Meteor Swarm (Sorcerer/Wizard Spell)

Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 9

School: Evocation

Casting

Casting Time: Standard Action, or the first attack of a Full Attack Action

Components: V, S, M (A handful of clinkers of coal, all matching, worth 1gp.)

Effect

Range: Long (200 ft. + 20 ft./lvl)

Target or Area: four 40-ft.-radius spreads, see text

Duration: Instantaneous

Saving Throw: none or REFL half, see text
 Save DC: 10 + caster stat modifier + spell level

Spell Resistance: Yes

Description

Meteor Swarm is a very powerful and spectacular spell that sends massive spheres of solid flame to batter your enemies into bloody submission, which then explode into massive storms of fire. When you shout out the concussive phrases of Meteor Swarm, four 2-foot-diameter spheres spring from your outstretched hand and streak in straight lines to target squares you select within range as long as you have line of effect along the chosen path(s). The meteor spheres leave a fiery trail of sparks. If the meteor spheres strike an obstacle, they inflict damage as below or flicker out harmlessly, at the discretion of the caster.

If you choose to aim a sphere at a specific creature, you may make a ranged Touch Attack to strike the target with the meteor. Any creature struck by a sphere takes 3d6 points of bludgeoning (physical, common) damage, plus 1d6 per three caster levels above 17th, drop fractions, maximum 8d6, (no save). (Thus: 3d6 at 17 to 20; 4d6 at 21 to 23; 5d6at 24 to 27; 6d6 at 28 to 30, 7d6 at 31 to 33; and 8d6 at 34+). If a targeted sphere misses its target, it simply explodes in the nearest square of the target's space. You may aim more than one sphere at the same target.

Once a sphere reaches its destination (hit or miss), it explodes in a 40-foot-radius spread (17 x 17 square area), dealing 5d6 points of fire (energy, common) damage up to 26th level (or 6d6 of fire damage at 27th or higher) to each creature in the area. Victims in overlapping areas take a -1 on their saving throw die for each area they are caught in above one, to a maximum penalty of -3. Despite stemming from separate spheres, all of the Fire Damage is added together after the save has been made, and ER x/common is applied only once.

If you choose to aim a sphere at an object, you may make a Caster Check against the Sunder DC of the object for each sphere. If the check succeeds, each sphere inflicts 1d6 points of Siege Damage and does not explode.

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Mana Burn Circle Damage

Spell Circle	Burn Cost	Req'd Char Level	Base Dice	Max Dice
0	N/A	N/A	1d4 per 2 character levels	max of 4d4 at character level 8
1	N/A	1st	1d6 per character level	max of 4d6 at character level 4
2	+1	3rd	1d6 per character level	max of 6d6 at character level 6
3	+1	5th	1d6 per character level	max of 10d6 at character level 10
4	+1	7th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 12d6+12 at character level 12
5	+1	9th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 15d6+15 at character level 15
6	+1	11th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 16d6+32 at character level 16
7	+1	13th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 20d6+40 at character level 20
8	+1	15th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 21d6+63 at character level 21
9	+1	17th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 25d6+75 at character level 25
10	+1	19th	1d6+4 per character level	max of 25d6+100 at character level 25
11	+1	21st	1d6+5 per character level	max of 25d6+125 at character level 25
12	+1	23rd	1d6+6 per character level	max of 27d6+162 at character level 27
13	+1	25th	1d6+7 per character level	max of 27d6+189 at character level 27
14	+1	27th	1d6+8 per character level	max of 29d6+232 at character level 29
15	+1	29th	1d6+9 per character level	max of 29d6+261 at character level 29
16	+1	31st	1d6+10 per character level	max of 30d6+300 at character level 30
17	+1	33rd	1d6+11 per character level	max of 30d6+330 at character level 30
18	+1	35th	1d6+12 per character level	max of 30d6+360 at character level 30