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Ice Storm
Level	9
School¹	Conjuration
School²	Ice
Source(s)	Book of Annihilations
Casting noise	9
Spell noise	20 or 25 (depends on the radius)

This spell conjures forth a raging blizzard of ice, sleet and freezing gasses at the target, dealing partially irresistible cold damage in a large area.

"Neither Deluge Nor Ice Storm Nor The Black Silence Of The Netherhells Stay These Messengers About Their Sacred Business. Do Not Ask Us About Saber-Tooth Tigers, Tar Pits, Big Green Things With Teeth Or The Goddess Czol."

-Anghammarad, "Going Postal", Terry Pratchett.

Spell Details
Damage Formula	7d((22+Power)/7)
Max Damage	7d32
Max Power	200
Range	6
Targeting	Beam
To-hit
Special	Area, clouds of freezing vapour

The ice equivalent of Fire Storm, Ice Storm creates a huge (3 or 4 squares in radius including the center) blast of ice and freezing vapour. Like Fire Storm, it inflicts incredible damage, up to 7d32 damage at max spellpower, and it even pierces cold resistance better than Fire Storm pierces fire resistance (60% irresistible vs. 45%). However, Ice Storm does not create any vortexes and uses beam-targeting instead of smite targeting. This means that it is generally considered inferior to Fire Storm, though still very powerful.

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-The ice equivalent of [[Fire Storm]], '''Ice Storm''' creates a huge (3 or 4 squares in radius including the center) blast of ice and freezing vapour. Like Fire Storm, it inflicts incredible damage, up to 7d32 damage at max spellpower, and it even pierces [[cold]] resistance more than Fire Storm pierces [[fire]] resistance: 55% of Fire Storm can be resisted whereas only 40% of Ice Storm can be resisted. However, Ice Storm does not create any [[fire vortex|vortexes]] and uses beam-targeting instead of [[smite]] targeting. This means that it is generally considered inferior to Fire Storm, though still very powerful.
+The ice equivalent of [[Fire Storm]], '''Ice Storm''' creates a huge (3 or 4 squares in radius including the center) blast of ice and freezing vapour. Like Fire Storm, it inflicts incredible damage, up to 7d32 damage at max spellpower, and it even pierces [[cold]] resistance better than Fire Storm pierces [[fire]] resistance (60% irresistible vs. 45%). However, Ice Storm does not create any [[fire vortex|vortexes]] and uses beam-targeting instead of [[smite]] targeting. This means that it is generally considered inferior to Fire Storm, though still very powerful.