Burning Hands

Schools: Transmutation [Fire]
Level: Fire 1, Sor/Wiz 1
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 10 ft.
Area: Semicircular burst of flames 10 ft. long, centered on the character's hands
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Reflex half
Spell Resistance: Yes

A thin sheet of flame shoots from the character's outspread fingertips. The sheet of flame is about as thick as the character's thumbs. Any creature in the area of the flames takes 1d4 points of fire damage per the character's caster level (maximum 5d4). Flammable materials such as cloth, paper, parchment, and thin wood burn if the flames touch them.