Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Fireball vs. Wind Wall
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 1902593" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Anything that would stop the line of effect of the Fireball spell would detonate it.</p><p></p><p>So, water would detonate it. Water is considered "a material body" in this case.</p><p></p><p>A Wind Wall would not because it does not stop line of effect.</p><p></p><p>It would also not stop the "bead" of a Delayed Blast Fireball. It would still go to its destination, just like the bead from a Fireball would go to its destination.</p><p></p><p>Nothing in the rules states that these beads are actually missiles of any type.</p><p></p><p>So, a Monk could not deflect one. He could impact the Fireball bead and it would go off. He could also impact the Delayed Blast Fireball bead, but it would still continue on its way to its destination unless the act of him touching it detonates it. Nothing in the description of Delayed Blast Fireball indicates that you can prevent the bead from arriving at its destination short of detonating it (or dispelling it, etc.).</p><p></p><p>Once it arrives at its destination, the Delayed Blast Fireball bead then becomes an object (if you chose the delayed version). But, nothing in the description of the spell indicates that it is an object before that happens. Before then, it is magic, not an object, not a missile.</p><p></p><p>You cannot assume that the bead is an object before it arrives at its destination just because it is an object once it gets there.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Btw, even if the bead of a Delayed Blast Fireball could be affected by the Wind Wall, that does not mean that the bead of a Fireball could. They are two different spells and you cannot use the properties of the one to assume the properties of the other with the exception that you can use some of the properties of the Fireball spell for the Delayed Blast Fireball spell because Delayed Blast Fireball explicitly states that. But, you cannot assume in the opposite direction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 1902593, member: 2011"] Anything that would stop the line of effect of the Fireball spell would detonate it. So, water would detonate it. Water is considered "a material body" in this case. A Wind Wall would not because it does not stop line of effect. It would also not stop the "bead" of a Delayed Blast Fireball. It would still go to its destination, just like the bead from a Fireball would go to its destination. Nothing in the rules states that these beads are actually missiles of any type. So, a Monk could not deflect one. He could impact the Fireball bead and it would go off. He could also impact the Delayed Blast Fireball bead, but it would still continue on its way to its destination unless the act of him touching it detonates it. Nothing in the description of Delayed Blast Fireball indicates that you can prevent the bead from arriving at its destination short of detonating it (or dispelling it, etc.). Once it arrives at its destination, the Delayed Blast Fireball bead then becomes an object (if you chose the delayed version). But, nothing in the description of the spell indicates that it is an object before that happens. Before then, it is magic, not an object, not a missile. You cannot assume that the bead is an object before it arrives at its destination just because it is an object once it gets there. Btw, even if the bead of a Delayed Blast Fireball could be affected by the Wind Wall, that does not mean that the bead of a Fireball could. They are two different spells and you cannot use the properties of the one to assume the properties of the other with the exception that you can use some of the properties of the Fireball spell for the Delayed Blast Fireball spell because Delayed Blast Fireball explicitly states that. But, you cannot assume in the opposite direction. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Fireball vs. Wind Wall
Top
