At a glance
Level1
SchoolAlteration
Range0
ComponentsV / S
DurationInstantaneous
Casting time1
Area of effectThe caster
Saving throw1
ReversibleNo
SourcePHB p. 170
Description
When the wizard casts this spell, a jet of searing flame shoots from his fingertips. His hands must be held so as to send forth a fanlike sheet of flames: The wizard’s thumbs must touch each other and the fingers must be spread. The burning hands send out flame jets 5 feet long in a horizontal arc of about 120 degrees in front of the wizard. Any creature in the area of the flames suffers 1d3 points of , plus 2 points for each of experience of the spellcaster, to a maximum of 1d3+20 points of fire damage. Those successfully saving vs. spell receive half damage. Flammable materials touched by the fire burn (for example, cloth, paper, parchment, thin wood, etc.). Such materials can be extinguished in the next if no other action is taken.
Flavour
The caster's thumbs touch and fingers spread, and a fan of searing flame jets from the fingertips across everything just ahead.