Alpha's Starfire
(Evocation)

Range:  30 yards
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  1 round
Casting Time:  1
Area of Effect:  5-foot diameter column, 30 feet high
Saving Throw:  Special

This spell creates a column of brilliant, blazing silvery-white flames. All within 10 feet of the column not looking away must save versus petrification or be blinded for 1 round and dazzled (-2 to-hit, +2 to be hit) for an additional 1d3 rounds. Creatures adversely affected by bright light (drow, duergar, etc.) save at -3 versus this effect. Any creature within the narrow column of fire (most likely only a single creature) is automatically blinded and dazzled as above, and additionally suffers 1d6 points of damage per level of the wizard, up to a maximum of 10d6. A saving throw versus spell will halve this damage. If the spell is cast outdoors under a night sky, a bonus of +1 per die of damage is added. The material component for this spell is a bit of silver and a shard of crystal.

