Spellfire... please define...

[RigaMortus]

I'm at work, and well... you know the drill...

Does anyone have the FRCS Book handy, and would they mind taking time to type out the definition of "SpellFire"? I'm trying to flesh out how magic works in our campaign world and would like to somehow incorporate SpellFire.

Oh, and if Raw Magic is seperate from SpellFire, I could use a definition for that as well.

I'd apprecaite any assistance I could get. Thank

 

[LokiDR]

Spellfire is refined, controlled, raw magic (magic of fearun, pg 18). Certain individuals are born with the ability to manipulate it. Mystra can deny this ability to any person by removing their access to the weave. It is magic without spells.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

That just about wraps it up.

Some other notes: Spellfire wielders can absorb magic (very much like the rod of absorption). They can store a certain number of spell levels and release them either to blast foes (It's supernatural afaik, so it ignores SR and such things)or heal themselves. There's a PrC - Spellfire Channeler - that improves the powers of Spellfire. There's even an Epic PrC - Spellfire Adept afaik - on the wizards site somewhere (I think at epic insights).

There are only a very few Spellfire wielders at any given time (until recently, it was the common theory that it was a single person, but it seems that there are at least a handful of them around).

It is both a blessing and a course - the latter because every power-hungry individual or organization (both of which Faerûn has its fill) seek those individuals to corrupt or capture for experiments (trying to get the power in their hands).

At least in the Forgotten Realms, Spellfire wielders are among the few that can use raw magic (the Chosen's Silver Fire is a weaker form of Spellfire), while the rest must either use the power their gods gave them or use the Weave (or the Shadow Weave, but that's a well-guarded secret), which can be described as an Interface between Spellcaster and Magic, maintained by the Deity of Magic (Mystra at the moment). Said deity can cut off beings - even other gods - from the weave and rob them of their magical ability. (Shar can do the same with the Shadow Weave).

 

[Trellian]

The PrC also gains the ability to fly using spellfire. They can also drain charges from chargable items, or suppress permanent magical items for a day in exchange for power.

If you absorb spells - energy gained = spell level
If you absorb charges - 1 level gained per charge
If you absorb permanent - 1/2 caster level

 

[Trellian]

I was wondering.. does a spellfire channeler only absorb spells directed at him, or also spells with an area effect?

 

[LokiDR]

I was wondering.. does a spellfire channeler only absorb spells directed at him, or also spells with an area effect?

As rod of absorption, spells targeted at the spellfire wielder.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I wonder if Shar will create a ShadowFire Wielder or something. Someone who can use pure Shadow Weave on the power level of your average Spellfire Wielder.

 

[kreynolds]

I wonder if Shar will create a ShadowFire Wielder or something.

AFAIK, Mystra can't even grant spellfire to anyone. I think it's just a random thing. She can deny a wielder its use by banning them from the weave, but that's it. I could be wrong about all that, but if I'm not, I would think it something far beyond Shar, seeing as how even Mystra has almost no control over it.

I haven't read the novels, but if anyone has any input in this regard, I'm really interested in hearing it.

EDIT: I just reread the spellfire passage in the FRCS, and while it mentions that it can be manipulated in two forms, it kinda lumps them together in regards to Mystra granting "the raw energy of the Weave". Interesting. I must have missed that before.