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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9444346" data-attributes="member: 42582">A non-issue in my experience. In AD&amp;D and B/X and Rolemaster we took it to be obvious that a honking great ball of fire will set flammable things alight. 4e D&amp;D made it crystal clear with the fire keyword.Sounds like it might blow up the bucket! Make an Arcana check to avoid that consequence. (I've never seen this one, but <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/actual-play-my-first-social-only-session.309950/" target="_blank">I've seen Bedevilling Burst used to create a disturbance by upsetting the tray of jellies being served for dessert</a>.)I don't know that spell, but this seems straightforward enough.This seems like it opens up the door to an Arcana or Nature or whatever the appropriate skill is check, to get an advantage in the skill challenge.Sure. It's part of all RPGing, given that all RPGing involves the fiction mattering.But deciding on the limits of the Command spell is not in the same territory as these. It's not adjudicating any fiction. It's just working out what is possible using a 1st level spell that is not all that clearly specified.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 9444346, member: 42582"] A non-issue in my experience. In AD&D and B/X and Rolemaster we took it to be obvious that a honking great ball of fire will set flammable things alight. 4e D&D made it crystal clear with the fire keyword. Sounds like it might blow up the bucket! Make an Arcana check to avoid that consequence. (I've never seen this one, but [url=https://www.enworld.org/threads/actual-play-my-first-social-only-session.309950/]I've seen Bedevilling Burst used to create a disturbance by upsetting the tray of jellies being served for dessert[/url].) I don't know that spell, but this seems straightforward enough. This seems like it opens up the door to an Arcana or Nature or whatever the appropriate skill is check, to get an advantage in the skill challenge. Sure. It's part of all RPGing, given that all RPGing involves the fiction mattering. But deciding on the limits of the Command spell is not in the same territory as these. It's not adjudicating any fiction. It's just working out what is possible using a 1st level spell that is not all that clearly specified. [/QUOTE]

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