Body of the Sun vs. Fireburst [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Loki5654

01-22-05, 12:37 AM		One of my fellow players was lamenting his Body of the Sun spell from the Complete Divine and the fact that he damage seems woefully underpowered. Then I found the spell Fireburst in the Complete Arcane that is basically the same spell except that Fireburst does 1d8/level and BoS does 1d4+1 (and that's all! not /level, not +1/level, just plain old 1d4 +1).

Does this seem like a mistake to anyone else? I checked the Errata but nada. They are both second level spells yet one does a heckuva lot more damage than the other. Is his Shaman getting shafted or is my Wizard getting special treatment?

Please help, thanks!
Loki5654

01-22-05, 12:56 AM		Well, nevermind. I just re-read the two spells and saw that Body of the Sun has a longer duration. That means Fireburst is Instant but Bos is Damaga over Time.

Thanks anyway!