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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9025984" data-attributes="member: 7035894">Fireball ain't that good against one opponent - assuming your 60% saving throw fail rate, it's only 16-ish points damage, on average.But its value increases quickly against multiple opponents. Against two you are averaging 32 DPR, which at level five is a respectable round. Three+ opponents and it is almost always a fantastic option. And against a large group, like a bunch of mooks...forget about it.Fights against three or more opponents happen a lot, and the burst radius of fireball is large enough that you can usually get most of them in one fireball.Here is what RPGBot has to say about it: &quot;8d6 damage in a 20-foot radius with 150-foot range. Simple, effective, and reliable. Fireball is a good baseline for measuring other AOE damage spells because it’s so simple and so effective, and in many cases when you’re selecting a spell to cast you’ll want to ask yourself “Is this spell better than Fireball?”&quot;I concur.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9025984, member: 7035894"] Fireball ain't that good against one opponent - assuming your 60% saving throw fail rate, it's only 16-ish points damage, on average. But its value increases quickly against multiple opponents. Against two you are averaging 32 DPR, which at level five is a respectable round. Three+ opponents and it is almost always a fantastic option. And against a large group, like a bunch of mooks...forget about it. Fights against three or more opponents happen a [I]lot[/I], and the burst radius of fireball is large enough that you can usually get most of them in one fireball. Here is what RPGBot has to say about it: "8d6 damage in a 20-foot radius with 150-foot range. Simple, effective, and reliable. Fireball is a good baseline for measuring other AOE damage spells because it’s so simple and so effective, and in many cases when you’re selecting a spell to cast you’ll want to ask yourself “Is this spell better than Fireball?”" I concur. [/QUOTE]

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