Tome of Fire
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A Tome of Fire contains a variety of attack spells, mostly fire-themed, making it an excellent book for battle-mage themed characters. While Magic Missile and Flash are fairly weak, they're correspondingly cheap, and can be remarkably useful in the proper situations. Sticky Flames is excellent for softening up tough opponents, or for keeping the damage going during a hit-and-run dance. The classic Fireball brings to the table its combination of distance attack with area-of-effect damage. Flame Strike is single-target, but not limited to the compass directions, and can be deadly for followers of the "easier" gods, or late in the game when your piety has built up. And this book culminates in the awesome power of Sunfire -- some 50 points of damage over a seven-hex-wide area (even to fire-resistant foes), plus obliterating most obstacles, and surrounding you with a protective lake of lava!
