Searing Rain

Searing Rain
Ultima IX Incantation: Vas Kal An Flam Jux Reagents: BM, MR Circle: 8th

Searing Rain is one of the most destructive attack spells known in the Age of Armageddon.

Spell Description

Casting Searing Rain causes acid to pour down in a wide area surrounding the caster, who is protected from the corrosive deluge. The rain persists until either being dismissed or the caster's mana runs out. In this horrible inundation, next to nothing can survive and even the greatest creatures die a horrible death. Also, it logically can only be cast outdoors and not in enclosed spaces or buildings.

Lore

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The Titans of the Four Elements hold memories of their great and terrible invocations on the earthly plane, and never was there a more fearsome use of Water than the searing rains of the Great Cataclysm. In casting the Searing Rain spell, the mage summons this memory from the Titan and brings forth from the Elemental Plain of Water a hail of acid down upon his enemies. Flesh is seared, and they who fall are melted into rainwater. Chaos reigns until the magic is dispelled. – from Spellbook (Ultima IX)

Trivia

• The spell essentially is pointless, since it is only possible to transcribe and use it right before leaving for the final confrontation. Since it doesn't work indoors, the only place where it can be used is on the surface of Terfin. While using the scroll directly is possible, the steep price of 3000 gp per scroll makes it unfeasable.

Ultima IX Spells
Linear	Stone ☥ Gust ☥ Ignite ☥ Douse
1st Circle	Create Reagents ☥ Lightning Bolt ☥ Light ☥ Light Heal
2nd Circle	Crystal Barrier ☥ Ethereal Sight ☥ Infernal Armor ☥ Cure
3rd Circle	Charm ☥ Telekinesis ☥ Fireball ☥ Fog
4th Circle	Time Stop ☥ Wizard Eye ☥ Day ☥ Freeze
5th Circle	Summon Undead ☥ Levitate ☥ Bolt of Flame ☥ Full Heal
6th Circle	Meteorite ☥ Invisibility ☥ Ring of Fire ☥ Mana Breath
7th Circle	Death ☥ Teleport ☥ Summon Demon ☥ Frost Storm
8th Circle	Earthquake ☥ Lightning Storm ☥ Inferno ☥ Searing Rain