spellfire

spellfire

English

Etymology

spell +‎ fire

Noun

spellfire (uncountable)

1. (fantasy) The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.
   • 1995, Lucy Sussex, Judith Raphael Buckrich, She's fantastical (page 191)

     Just the tiniest speck of spellfire pushed into his palm.

   • 2001, Sean K. Reynolds, Angel Leigh McCoy, Duane Maxwell, Magic of Faerun

     She gains one level of spellfire energy for every spell level absorbed and can store a number of spellfire energy levels equal to her Constitution.

   • 2009, Laura Anne Gilman, Flesh and Fire (page 370)

     Jerzy watched the two of them, coming to Agreement over the flickering tendrils of spellfire, and felt something twist in his gut.

See also

• gunfire
• spellwork
• spellcraft