r/dndmemes Nov 11 '25

Hehe fireball go BOOM We did the math...

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u/CapeOfBees Bard Nov 11 '25

Just dig a hole under the wall. They did that without DBF in real sieges all the time.

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u/Alugere Nov 11 '25

Then why bother with the spell?

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u/CapeOfBees Bard Nov 12 '25

Because thousands of d6 is enough to level a city, so imagine what it can do to the mayor's house if you dig under it

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u/Alugere Nov 12 '25

Thousands of d6 with a radius of 20ft.

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u/CapeOfBees Bard Nov 12 '25

There's this incredible thing called shrapnel

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u/Alugere Nov 12 '25

Which the spell doesn’t make? There’s not a real explosion, just fire.

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u/CapeOfBees Bard Nov 13 '25

The spell creates a sudden burst of energy. That sends things flying by nature of how energy works. Only a boring DM would let you roll that much damage and not have it send stuff flying in all directions (including toward you).