Ink and watercolour plate: two gloved hands holding a large molten sphere of fire between the palms, with a sketch of the casting gesture.

Spell

Pyroblast

An immense, explosive globe of fire, drawn out between both hands and hurled in a straight line: the answer to the toughest brutes.

  • The Goblin Invasion

Description

The Pyroblast is an immense, explosive globe of fire that travels in a straight line. Far more potent than the Fireball, it is meant for weakening the strongest enemies or for killing several weaker ones at once. The caster gathers it between both hands, and the further it is stretched, the larger the blast.

Historical context

Aurelius taught the Pyroblast in the pocket dimension, describing it as the spell for the strongest of the brute folk, and the stranger carried it through the goblin invasion.

In the original game it was cast with both hands: the wizard waited for the globe to charge, stretched it between the palms to enlarge it, then pushed both hands forward to send it at the target. Its spellbook upgrades were Scorching Earth, which leaves burning ground that harms enemies who step on it; Living Bomb; Inferno; and Hellfire, which spreads flame from an ignited enemy to the monsters around it.