Spell idea: Boiling Blood

[bcadren]

Boiling Blood - Fire/Transmutations - 4 - "You superheat your flesh." Grants {rF+}. When you are hit in melee; there's a chance that the creature that hit you will be "Scalded by a spray of boiling blood." which deals d(spellpower/8) damage that ignores AC, but checks rF. Chance depends on spellpower and damage received. Minimum 10%. Max (at one damage received and 200 spellpower) 35%. If damage is more than 1/3 of your max HP, it always procs. Boiling Blood is mutually exclusive with (Ozo's Armour, Cigotuvi's Embrace, Stoneskin) and cannot be used by the undead.

Spell would replace Inner Flame in the Book of Flames. Inner Flame would move to Book of Fire and remain in Book of Debilitation.

[Siegurt]

I like the spell, the thing I don't like is you propose it replaced inner flame, which is a fantastic FE spell, although I know I am frequently disagreed with on that point.

[bcadren]

I like the spell, the thing I don't like is you propose it replaced inner flame, which is a fantastic FE spell, although I know I am frequently disagreed with on that point.

Inner Flame is great in combination with Animate Skeleton, or Ignite Poison...poison conjurations. ranged weapons. On an FE though I don't think it's particularly strong.

[Siegurt]

Conjure flame lets you keep wimpy critters at bay that you can inner flame and blow up, if you have a tougher critter that you know you can't kill with the initial damage of a sticky flame, but will kill with dot, you can inner flame it and walk away and watch it blow up its buddies (sticky flame damage is always done before the monsters move)

And of course all the ways you just mentioned increase its utility.

It is certainly as strong if not stronger in the FE starting book than it is in the AM starting book.

[WingedEspeon]

I like the idea of the spell, but with very little downside it would frequently be used just for the rF.

[byrel]

This should be a repel-missiles-esque toggle; you cast it once, then each time it procs it has a chance to dissipate

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You feel the last traces of fire leave your veins

Edit: I know devs keep threatening to rework charms, but they've been doing that for 3 versions or so. I'm content with incremental revision till then. We just shouldn't add even more annoying-to-use-optimally spells because they suck to balance.