Fire Elementalist

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Fire Elementalists start with the book of Flames and know the Foxfire spell. Their other starting spells focus on destruction as well.

Fire Elementalists are mages who have specialized in Fire Magic. This sets them up for greater destructive power than most spellcasters, particularly in the realm of Conjurations, but leaves them without any sort of support or defensive magic in the early game.

Preferred Races

Hill Orc, Gargoyle, Tengu, Deep Elf, Demigod, and Naga are the recommended races if you pick a Fire Elementalist Background.

Starting Equipment

• +0 robe

Available Spells:

• Foxfire
• Conjure Flame
• Inner Flame
• Sticky Flame
• Fireball

Fire elementalists start with the Foxfire spell already memorised.

Starting Skills and Stats

These are adjusted by your species' aptitudes.

• Dodging: 2
• Stealth: 2
• Spellcasting: 2
• Conjurations: 1
• Fire Magic: 3

Choosing Fire Elementalist adds 7 to your starting Intelligence and 5 to your starting Dexterity.

Strategy

This start struggles slightly before XL 4, due to the finicky nature of Foxfire. The aformentioned spell is important to use correctly early game; it requires open space to be used properly. The strong spells Sticky Flame and Fireball then carry this start for a long time - FE starts with the offensive spells to pretty much get 2 runes on its own.

Character guides:

• Majang's Fire Elementalist of TSO Guide(0.17)

History

• In 0.27, Fire Elementalists are no longer tied to the Book of Flames.
• Prior to 0.25, Fire Elementalists started with Flame Tongue instead of Foxfire and had Throw Flame.
• Prior to 0.14, Fire Elementalists only started with 1 level of Spellcasting.