Talk:Fireball (spell)

Maxwell (talk) The range on this looks wrong. Should it be 100 ft + 10/level?

Tao alexis (talk) 00:15, 22 June 2024 (UTC) GAWD no. Figure. You can't have the spell until you're 5th, which means the minimum range it's ever going to have is 60 ft. It means that yes, you have to get close and personal. The radius is 20 ft., so you're easily 40 ft. from the blast; gives you lots of room if you don't want to include yourself in the fun.

Maxwell (talk) Gotcha. I happened to have the AD&D PHB open and it led me astray. So much for mages as artillery :) Regarding "Gives you lots of room..." OK. Plus IIRC you allow a mage to reduce the size of a spell if they want (i.e. 20 ft radius is a maximum; it could be lessened to 10 or 15.)

Tao alexis (talk) 22:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "Mage as artillery" is broken game design.