Flame Blade

Player's Handbook v.3.5 (PH)Core (3.5)
School
Evocation
Casting Time
1 standard action
Components
V, S, DF
Range
Personal
Target
The caster
Duration
1 minute/level (D)
Saving Throw
None
Spell Resistance
Yes

A 3-foot-long, blazing beam of red-hot fire springs forth from your hand. You wield this bladelike beam as if it were a scimitar. Attacks with the flame blade are melee touch attacks. The blade deals 1d8 points of fire damage +1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10). Since the blade is immaterial, your Strength modifier does not apply to the damage. A flame blade can ignite combustible materials such as parchment, straw, dry sticks, and cloth.

The spell does not function underwater.