Fireball

Fireball was an arcane spell that created a tiny ball of fire that, when thrown, exploded in a huge fireball. While a very potent spell, casters had to take care to avoid catching allies in the explosion, or to accidentally strike an obstruction and detonate the spell early.

Effects
Before the Spellplague, fireball at its weakest had a range of over four hundred feet,, but after the collapse of the Weave its range was greatly reduced, only reaching a hundred feet.

Components
In the Raumviran spellcasting tradition, the verbal component was the word Kelenta.

Many versions had verbal and somatic components but also the need for a tiny amount of bat guano or sulphur.

History
This spell was developed by the Fire Warden of Netheril Noanar and named Noanar's fireball in &minus;2303 DR, two years after its more powerful companion delayed blast fireball. It was the arcanist's last invention, three years before his death at the hands of his long-time enemies and victims, the Canlespiere ogres.

During the Time of Troubles in the Year of Shadows, 1358 DR, the wizard Dwalimar Omen attempted to cast the spell, but only managed to produce flowers.

In Waterdeep in 1358 DR, Kyriani placed a fireball spell in a ring of spell storing, which Onyx the Invincible used to surprise the marauding Aviss and Fellandar, though they emerged smoking from the flames.