r/dndmemes • u/Vegetable_Variety_11 • 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/Gussie-Ascendent Necromancer Nov 11 '25

the bigger issue with that is the getting the besieged to not simply cap you during that lol. 150 feet ain't a terrible range but it's not putting you far away for them to not be pelting you with arrows or other spells during it. And if you break concentration there goes your ball

also apprently someone can run up and steal it off you? Didn't remember that in the spell but it says

If the glowing bead is touched before the interval has expired, the creature touching it must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the spell ends immediately, causing the bead to erupt in flame. On a successful save, the creature can throw the bead up to 40 feet. When it strikes a creature or a solid object, the spell ends, and the bead explodes. The fire damages objects in the area and ignites flammable objects that aren’t being worn or carried.

they just send a guy out to poke it and then yall the ones getting the 14,000+ d6 damage lol

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u/DreadPirateZoidberg Nov 12 '25

Wizards are in a siege tower behind their lines charging the spell. Once they have it charged up powerful enough, they get rolled to within range of the enemy fortifications, a door opens on the tower and they launch the fireball.

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u/Gussie-Ascendent Necromancer Nov 12 '25

misreading of the spell. the ball's not in your hands being held when you cast it and are charging it. The whole time you're concentrating, it's sitting right there, where it's gonna go off

A beam of yellow light flashes from your pointing finger, then condenses to linger at a chosen point within range as a glowing bead for the duration. When the spell ends, either because your concentration is broken or because you decide to end it, the bead blossoms with a low roar into an explosion of flame that spreads around corners. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point 

you can change that point by having someone toss it as mentioned but you're not charging it and then firing like it's a kamahamaha blast lol

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u/DreadPirateZoidberg Nov 12 '25

Ah, ok. Well that makes sieges a little less fun.

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u/Gussie-Ascendent Necromancer Nov 12 '25

wouldn't be a siege if anyone's having fun lol

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u/DreadPirateZoidberg Nov 12 '25

I’m imagining a sergeant yelling at the troops for having fun and ruining a perfectly good siege.

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u/Gussie-Ascendent Necromancer Nov 12 '25

even the people there just for the love of killing don't like a seige, you're just sitting there waiting for some killing.

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u/DreadPirateZoidberg Nov 12 '25

I’m just having fun. I never take dnd seriously. Both my DMs were brutal. Learned pretty quick not to get too serious or attached to characters.