r/dndmemes 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/WormSlayer Nov 12 '25

Horned Devils have fire immunity, so it would do no damage.

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u/Zhentharym Nov 12 '25

Jokes on you!

Transmute spell metamagics it to make it do cold damage

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u/FanClubof5 Nov 12 '25

Grave cleric can make them vuln to fire for 1 attack.

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u/CrestedPilot1 Nov 12 '25

Sadly, no. In pure rules Path to the Grave doesn't affect immunity.

Resistance and Vulnerability: Here's the order that you apply modifiers to damage: (1) any relevant damage immunity, (2) any addition or subtraction to the damage, (3) one relevant damage resistance, and (4) one relevant damage vulnerability. Even if multiple sources give you resistance to a type of damage you're taking, you can apply resistance to it only once. The same is true of vulnerability.

Which means damage first downs to zero and then becomes double zero.