Priest spellLevel 2reversible
Heat Metal
- School
- Alteration
- Spheres
- ElementalFire
- Range
- 40 yds.
- Components
- V / S / M
- Duration
- 7 rds.
- Casting time
- 5
- Area of effect
- Special
- Special
- Source
- PHB
Flavor
Metal armor, weapons, or objects glow searing hot, scorching whoever wears or holds them.
Mechanics
. Causes nonmagical (or weakly magical) metal on/near up to ~ creatures in range to heat over several (warm → searing → cooling), dealing escalating then declining to those wearing/holding it and forcing them to drop items or suffer; metal armor becomes torture. Reverse (chill metal) freezes instead. Within range scaling with . : iron and a flame source, plus the holy symbol.