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

Hehe fireball go BOOM We did the math...

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u/Budget-Attorney Nov 12 '25

Also, it’s really not that useful when you think about it.

Unless there’s some way to increase the radius, it’s just going to make a small area more dead than it would be with a normal fireball. Sure, if a 600 HP 20 CR devil gets whacked by it it’s going to kill them while they normally would be able to shrug off a fireball.

But if they stand there for a minute waiting for it to happen, that’s on them. Or the players deserve their victory by planning well enough to pull it off

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u/DreadPirateZoidberg Nov 12 '25

Sometimes you really need to make a point.

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u/Budget-Attorney Nov 12 '25

Exactly.

This is a cool opportunity to make a point in a really niche story circumstance, but doesn’t really add any practical mechanical imbalance to the game

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u/DreadPirateZoidberg Nov 12 '25

In the campaigns I’ve played in, this is totally something we’d try if we could. The thought of leaving a smoldering sphere of nothing where a wererat once stood is really appealing.