Oblivion:Fire Damage

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	Fire Damage
School	Destruction
Type	Offensive
Effect ID	FIDG
Base Cost	7.5
Barter Factor	0
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Fire Damage M points for D seconds

Use fire to damage the target's health by M points each second for D seconds (total damage MxD points). Fire damage is not decreased by Armor. It is decreased by Fire Shield and Resist Fire; it is enhanced by Weakness to Fire.

Of the three elemental damage effects, fire is intermediate in magicka cost (7.5 for fire, vs 7.4 for frost and 7.8 for shock). All three are cheaper than Damage Health (cost=12).

[edit] Notes

Fire Damage is one of the enchantments available for making a custom mage's staff (it is also found on random generic staves).

Fire damage has a Ball projectile, as opposed to a Bolt like Shock Damage or a Fog like Frost Damage. The Area effect of Fire damage dictates the explosion size on contact with scenery or an NPC, as opposed to the projectile size as in Frost damage.

In general, Fire damage is most effective against the undead, trolls, spriggans, Frost Atronachs, and grummites^SI. Fire damage is ineffective against Dunmer NPCs and most Daedra. See Creature Resistances for a complete summary of weaknesses and resistances to Fire Damage.