Area
Creates a ground-level cloud of electrical sparks. It does not block vision, but it inflicts burning damage to anyone standing in it. Armor protects in the usual fashion (metallic armor provides the same minimal protection that it does against Lightning).

Duration: 10 seconds.
Base cost: 1 to 5; the cloud inflicts 1 point of damage per second for every point of energy put into the base cost.
Time to cast: 1 to 5 seconds, depending on base cost. Cannot be maintained.
Prerequisites: Shape Air and Lightning

Item
Staff, wand, or jewelry. Usable only by mages.
Cost to create: 150 energy, $500 in platinum, and a $500 opal.