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<blockquote data-quote="Maialideth" data-source="post: 9620687" data-attributes="member: 6795301">Edit: I just noticed you guys already covered this <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> however, I think mostly about how Fireball melts gold, not as much about other items. Cone of Cold was to prevent all the coins from melting into huge lumps.Compare Fireball which specifically states that it damages items, and highlights soft metals such as gold.I remember reading somewhere that DMs would punish players who carelessly threw around fireballs, by causing the gold to melt into huge lumps that couldn't be transported out of dungeons. But then Cone of Cold was created as a higher level AoE spell that didn't cause the gold to melt (just freeze, but could then be thawed again). But I can't remember where I read it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maialideth, post: 9620687, member: 6795301"] Edit: I just noticed you guys already covered this :) however, I think mostly about how Fireball melts gold, not as much about other items. Cone of Cold was to prevent all the coins from melting into huge lumps. Compare Fireball which specifically states that it damages items, and highlights soft metals such as gold. I remember reading somewhere that DMs would punish players who carelessly threw around fireballs, by causing the gold to melt into huge lumps that couldn't be transported out of dungeons. But then Cone of Cold was created as a higher level AoE spell that didn't cause the gold to melt (just freeze, but could then be thawed again). But I can't remember where I read it. [/QUOTE]

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