Acid Arrow
Level	2nd level
MP cost	8 at starting level
Tradition	Arcane
Cast with	2 actions
Range	120 ft
Target	One enemy
Area	—
Defense	Spell attack
Damage	3d8
Damage type	Acid
Duration	Instant
Grows	+2d8 / +1d6 per 2 levels above its own

Acid Arrow

Acid Arrow is a 2nd-level spell of the Arcane tradition.

Effect

A dart of green, hissing acid flies at one foe. On a hit it deals 3d8 acid and keeps eating at the wound for 1d6 acid each turn. Each two levels above 2nd add 2d8 to the hit and 1d6 to the burn. A critical hit doubles the first blast.

MP by casting level

Who casts it, and where it comes from

• Cast by a hero Wizard (Arcane list).
• Casting from personal MP costs 8 MP at its starting level. At a higher casting level, pay 4 MP per spell level.
• Personal MP casting requires the class focus: a Spellbook in the Wizard’s bag, a Score in the Bard’s bag, or the Cleric’s own Holy Relic on an equipped item. Without it, use a Scroll (or Sheet Music as a Bard). See Magic Points.
• At the Wizard School Writing table, a caster can scribe a spell he can cast. Each Scroll uses 1 Paper, 1 Ink, a fee equal to its sell value and the spell's full MP. A Bard makes Sheet Music at the Theatre's Sheet Music Stand on the same terms. Read either once to use it up without spending the reader's MP, or bind it into the matching book. See Magic Crafting.
• Bind its Scroll into a Wizard’s Spellbook to keep the spell reusable; tear it out to receive the loose Scroll again. See Books & Scores.
• Scrolls and Sheet Music have distinct seals for all ten spell levels; the chosen item level determines the spell’s casting level.
• Can be crafted into a Magic Wand (2nd), Magic Wand (3rd), Magic Wand (4th); a new wand holds MP for 10 casts and wears down when recharged at rest.

Other 2nd level spells

Blur · Witchlight · False Life · Flaming Sphere · Cackling Curse · Invisibility · Mirror Image · Obscuring Mist · See Invisibility · Silence · Web

Spell Index

See also

All Spells scrolls