Shardstorm
Evocation [cold]
Tier: 2
Components: Verbal
Casting Time: 1 reaction or 1 major action
Range: 60 ft
Target: Your Ice Blade
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Reflex partial
The word chill the airs as it leaves your mouth, and minute cracks run down the length of your blade. Then it explodes.
You charge your Ice Blade with raw elemental fury. The blade detonates in an explosion of razor shards, dealing 1d6/level slashing damage to everyone within 10 ft. A creature which succeeds on a Reflex save takes half damage.
Unlike most reaction spells, you don't need a specific event to react and cast this spell; if you have this spell prepared, you can shatter your blade at any time, or in response to any occurence.
2 Comments
Replace with Shardstorm--as a major action, charge your sword and throw it (as an improvised weapon--10 ft increments). It deals normal damage on impact, and detonates one round later for 1d6/level damage.
Technically you don't have to throw the sword--you can even replace the throw with a melee attack, but the blade still detonates in one round.
adjustment--the spell magically propels the sword (no attack penalty)