Scorch

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Scorch
Level	2
School1	Fire
Source(s)	Book of Scorching
Casting noise	4
Spell noise	8
Power Cap	50
Range	3
Flags	No ghost

Scorches a random foe. Those injured by this have their resistance to fire burned away for a short time.

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Scorch is a Level 2 Fire Magic spell that targets a random monster within 3 tiles from you. The target will recieve unavoidable fire damage, and damaged enemies will lose one rank of fire resistance (becoming vulnerable to fire if they had no resistance to begin with).

Cinder Acolytes and Fire Elementalists start with this spell in their library.

Strategy

As it targets random creatures within range, Scorch often functions best in one-on-one fights. Unfortunately, it's also makes significant noise and will draw attention from nearby monsters.

As Scorch reduces your target's fire resistance, stacking it with itself or other forms of Fire Magic like Foxfire or Conjure Flame can help you pile on the damage.

History

This spell was added in 0.28.