[isoka]

Flaming Sword of Xuzl is a conjuration spell.
As a wizard, you can summon 3 things :
- A halo of light (which you never summons)
- An eye of zomm / talon (which you also never summons)
- A Flaming Sword of Xuzl (which you just got).

In short, your conjuration skill is around 10 and you need it to be around 200 to successfully cast Flaming Sword of Xuzl without fizzling as much. Get ready to summon tons of eye of zomms or halos to raise conjuration skill if you want to use Flaming sword without losing too much mana.

Regarding other questions, can't use it to track since you need to have a NPC targeted and in range to cast this spell.