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Old 11-08-2017, 03:00 PM   #14
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Default Re: Time for a wizard!

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Originally Posted by JMason View Post

I was thinking about this the other day. If a wizard has a Fireball held at the end of his/her staff, how much light does it give off? An extra light source for the party, without taking up weapon hands (wizard already holding the staff) seems like a nice "extra".
A Flame Jet of any size or any kind of Flaming Weapon is equivalent to a lantern or torch (Exploits, p. 19), so I'd be kind and say that a held Fireball, Explosive Fireball, Lightning, Explosive Lightning, or Sunbolt of any size works the same way. It's true that this means offensive spells can sometimes cast more light than a more expensive Continual Light spell . . . but they're also spells "on" and dangerous, and in the case of Missile spells they're barriers to casting further spells.
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