Glow

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Not to be confused with magic contamination, which was once simply called glow.

Glow (backlit) is a status effect that does the following:

Makes you easier to hit. Attackers gain 1 + 1d8 to hit against backlit targets.
Prevents you from going invisible.

Sources

Glow can be inflicted by the following sources:

The Corona spell.
Sticky Flame inflicts the glow status.
A halo inflicts glow on everything inside it. If you are emitting the halo, monsters won't get a to-hit bonus against you.
If your magic contamination is above 5000 (yellow), then you'll glow.
Ru's Aura of Power inflicts the status on monsters.
Evoking a piece from Xom's chessboard has a 10% chance to inflict Corona.
The Meteoran species has an innate glowing mutation.