Excite Fire
(Alteration)

Range:  20 feet
Components:  V, M
Duration:  Instantaneous
Casting Time:  1
Area of Effect:  One fire source
Saving Throw:  1/2

This spell causes fire to hurl itself at a victim for up to five feet per point lost for a maximum of sixty feet. Upon contact with the victim, the fire does 1d4 points damage per level of the wizard minus range loss and divided by two if a saving throw versus spell is successful. Since the fire is dragged from a source (the material component), that fire is effectively lost from the source. Candles supply 1 point each, torches can supply 6 points, flasks of lighted oil supply 12 points, and average sized fireplaces or campfires supply 30 points.

