flamestrike

English

Etymology

From flame +‎ strike.

Noun

flamestrike (plural flamestrikes)

1. (fantasy) The strike of a flame.
   • 1988, J[ames] H[erbert] Brennan, “Barmy Jeffers”, in Adventure Stories, St Michael, published 1989, →ISBN, page 328:

     I could teach you a bit – healing and so forth: it’s part of my priestly skills – but that’s not what you want. You need attack spells – flamestrikes, lightning bolts, thundercrushes, that sort of thing.

   • 1990, Mercedes Lackey, Ellen Guon, “Knight of Ghosts and Shadows”, in Bedlam’s Bard, Guild America Books, published 1992, →ISBN, page 183:

     I do like your evasive maneuvers, by the way. Perenor will never expect me to drop to the ground to avoid a flamestrike.

   • 1995, Rawn Shah, Jim Romine, “Stories and Virtual Occurrences”, in Playing Muds on the Internet, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, part I (DikuMuds), page 133:

     Uncouth threw a Flamestrike spell at me, while Arnold stole all of my Recall spells and then bashed me.

   • 2001, David Chong, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter: Sybex Official Strategies and Secrets, Sybex, →ISBN, page 105:

     For ultimate hilarity, have a mage throw fireballs at you, call in flamestrikes, and so on while your shielded character whistles a tune.

   • 2009, Stephen Deas, The Adamantine Palace (The Memory of Flames; I), Roc Books, published 2011:

     “[…] Did you see what happened to the white dragon?” / “I saw it take to the air after the first couple of flamestrikes. […]”

   • 2009, World of Warcraft: Dungeon Companion III, BradyGames, →ISBN, page 126, column 2:

     These packs can put out massive damage if your group isn’t careful; watch out especially for the Flamestrikes and Blizzards cast by the Ring-Lord Sorceresses, and the Charged Skin ability cast by the Conjurers.