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<blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 2285793" data-attributes="member: 13654">The rules as written do not force any kind of check for the spells targeting in the situation you describe.&nbsp; The spell goes exactly where the caster says it goes - the rules effectively are that he cannot miscalculate.&nbsp; Nothing intervening qualifies as an impassable barrier to the spells placement or effects.&nbsp; As such I do allow this in my game and have not made up rules to single out Fireball as the one spell where such potential miscalculation should be inherent to its function&nbsp; - which would be utterly unlike how all other spells in the game function.The additional description of Fireball effects about targeting and pre-detonation should not be read as GENERAL rules regarding fireballs but as SPECIFIC rules to be applied when those specific circumstance arise.&nbsp; The described ability of fireballs to detonate if they impact something BEFORE reaching the target has MUCH more to do with UNSEEN barriers than anything else.&nbsp; The rule about targetting a fireball through a very narrow opening is for when you ARE targetting a fireball through a very narrow physical space like an actual arrow slit where there is otherwise a SOLID barrier occupying an ENTIRE space that would block the fireball from reaching a destination.&nbsp; It should not be taken as a general prohibition on targetting a fireball through anything but wide-open spaces.And this includes the OLDER editions of D&amp;D fireballs too, not just 3.0 and 3.5.&nbsp; These are special case rules for fireballs, not suggestions that the spell description is actually being left incomplete and requires additional house rules regarding targetting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D+1, post: 2285793, member: 13654"] The rules as written do not force any kind of check for the spells targeting in the situation you describe. The spell goes exactly where the caster says it goes - the rules effectively are that he cannot miscalculate. Nothing intervening qualifies as an impassable barrier to the spells placement or effects. As such I do allow this in my game and have not made up rules to single out Fireball as the one spell where such potential miscalculation should be inherent to its function - which would be utterly unlike how all other spells in the game function. The additional description of Fireball effects about targeting and pre-detonation should not be read as GENERAL rules regarding fireballs but as SPECIFIC rules to be applied when those specific circumstance arise. The described ability of fireballs to detonate if they impact something BEFORE reaching the target has MUCH more to do with UNSEEN barriers than anything else. The rule about targetting a fireball through a very narrow opening is for when you ARE targetting a fireball through a very narrow physical space like an actual arrow slit where there is otherwise a SOLID barrier occupying an ENTIRE space that would block the fireball from reaching a destination. It should not be taken as a general prohibition on targetting a fireball through anything but wide-open spaces. And this includes the OLDER editions of D&D fireballs too, not just 3.0 and 3.5. These are [I]special case[/I] rules for fireballs, not suggestions that the spell description is actually being left incomplete and requires additional house rules regarding targetting. [/QUOTE]

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