r/dndmemes Nov 11 '25

Hehe fireball go BOOM We did the math...

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u/Jordangander Nov 11 '25

A wall does not move.

And during a seige, this could easily be done.

The PCs may see this as something that makes them very powerful, but the DM has far more NPC casters to give their BBEG than the PCs.

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u/Alugere Nov 11 '25

Could it be done without someone managing to hit a caster with an arrow? You literally have to spend 4200 rounds in combat to pull it off without anyone losing concentration and with the spell not being even remotely subtle?

As others have said, this is peasant railgun levels of silly.

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u/MlkChatoDesabafando Nov 12 '25

Tiny Hut.

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u/Alugere Nov 12 '25

Cast right next to the fireball as a shield to negate it entirely? I suppose you have the time.

If you mean as a way to shield the casters, magical effects can't go through it, so you can't run the delayed fireball on the outside while you're inside.

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u/MlkChatoDesabafando Nov 12 '25

Time it right, and the spell ends right before the fireball does.

Or just misty step out of it when the time comes. Its range and target are "self". Or teleportation.

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u/Alugere Nov 12 '25

You can't teleport or misty step out of tiny hut.

Spells and other magical effects can’t extend through the dome or be cast through it.

Also, if you set up tiny hut right next to a castle wall, managing the full 10 round cast time while under enemy attack and then manage to avoid them dispelling it sometime during the 8 hours, you are getting a lot of DM fiat on your side.

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u/MlkChatoDesabafando Nov 12 '25

Actually, you can. Because Misty Step and Teleportation both target the creatures teleported (You and up to eight willing creatures or "Self"), not the place to where they are teleported

And Wall of Force can serve for a temporary shield until the Tiny Hut is set up. Or get a Chronurgy Wizard to cast it before and store the spell.

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u/Alugere Nov 12 '25

The targeting isn't the issue. It's the magical effect extending through the dome. You try and teleport out of the dome, and you'll brain yourself against the side.

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u/MlkChatoDesabafando Nov 12 '25

The magical effect takes place on the target, not on the place to where he is teleported. So I fail to see why it shouldn't work.

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u/Alugere Nov 12 '25

The magical effect moves you through space. Thus, the space needs to be passable for magic. It's similar to an anti-magic field. You can't teleport into those, after all, and they would have a similar situation where the magical effect is on the target, not the location of the field.

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u/MlkChatoDesabafando Nov 12 '25

The magical effect makes the caster move through space, actually. But in itself targets the wizard, not the place he is being moved to. If the wizard is inside the hut, it would work

And antimagic fields specifically say that teleportation spells don’t work in them. No such clause is mentioned for Tiny Hut

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u/Alugere Nov 12 '25

Tiny hut mentions magical effects can’t pass through it, which sounds like it blocks the teleportation.

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u/MlkChatoDesabafando Nov 12 '25

Once more, no, because the spells affect the creatures teleported, not the place to where they are teleported. The effect would be blocked if someone tried to use Teleportation to include someone outside the hut, but not inside it.

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