Description
- School: evocation (fire, ruse)
- Classes: arcanist 4, bloodrager 4, magus 4, occultist 4, sorcerer 4, wizard 4
- Casting Time: 1 standard action
- Range: Long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
- Area: 20-foot-radius spread
- Duration: instantaneous
- Save: Reflex half
- Components: V, S, M (a ball of bat guano and sulfur)
- Dismissible: No
- Shapeable: No
- Spell Resistance: Yes
This spell functions as fireball except you can cause the bead of fire to originate from anywhere you can see within range. You can choose a number of squares within the area up to your Intelligence bonus (for magi, occultists, or wizards) or Charisma bonus (for bloodragers or sorcerers) to be struck by weaker flames; the controlled fireball deals minimum damage in those squares. Attempts to identify controlled fireball with a skill check incorrectly identify it as fireball (see the ruse descriptor on page 192).