spellfire
nounEtymology From spell + fire.
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Fantasy The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.
- Just the tiniest speck of spellfire pushed into his palm.1995, Lucy Sussex, Judith Raphael Buckrich, She's fantastical, page 191:
- She gains one level of spellfire energy for every spell level absorbed and can store a number of spellfire energy levels equal to her Constitution.2001, Sean K. Reynolds, Angel Leigh McCoy, Duane Maxwell, Magic of Faerun:
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- Jerzy watched the two of them, coming to Agreement over the flickering tendrils of spellfire, and felt something twist in his gut.2009, Laura Anne Gilman, Flesh and Fire, page 370:
- Related terms
- gunfire, spellwork, spellcraft