Firdaus' Firefling

This spell, a favorite and original of Firdaus 'the Burnmage', has now passed into public distribution, and is a popular battle spell among mages who like a combination of attack and defense with one spell.

Effect

Casting this spell, you conjure up a swirling gout of flame which orbits your body and follows the movement of your limbs. The caster is surrounded in flames, which do not harm the caster or their equipment. The flames grant a deflection bonus to Armor Class equal to +2 + 1 per 2 caster levels (maximum +5), and provide light.
In addition to providing light, the flames can be hurled or used to touch enemies. You can strike an opponent with a melee touch attack, dealing fire damage equal to 1d6 + 1 per caster level (maximum +10). Alternatively, you can hurl the flames up to 120 feet as a standard action. When doing so, you attack with a ranged touch attack (with no range penalty) and deal the same damage as with a melee touch attack. Each attack you make reduces the remaining duration by 1 minute, and if an attack reduces the remaining duration to 0 or fewer minutes, the spell ends immediately after resolving the attack.

Material Components

Charcoal

Gestures & Ritual

Verbal and Somatic

Related Discipline

Sorcerer, Wizard

Related School

Conjuration

Related Element

Fire

Effect Duration

1 Minute / Level

Effect Casting Time

1 Minute

Range

Self

Level

3

Applied Restriction

This spell does not function underwater.