| From: | zebulingod@*******.net (Zebulin) |
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| Subject: | Lightning Ball vs Vehicle. Uber Spell or How Does It Work? |
| Date: | Mon, 1 Aug 2005 07:49:59 -0700 |
#>True, and I find this a bit unfortunate. I think what it's
#supposed to
#>mean is "They hit everyone within the blast radius, like a grenade",
#>and not "They explode from the center outward, like a grenade".
#
#I would assume both - doesn't it make sense that if you cast a
#fireball into an open safe you'll get (among other things) a
#spray of the safe's contents coming out when it blossoms?
#Your players may thank you heartily when the their cars stop
#getting fireballed - but imagine their faces when they realise
#that - by extension
#- if they leave a window open slightly it might be enough for
#the spell to get inside their vehicle... and that then you get
#to use the chunky salsa effect.
#To my mind the elemental manipulation spells, because they
#create a physical effect, are more analogous to the
#corresponding mundane physical effect than to corresponding
#magical effects - a fireball for example is nearer to a
#blasting cap in a can of acetone than powerball for example, a
#Flamethrower spell more like a real flamethrower than a
#powerbolt, a Nova more like blasting a very high powered laser
#into a mass of rotating prisms and mirrors...etc.
#
I've always pictured "-ball" spells to instantaneously create the spell
effect within the entire area of effect at the same moment. That's why
there's no damage level reduction as you get farther from the point of
ignition, as with grenades. It's because the entire area is full of the
effect ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
That's how I see it, and how my players have, too.
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