Force Orbs - Target the Ground or wat??

[Danceofmasks]

I already considered that. You can't. It's a solid cube that completely fills the space; any shot that attempts to enter the space impacts on the surface and explodes there, outside the cube. Or, in other words, in the creature's space.

You can't make the floor not be the floor just by wanting.

You're only thinking that because it explodes!
Say I disintegrate the cube instead.

 

[DreamChaser]

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=222438

I knew this had happened before...

 

[StormCrow42]

Well... that's a bad ruling. The spell is clearly intended to conjure a physical ball of flames that takes up a space. The 3.x version didn't take up a space, and caused all manner of problems because of it.

The ruling wasn't targeted at flaming sphere, it was targeted at mage hand (which previously had the rather ridiculous side effect of being able to block a square with something that could only move 20 pounds). Also targeted wall of fog and such effects.