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I see your point here, and I suppose coal dust could have worked too though obviously there are many more dangers with using it. Still not practical as what I had envisioned of course, but that's okay. I'm not going to worry about it too much any more, but thanks again for the help.

First off, I want to thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for in terms of assistance in this concept, narrowing down the specifics in a practical, part by part fashion. And I don't see any real problems there. It's clear though, from how you describe it, that it would likely never be...

You failed to read the fact that I had agreed that we would never agree, you could have left it at that. And yes I can to, and after this I probably will. Already you are misreading my statements. I said 2 5' squares. 2 of them, not a single one. That is what I said. Good, bad, I'm not...

Honestly you are reading way more into what I am saying than in there. First of, Delericho's post listed a trap example based on an equivalent that he might use: He was not saying 'this is how you have to do it', or it 'has these absolute statistics'. As for my question in post #6, clearly...

Actually no, someone did not suggest such a trap should have 'a specific cost' in fact what he did was find the nearest equivalent trap from the DMG and modify it slightly for flavor. I did not question that there was a cost, but how he arrived at it. He said that he copied it from a similar...

I will start with the last one first and say yes, you are right, its my DM I need to convince. And since I had serious doubts even before your tone made me a tad defensive, I had already resolved to show him this thread, including all arguments. He said, before I ever brought it up again, that...

As I have been busy these past few days with school, I only now got a chance to return to reply. Rather than firing off another quote fest I am just going to try to sum things up in a shorter form. (Okay in the end, I failed in making this short) I did agree that it is similar to a fireball...

Okay, in essence you are right in that this would resemble a fireball superficially. I won't argue that the effect would be similar in at least some aspects, but I HAVE seen fire effects in games that were similar but not magical. I just wish I could remember the source. They weren't dust...

The fact that you've still been looking is something that I appreciate since you did say that you were not actually helping me any more. I thank you for that. I can understand, with the lack of evidence what you are saying and I can't wholly disagree. That much of a lack of historical...

No, you do not have me right. I am NOT trying to replace magic or even recreate fireball with mundane means. I even agreed that lowering the damage number was acceptable and for all the reasons given. I agree with you, unlimited access to some forms of magic would be quite game breaking...

Of course you are right with all of it and I'm not really arguing that, this would be way milder than something like a grain silo explosion. I can envision something a little more but in the end it could be that my vision really is not practical. Then again, that was part of why I came, to...

You are correct. The YouTube videos are all showing a very very mild example of this type of situation. A game is not usually so mild, being in a 'fantasy' setting tends to make even the mildest thing fantastic. Also, these are mostly nubs in their backyard playing around, not...

Novels aren't rules I agree, but they are a guideline of things that happen in these worlds we play in. In most cases, novels are included as canon unless a rule book specifically counters it by saying 'X can't happen'. It was mostly used in this case as an example of the fact that these things...

This sounds about what I was looking for, but I have to ask why the cost? I assume its just set by the trap rules. I would have to lower that if possible, and I may consider lowering the dmg but adding a secondary bull rush for the concussive force (since fireball is clearly stated as not...

This is primarily a question for 3.5, but can cross to Pathfinder, and other systems relatively easily. Basically what I'm looking at is how much damage would such an explosion cause? I know they can be very dangerous IRL so I had thought about using something like this as a trap, especially...

I'll keep all the advice in mind and maybe mention/remind him that the WbL/treasure tables assumes a certain level of commercial changeability between 'found treasure' and 'desired gear'. Admittedly, if I were playing a fighting type I might try to place more value on a hard won weapon than...

Well, I can accept it, at least this time, as a miscommunication on his part. He didn't mean to lead us wrong exactly. He perhaps just worded it poorly and didn't properly explain himself. I see what you're saying and yes some of the PrC do specifically state special requirements. After the...

So, we started playing a 3.5e game a couple of weeks ago. Initially it was looking as if we'd be starting as Lv20 characters. That would have been interesting, starting high and breaking into epic lvls possibly, something new for us. Then when we got to actually starting, he said, "Okay, now...

Okay, that's what I have thought. And yes, I meant 3/3.5 hence the icon. I think the person in question (DM actually, group argued him to the correct way of thinking) is just too familiar with other gaming systems where facing IS an issue, like GURPS. Was facing a thing in 2e? He may also...

So, there was a question, or debate, as to one specific of this spell as written. Most were of the opinion that it was a global protection and that the description that stated it 'hovered in front' of a caster was just flavor, but at least one person was interpreting it as 'only protecting in...