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Symkalr’s Friendly Fireball

Evocation

	Level		Sor / Wiz 8
	Components		V, S, M
	Casting Time		1 Standard action
	Range		Medium (100ft + 10 ft / lvl)
	Area		20-ft-radius
	Duration		Instantaneous
	Saving Throw		Reflex half
	Spell Resistance		Yes

This spell duplicates the statistical (range, damage, casting time, etc.) and visual particulars of the [fireball] and Symkalr’s ForestFireball spell. Its differences lie in its effects: The magical flames and explosion of a friendly fireball are utterly ineffective against one specific type of animal type or race (and any derivative matter) stated during casting. Like the ForestFireball spell, there are no lingering fires after a friendly fireball; the spell’s fiery explosion soon implodes, drawing and snuffing its own heat and fires out at the end of the round in which it is cast.

A human caster can name his own race immune to a FriendlyFireball, detonate the spell, and no humans within the area of effect are harmed by the spell. Just like the standard [fireball] spell, any items carried or worn by a character immune to the spell’s effects are likewise immune despite the magic’s specific actions. This spell cannot be discriminatory to singular beings or ethnic types (i.e., a human wizard cannot name himself the sole immune character); the recipient of the immunity must be a distinct race or racial type.

While whole racial types are protected as named (elf, dwarf, etc.), half-breeds such as half-orcs and half-elves suffer half damage (or 1 / 4 damage with a successful save). Of course, a half-elf wizard can make all half-elves immune to her friendly fireball and then these effects apply to the two races of the caster’s parentage (i.e., elf / human, orc / elf, etc.). This also applies for other mixed race beings like half-fiends and tieflings.