Fire Elementalist

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Fire Elementalists have learned the Foxfire spell. Their other starting spells are likewise focused on fiery destruction.

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, which requires open space to be used properly.

The level 3 spells can also be difficult to use: Conjure Flame, while it can provide a useful defensive barrier or an effective source of damage to anything willing to walk into the flames, requires either enough room for the flames to properly catch before something can smother them, or a willingness on the caster's part to set themselves on fire. Inner Flame, meanwhile, can easily result in YASD if the caster doesn't make sure to leave room between themself and any impending explosions. Sticky Flame can be useful for setting off the explosion without having to stand within the blast radius.

Once a Fire Elementalist has hit level 5, though, Sticky Flame and Fireball can 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

• Prior to 0.27, Fire Elementalists started with the Book of Flames, which had the same spells as Fire Elementalists do now.
• 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.