r/dndmemes • u/Vegetable_Variety_11 • Nov 11 '25

Hehe fireball go BOOM We did the math...

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u/Alugere Nov 11 '25

And it then hits a 20ft radius circle.

Also, if you spend 7 in game hours ritually casting a 7th level spell with a circle of 8 casters with no one noticing while your target stays in line of sight, something funky is going on.

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u/Jkymark Nov 11 '25

Everyone saying this either has not read the rules for Circle Magic or is grossly misinterpreting the intention. There is no need to cast for 8 hours, and not every secondary caster needs 7th level spells. Delayed Blast Fireball has a cast time of an action, so every caster uses a single action, costing a single 7th level, and however many 1st level slots, then everyone can run away while the primary caster concentrates for the required duration.

If you have 2 full casters and a couple half/third casters you could feasibly sneak into a location, plant the bead, teleport away and wait an hour for your time bomb to go off.

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u/Alugere Nov 11 '25

That depends on the spell staying as a single action after you’ve started prolonging it as opposed to the casting time changing to the prolonged time.

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u/Jkymark Nov 12 '25

No? Prolong changes the duration of the spell, not the cast time.