Burning Hands is a level 1 Arcane spell from the Alteration school, that creates a cone of fire in front of the caster.
Descriptions[]
| “ | When the wizard casts this spell, a jet of searing flame shoots from his/her fingertips. The flame jets are five feet in length and spread out in a horizontal arc of about 120 degrees in front of the wizard. Any creature in the area of effect suffers 1-3 hit points of damage, plus 2 points per level of experience of the spellcaster, to a maximum of 1-3 + 20 points of fire damage. If the target saves vs. spell, they only take half damage. | ” |
— Original game | ||
| “ | When the wizard casts this spell, a jet of searing flame shoots from his/her fingertips. The flame jets are 7 ft. in length and spread out in a horizontal arc of about 90 degrees in front of the wizard. Any creature in the area of effect suffers 1d3 Hit Points of damage, plus 2 points per level of experience of the spellcaster, to a maximum of 1d3 + 20 points of fire damage. If the target saves vs. Spell, they only take half damage. | ” |
— Enhanced Edition | ||
Effects[]
Original Game[]
This spell causes the caster to deal 1d3 + 2/level fire damage to all targets in a 120 degree cone in front of them, out to 5 feet. Each affected creature gets to make a Save vs. Spell: success means the creature takes only half damage, otherwise they take full damage.
Enhanced Edition[]
This spell causes the caster to deal 1d3 + 2/level fire damage to all targets in a 90 degree cone in front of them, out to 7 feet. Each affected creature gets to make a Save vs. Spell: success means the creature takes only half damage, otherwise they take full damage.
Acquisition[]
Starting Spells[]
- As a level 1 spell, Mages and Sorcerers are able to select this spell as one of their starting spells during Character generation
Level up[]
- At levels 3, 5, and 7, Sorcerers are able to select an additional level 1 arcane spell to add to their known spells
Scrolls[]
- Found in a Sarcophagus in Kresselack's Tomb, level 1, Vale of Shadows
External links[]
- Burning Hands article on the Baldur's Gate Wiki, a wiki for the Baldur's Gate games.
- Burning hands article on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms