By means of this spell the caster causes a flurry of magical snowballs to erupt from a point within his range. The snowballs fly in all directions, hitting everything in the area of effect (including the caster) and causing 1-3 points of damage per level of the caster (to a maximum of 8d3). Against fire-using and firedwelling creatures, the spell inflicts ld6 points of damage per level of the caster (again to a maximum of 8 dice of damage).

Obstructions and low ceilings do not cause the cloud of snowballs to deform-they just hit the walls and splatter. These snowballs are considered normal missiles when determining the effects of protection spells.