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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Morris" data-source="post: 2465166" data-attributes="member: 87">Read Shandril's Saga.  Or read some cliff notes in the spoiler block below as to how GOD AWFUL POWERFUL this ability is (Basically a spellfire character can drop line of site nuclear bombs at the high end).[sblock]Shandril Shessair, the only character to have spellfire in the novels, was statted out in the 1992 supplement halls of heroes,  Non of her stats exceeded 16, and she was listed as 9th level at the conclusion of Crown of Fire, having started from 1st in Spellfire.ExploitsSpellfire<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The first time she uses spellfire she absorbed a Nishrull that had itself sucked out all the magic from a dracolich's horde over time.  She killed some 200 cultist of the cult of the dragon, a great wyrm dracolich, blew out the side of a mountain, passed out and awoke to blow up Manshoon and the dragon he rode in on. - this is 1 charge mind you on presumably a 1st level character!!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elminster decides to test how much she can hold before having to release it - he casts HIS ENTIRE SPELL PROGRESSION in her and works is way through some 3 scrolls filled with 9th level spells before she erupts in a column of flame 100' in diameter (fortunately for Elminster, his shielding spell held.  Shandril's clothes weren't so lucky).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She eventually kills 2 other dracoliches with reserve potential, both times with a single blast.  At the end of the book she learns how to heal with the power.</li> </ul>Crown of Fire<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Around page 90 you'll lose head count on the magelings of 10th level or lower she dusts.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She offs a demilich - the most powerful undead in the game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">She kills Manshoon twice.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">At the end of the book she levels 2/3rds of the Citadel of the Raven, 20 beholders, some 50 mages of 10th to 15th level and who knows how many lower than that.  She also unlocks the secret of the Crown of Fire, destroys a spell engine, nearly kills Fzoul Chembryl and Semmenon in the same fight.</li> </ul>Hand of Fire<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The spellfire builds in her in this book to where she can no longer control it, and the destructive capacity magnifies.  In the final climatic battle she fears she has killed her love with a blast and kills herself by feeding spellfire to herself (creating a magical feedback loop). The resultant blast is clearly seen 200 miles away and the ripple in the magical weave is so intense it is felt by every single mage in the Forgotten Realms plane regardless of power level.</li> </ul>[/sblock]If you allow this in your game it will certainly revolve around the character with that ability. Not many players will be willing to play second fiddle to such a character, and as DM you will certainly have difficulty challenging or controlling such a character without presenting obstacles which will mortally threaten any character without epic standing.It is my opinion that Spellfire is completely unplayable unless you water it down far from how it is presented in the books.</blockquote>

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