Shards of Ice

Required	Water Sphere 2
Range	10 yards x Rank
Area	1 Target
Duration	Instant
Casting	Verbal, Somatic
Cast Action	Standard
Mana Cost	1
Effect	Caster conjures a storm of razor-sharp shards of ice that fly at the target, dealing lethal damage based on the Casting roll. The shards are affected by Physical Defense, but ignore dodge and gain +1 Armor Piercing at Rank 1, which increases to +2 at Rank 3, and +3 at Rank 5.