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Produce Flame is a first level druid spell well known for its atypical wording (0 foot non touch spell).
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range 0 ft.
Effect flame in your palm
Duration 1 min./level (D)
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes
Flames as bright as a torch appear in your open hand. The flames harm neither you nor your equipment.
In addition to providing illumination, the flames can be hurled or used to touch enemies. You can strike an opponent with a melee touch attack, dealing fire damage equal to 1d6 + 1 point per caster level (maximum +5). Alternatively, you can hurl the flames up to 120 feet as a thrown weapon. When doing so, you attack with a ranged touch attack (with no range penalty) and deal the same damage as with the melee attack. No sooner do you hurl the flames than a new set appears in your hand. Each attack you make reduces the remaining duration by 1 minute. If an attack reduces the remaining duration to 0 minutes or less, the spell ends after the attack resolves.
This spell does not function underwater.
A lot of people are interested in stacking produce flame with unarmed attacks or the number of melee attacks that can be made per level. This is not that thread. I'm interested in how Produce Flame operates as a weapon and the nuances that result because of that function.
The ranged version of Produce Flame operates as a thrown weapon:
Does this add strength to your ranged Produce Flame damage?
Does this no longer count as spell damage for the purposes of Feats/Abilities?
Amulet of Mighty Fists and Produce Flame:
Touch attacks are applied through natural/unarmed attacks. Would an amulet of Mighty Fists enhance the Melee Produce Flame attack? The ranged attack?
Two Weapon Fighting:
Unarmed/natural attacks are normally considered light weapons. Would two casts of Produce Flame (one for each hand) allow the use of two weapon fighting? Would the ranged version?
I appreciate any citations/historical insight/general thoughts you have to share.