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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horwath" data-source="post: 9739455" data-attributes="member: 6801299">Every DM cries tears of joy when a "mage" player decides to play a "blaster".it's just damage. and not that good of a damage source.Fireball might be OK at 5th level, but the scaling is horrible. how to make fireball better?scaling:4th level, 10d6, 25ft radius5th level, 12d6, 30ft radius6th level, 15d6, 35ft radius7th level, 17d6, 40ft radius8th level, 19d6, 45ft radius9th level, 22d6, 50ft radiusanother option:reducing radius to increase damage.every 5ft reduction in radius increases damage by +1d6reducing radius to 0, makes fireball a ray with a ranged magic attack.that would make 3rd level fireball 12d6 ray of fire with ranged magic attack.and 9th level fireball a 32d6 ray of fire(still less damage than Meteor Swarm).another option #2:throw out scorching ray.reduce fireball level to 2nd level spell:5d6 fire damage, 15ft radius, dex save for halfwith reduction in radius and increase in damage it would be:6d6, 10ft radius, dex save for half7d6, 5ft radius, dex save for half8d6, ray of fire, ranged magic attack</blockquote>