Altered Fireball

Altered Fireball
Skill: alteration/fire 14
Backlash: 18
Difficulty: 10
Effect Value: 14
Bonus Number to: effect
Range: 8 (40 meters)
Duration: 5 (10 seconds)
Cast Time: 3 (four seconds)
Manipulation: speed, control
Altered fireball requires a large flammable ball as a
contagion. The traditional ball is pitch and coal, weighing a third of a pound.
The magician lights the ball from a source of flame, grabbing a piece before
the sphere is completely engulfed. The rest of the ball flies toward its
target. The magician controls its movement by mimicking its flight with the
piece he retained. He controls the detonation by slamming the piece into his
hand when the ball arrives at its target. The ball explodes to its full volume,
a sphere with a radius of four meters. It does damage equal to the spell's
effect total.