Snilloc's Snowball Swarm (Wizard Spell)

By means of this spell the caster causes a flurry of magical snowballs to erupt from a point within his range. The snowballs fly in all directions, hitting everything in the area of effect (including the caster) and causing 1-3 points of damage per level of the caster (to a maximum of 8d3). Against fire-using and firedwelling creatures, the spell inflicts 1d6 points of damage per level of the caster (again to a maximum of 8 dice of damage).
Unlike the higher-level fireball, the snowball swarm is completely contained within its area of effect. Obstructions and low ceilings do not cause the cloud of snowballs to deform —they just hit the walls and splatter. These snowballs are considered normal missiles when determining the effects of protection spells. All targets are considered AC 10 against the snowballs, however; only Dexterity modifiers apply.
This spell is much less powerful than the fireball spell, but useful where the dimensions of the area of effect are unknown or against fire-using or fire-dwelling creatures.
The material component of this spell is a chunk of ice or a single pearl.
Notes: Uncommon or rare spell from the Forgotten Realms setting. Known to be in The Collected Wisdom of Snilloc.
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