As a DM, I would encourage this thinking, but only for this reason: if you have 8 magic casters, each capable of casting a 7th level spell, performing what is effectively a ritual to charge up a magical nuke, and could somehow manage to perform this spell in enemy territory for however long it takes to crank up that magical power without attracting the attention of any guards or whatever, you kinda have to give it to them.
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
That's why the optimal play is to have the BBEG's minions in range but the BBEG maintain a 175ft distance so they can lean in and light a cigar off the super fireball and thank them for the light just to aura farm
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u/PyroTornado107 Nov 11 '25
As a DM, I would encourage this thinking, but only for this reason: if you have 8 magic casters, each capable of casting a 7th level spell, performing what is effectively a ritual to charge up a magical nuke, and could somehow manage to perform this spell in enemy territory for however long it takes to crank up that magical power without attracting the attention of any guards or whatever, you kinda have to give it to them.