Fireball

[Olaf the Stout]

Does the spell Fireball expand around objects like columns? For example if 'x' is where the Fireball detonates, 'C' is a stone column and '0' is a person, do they get hit by the Fireball or not?

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C
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I think they do but I would like to know what everyone else thinks. I'll give me reasoning after a few others have replied.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Geoff Watson]

Yes.

See the rules for 'spread' areas.

Geoff.

 

[Kurotowa]

More exactly, check page 151 of the PHB. Cover grants +2 on Ref saves, but not against spread effects. Fireball is specifically used as an example of the latter.

 

[frankthedm]

Does the spell Fireball expand around objects like columns? For example if 'x' is where the Fireball detonates, 'C' is a stone column and '0' is a person, do they get hit by the Fireball or not?

x
C
0

I think they do but I would like to know what everyone else thinks. I'll give me reasoning after a few others have replied.

He is toast. Spread wraps around the column and he roasts.

BTW, the spell starts at a grid intersection, not in the center of a square.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

He is toast. Spread wraps around the column and he roasts.

BTW, the spell starts at a grid intersection, not in the center of a square.

Yeah, that was the ruling I was using, based on the fact that it was a spread effect.

I was aware that it starts at a grid intersection, rather than a square. It was just easier to post the "diagram" in my post in that simple form. Thanks for letting me know just in case I didn't though.

Olaf the Stout