Snowball
(Evocation)

Range:  10 yards + 1 yard per level
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  Instantaneous
Casting Time:  3
Area of Effect:  2-yard radius sphere
Saving Throw:  1/2

A snowball is an explosive burst of cold gas, which comes into being with a loud "whoosh" and delivers damage proportional to the level of the wizard who cast it, i.e., 1d6 points per level of the wizard. The snowball doesn't expend a considerable amount of pressure, and it will generally conform to the shape of the area in which it occurs, thus covering an area equal to its normal spherical volume (the area which is covered by the snowball is a total volume of roughly 33000 cubic feet).
Besides causing damage to the target, the snowball freezes all liquids within its radius. Items exposed to the spell's effects must make a saving throw to avoid being affected. Items with a creature which makes its saving throw are considered to be unaffected. The wizard points his finger and speaks the range (distance and height) at which the snowball is to come into being. A streak flashes from the pointing digit and unless it impacts upon a material body prior to attaining the pre-described range, blossoms into the snowball.
If creatures fail their saving throws, they all take full hit point damage from the spell. Those who make their saving throw manage to dodge, fall flat or roll aside, and thus take only half damage from the effect of the spell. The material component of this spell is a hollow crystal filled with water; suspended in the water are tiny white quartz flakes (cf. fireball).

