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Originally Posted by hcobb
The Fire spell costs much less, has a higher effective range, imposes a DX minus on the victims, and does almost as much damage as a Shock Shield. The reason to use Shock Shield instead is to avoid damaging yourself and non-living items. If you are up against a heavily armored target then use the occult blast from your dagger staff instead.
If the wizard dies then the Shock Shield shall inflict the last burst of damage at the end of that turn then vanish at the start of the next turn when not maintained.
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I'm not really looking for alternatives to Shock Shield, but I don't understand at all how Fire is relevant. Shock Shield is only for damaging critters in the same hex. I don't know many wizards who are willing to cast fire in their own hex for a similar effect.
Fire does two or four hits, but armor protects. That's a lot less damage. (Any GM who allows a guy in plate -- or, worse, half-plate! -- with no effect for an unlimited number of turns should have his license revoked, of course.)