05-17-2006, 02:25 AM
Occhidiangela,May 16 2006, 02:27 PM Wrote:Depends on the arming and fusing circuits, and their settings. The Standard D & D fireball, being absent electronics, tends to behave like a zero milisecond fused impact detonator. Or, you might explain it as pre-release mental control around a super heated plasma globule, but after the wizard launches the missile the control is lost and the burning from the radius of a collision explosion is not mentally controlled. Only the missile can be dodged, or fire damage resisted.
Use at your own risk.
AS a DM, I usually explained the fire of various fire spells not burning the magician's fingers as a side benefit of the boundary layer . . . for those who asked. :rolleyes: They'd still occasionally cast fireballs at targets 15' away, and take full damage -- half if saved. The boundary layer can only help so much.
Occhi
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