Meteor Swarm (Invocation/Evocation)
Level: Mage 9, Sorcerer 9
Range: 60 feet
Duration: instantaneous
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: pattern of fireball-like spreads
Saving Throw: special

Meteor swarm is a very powerful and spectacular spell that is similar to fireball in many aspects. When the character casts it, four large spheres (2-foot-diameter) spring from the character's outstretched hand and streak in a straight line to the spot the character selects. The meteor spheres leave a fiery trail of sparks. Any creature in the straight-line path of these spheres is struck by each one and takes 24d6 points of fire damage (no saving throw). When the spheres reach their destination, each bursts like a fireball in a spread. Each large sphere deals 6d6 points of fire damage. The four spheres explode with their points of origin forming a diamond or box pattern around the spell's central point of origin, which the character designates upon casting. Each large sphere has a 15-foot-radius spread, and each blast is 20 feet apart along the sides of the pattern, creating overlapping areas of the spell's effect and exposing the center to all four blasts. Creatures caught in a blast can attempt saving throws for half damage. Creatures struck by multiple blasts save against each blast separately.