Summon Elemental Sprite

Summoning [fire or cold]
Tier: 0
Components: Verbal, Somatic
Casting Time: 1 round
Range: 5 ft
Effect: One summoned elemental
Duration: 10 minutes/level (D)
Saving Throw: None
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This spell draws forth a minor, non-intelligent elemental from one of the elemental planes. When you cast this spell, you can choose to summon a fire elemental or an ice elemental (other sprites are possible, but far less common). A sprite is destroyed if it takes any damage.

A fire sprite appears as a floating sphere of whirling sparks the size of a small coin. Handled quickly, it will not burn. These sprites are most commonly used to heat liquids (they can bring 2 gallons of water to boil in about 5 minutes before they are exhausted), but they can can also ignite flammable materials and heat metal.

An ice sprite appears as a constantly shifting crystalline shard of ice the size of a small coin. These sprites can render 2 gallons of water ice cold in about 5 minutes, but they usually vanish before more than a thin layer of ice has formed over the surface.

Augmentation:
If you cast this as a tier 1 spell, you can summon 3d6 sprites of the same type.