Special Binding Fire

Binding Fire (Q-1)
Range: 10 feet + 10 / Rank
Duration: 1 hour + 1 / Rank
Experience Multiple: 500
Base Chance: 10%
Resist: None
Target: Fire
Material: Fire source + Endurance (optional)
Actions: Chanting and dancing
Concentration Check: Standard
Effects: The Adept gains complete control over a fire source. This fire may then be moulded and shaped as desired but with a minimum of one foot thickness in any dimension.
Regardless of the shape created, the fire retains its original temperature or 100°C (+100 / Rank, min. 100) whichever is the least. This will reflect its damaging properties.

Rank	Damage	Distance from fire
	Inside	5 ft	10 ft	15 ft
0 - 5	D10 + 3	-	-	-
6 - 10	D10 + 5	D10 - 5	-	-
11 - 14	D10 + 10	D10	D10 - 5	-
15 - 17	D10 + 15	D10 + 5	D10	D10 - 5
18 - 19	D10 + 20	D10 + 10	D10	D10 - 5
20	D10 + 25	D10 + 15	D10 +5	D10

Bound fire is unaffected by normal rains and winds short of hurricane conditions, but may be extinguished by a dousing of water of similar or greater volume than the fire.
It may grow to a maximum of 10 (+10 / Rank) cubic feet, at a rate of Rank hexes per Pulse.
If the Adept sacrifices 2 points of Endurance from a sentient as part of the ritual, the duration of the Ritual of Binding Fire is enhanced to 1 year (+ 1 / Rank). If the Adept sacrifices 4 points of Endurance from a sentient creature the duration of the Ritual of Binding Fire is permanent. This Fire is bound to a specific non-movable item from which the fire appears to issue (e.g. a ruby set in a wall, a line of runes on a floor etc). Permanent Bound Fire can be suppressed for [21 - Rank] minutes by a dousing of water of similar or greater volume than the fire, attack with magical cold for more damage than the damage rating of the fire etc. To dissipate a permanent Bound Fire the object to which it is bound must be broken, destroyed or seriously defaced.
The Adept may instill basic intelligence in a Bound Fire if desired and give the entity thus created simple commands.