ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

After going to Lake Nur my light radius seems to be severely reduced. I am currently in the Maze with an Alchemist's Lamp with light radius 3. My actual light radius is 1. However, if I put on my water breathing helm my light radius goes back up to 2. I saw the same problem with a standard radius 2 lantern. My light radius was reduced to 0 but with the water breathing helm it went back up to 1.

It seems that all of my light radius's are being reduced by 2, but only 1 if I have on a water breathing helm.

Are you by any chance carrying or equipping anything that reduces your light radius, in particular an egg sac...?

Ah! I was under the assumption that the Egg only reduced radius if you were wielding it, not carrying it!

That was it. That's what I get for not actually READING the item description!