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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9369031" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Speaking of obscure rules and fireball.I think most people were aware that in 1e, 1&quot; had different meaning indoors and outdoors.1&quot; indoors (or dungeons, etc.) would be 10 feet.1&quot; outdoors would be 10 yards. So you could roughly say that everything in 1e would be tripled when you went outside. Missile weapons would fire three times further. Fireballs would have a range three times longer. Etc.EXCEPT. A spell's area of effect would always be measured at 1&quot; = 10'. This was often overlooked! So a fireball cast by a 10th level magic user would have a different range if cast indoors or outdoors-Inside- 200 feet.Outside- 200 yards (600 feet).But the area would be the same- it would be a 20 foot radius sphere. I ran across tables that did not know that rule and believed that when cast outside, the fireball would be a 20 yard radius sphere!(Bonus question- if you are in a tunnel, and casting fireball to hit people that are some distance outside the tunnel, how do you calculate the range when you have a mixed inside/outside scenario?)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9369031, member: 7023840"] Speaking of obscure rules and fireball. I think most people were aware that in 1e, 1" had different meaning indoors and outdoors. 1" indoors (or dungeons, etc.) would be 10 feet. 1" outdoors would be 10 yards. So you could roughly say that everything in 1e would be tripled when you went outside. Missile weapons would fire three times further. Fireballs would have a range three times longer. Etc. EXCEPT. A spell's area of effect would always be measured at 1" = 10'. This was often overlooked! So a fireball cast by a 10th level magic user would have a different range if cast indoors or outdoors- Inside- 200 feet. Outside- 200 yards (600 feet). But the area would be the same- it would be a 20 foot radius sphere. I ran across tables that did not know that rule and believed that when cast outside, the fireball would be a 20 yard radius sphere! (Bonus question- if you are in a tunnel, and casting fireball to hit people that are some distance outside the tunnel, how do you calculate the range when you have a mixed inside/outside scenario?) [/QUOTE]

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