items that can also be placed into a pocket... or a front tooth as my party's bard likes to do. Placing the item in a bag or pocket would be at most a move action, which would actually be better than dismissing it. I wouldn't recommend using light on a sword or other major piece of equipment.
Light was dismissible in 3.0/3.5. Pathfinder changed it for some reason. Could of just been a typo.
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