diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c5d8f210..21a5604c2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+New spell -- Searing Weapon
+Appears in spellbooks only at this point.
+spell/Spellbook/pyro_book.trs
+spell/Change_Ability/spell_searing_weapon.arc
+spell/Change_Ability/spell_searing_weapon.base.111.png
+Daniel Hawkins 2020-09-03
+
 New face for demon gate -- it actually looks like a gate now.
 And it is animated.
 Moved old image to classic tileset, and repeated it so it overrides all the faces of the animation.
diff --git a/spell/Change_Ability/spell_searing_weapon.arc b/spell/Change_Ability/spell_searing_weapon.arc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..beaa4f7da
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+++ b/spell/Change_Ability/spell_searing_weapon.arc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Object spell_searing_weapon
+anim_suffix spellcasting
+name searing weapon
+name_pl searing weapon
+face spell_searing_weapon.111
+level 3
+sp 10
+casting_time 20
+path_attuned 34
+skill pyromancy
+type 101
+subtype 24
+value 27
+no_drop 1
+invisible 1
+duration_modifier 4
+duration 500
+attacktype 4
+# Should there be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that someone using unarmed combat would essentially have their hands burst into flames?
+msg
+Skilled pyromancers are able to, with enough practice, contain the wild energies of their craft and concentrate it into their own or an ally's weapon, giving it a white-hot glow.
+endmsg
+end
diff --git a/spell/Change_Ability/spell_searing_weapon.base.111.png b/spell/Change_Ability/spell_searing_weapon.base.111.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b23363704
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diff --git a/spell/SpellBook/pyro_book.trs b/spell/SpellBook/pyro_book.trs
index d2d5611f9..8055af678 100644
--- a/spell/SpellBook/pyro_book.trs
+++ b/spell/SpellBook/pyro_book.trs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ treasureone pyro_book_low
   more
   arch spell_large_fireball
     chance 2
+  more
+  arch spell_searing_weapon
+    chance 4
 end
 
 treasureone pyro_book_medium