A glitterfire is a type of living spell arising from a combination of a fireball spell and a glitterdust spell.[1]
Description[]
A glitterfire looks like a cloud or fog of bright, crackling motes of light that hangs only a few inches above the ground and leaves small explosions in its wake.[1]
Creation[]
A common strategy on the battlefields of Cyre during the Last War was to use glitterdust to uncover invisible troops and then hurl a fireball to obliterate them. These two spells were merged and brought to life in the Mourning.[1]
Behavior[]
A glitterfire is a mindless but dangerous creature that seeks out other creatures in an effort to blast them.[1]
Tactics[]
As it approaches its target, it fires a blast of glitterdust to blind them, as well as to make them visible if they were invisible. It then engulfs the target, subjecting it to the intense flame of the fireball at its core.[1]
Abilities[]
Like all living spells, a glitterfire has blindsight to 60 feet (18 meters); is immune to gazes, mind-affecting spells and abilities, poison, magical sleep, paralysis, polymorphing, and stunning; is not vulnerable to flanking maneuvers nor serious injuries; and has resistances to damage from non-magical weapons and spells.[1]
As normal for living spells, a glitterfire can move over and envelop smaller creatures, grabbing hold of them and even carrying them along unless they escape.[1]
Any creature struck by or engulfed by a glitterfire is blasted with the intense heat of a fireball. Moreover, they are covered in glitterdust for half a minute, making their appearance obvious even if invisible and potentially even blinding them.[1]
Relations[]
Glitterfires and other living spells might be found following ragewalkers.[2]
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Andrew Finch, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Chris Perkins (August 2004). Monster Manual III. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 91, 92–93. ISBN 0-7869-3430-1.
- ↑ Andrew Finch, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Chris Perkins (August 2004). Monster Manual III. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 133. ISBN 0-7869-3430-1.