spellfire

The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.

Noun

  1. The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.
    • Just the tiniest speck of spellfire pushed into his palm. - 1995, Lucy Sussex, Judith Raphael Buckrich, She's fantastical, page 191:
    • She gains one level of spellfire energy for every spell level absorbed and can store a number of spellfire energy levels equal to her Constitution. - 2001, Sean K. Reynolds, Angel Leigh McCoy, Duane Maxwell, Magic of...
    • Jerzy watched the two of them, coming to Agreement over the flickering tendrils of spellfire, and felt something twist in his gut. - 2009, Laura Anne Gilman, Flesh and Fire, page 370:

Origin

From spell + fire.

Related

gunfire spellwork spellcraft