Pilpin's Acidball
(Evocation)

Range:  100 yards + 10 yards per level
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  Instantaneous
Casting Time:  7
Area of Effect:  20-foot radius globe
Saving Throw:  Half damage

This spell is similar to fireball, except that it causes a burst of acid in a 20-foot radius globe. Pilpin created this spell for security reasons in his regular dealings with lower plane creatures.
Creatures within the area of effect will take 1d8 points of damage per level of the wizard unless they make a successful saving throw, in which case they will take half damage. Any paper, parchment, or soft metals within the area of effect are destroyed, other items are allowed a saving throw. Possessions of a creature that successfully saves are unaffected by the Acidball. The wizard must have a clear line of sight to the target area.
The material components are a drop of water and a scale from a black dragon.

