lonelynoose
First Post
Fireball doesn't emanate from a central point. It engulfs a whole area simultaneously. Including within your shield, aka the space your body occupies. We know this because all those within take equal damage.
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D&D 5E The Nature of the Shield Spell
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Fireball doesn't emanate from a central point. It engulfs a whole area simultaneously. Including within your shield, aka the space your body occupies. We know this because all those within take equal damage.
cbwjm
Seb-wejem
When cast I imagine it like the shields in the movie Doctor Strange. I don't tend to worry too much about how it looks for the rest of the round but perhaps I could imagine that a single casting of the spell enables you to create multiple shields until the start of your next turn.
I also agree that the player doesn't need to know the actual AC hit by an attacker, just whether or not the attack was a hit. It's possible that the hostile creature rolled high enough that a shield spell won't help, it's up to the player to decide if they want to spend the spell slot and find out.
I also agree that the player doesn't need to know the actual AC hit by an attacker, just whether or not the attack was a hit. It's possible that the hostile creature rolled high enough that a shield spell won't help, it's up to the player to decide if they want to spend the spell slot and find out.
FarBeyondC
Explorer
Aside from the attacker rolling a natural 20, how does the DM know an attack actually hit in the first place (without having the particular player's AC on hand, that is)?
cbwjm
Seb-wejem
If you don't already have it on hand then you ask the player what their AC is and then tell them if it's a hit or not. The actual to hit roll number doesn't need to be mentioned.
Storyteller Hero
Adventurer
According to the actual RAW, Fireball does NOT engulf an entire area simultaneously (it's an explosion that spreads from a point - the spell's text actually says this) and those within do NOT necessarily take equal damage (half damage on a save or less, reduced to zero on a save with Evasion).
This. Plus, if it covered the entire area simultaneously, cover wouldn't grant you a bonus to your Dexterity save (+2 for half cover, +5 for 3/4 cover). Sacred Flame explicitly ignores cover, but Fireball does not.
UngeheuerLich
Legend
I just tell the players that they are hit. If I remember that they can cast shield. I speak of a good hit. Otherwise they just ask me and I tell them. Sometimes my answer is vague. Then the caster may take the risk of wasting the spell.
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