School elemental (ice); Level black mage 6, geomancer 6
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
EFFECT
Range long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
Area see text
Duration instantaneous or 1 round/level; see text
Saving Throw Reflex half — see description; Spell Resistance yes
DESCRIPTION
This spell creates a frigid globe of ice energy that streaks from your fingertips to the location you select, where it explodes in a 40-foot-radius burst, dealing 1d6 points of ice damage per caster level (maximum 15d6) to each creature in the area and inflicting the Frozen status effect. A creature of the water subtype instead takes 1d8 points of ice damage per caster level (maximum 15d8) and is staggered for 1d4 rounds. A successful Reflex save reduces the damage by half and negates the status effect.
If the freezing sphere strikes a body of water or a liquid that is principally water (not including water-based creatures), it freezes the liquid to a depth of 6 inches in a 40-foot radius. This ice lasts for 1 round per caster level. Creatures that were swimming on the surface of a targeted body of water become trapped in the ice. Attempting to break free is a full-round action. A trapped creature must make a DC 25 Strength check or a DC 25 Escape Artist check to do so.
You can refrain from firing the globe after completing the spell, if you wish. Treat this as a touch spell for which you are holding the charge. You can hold the charge for as long as 1 round per level, at the end of which time the freezing sphere bursts centered on you (and you receive no saving throw to resist its effect). Firing the globe in a later round is a standard action.