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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5759874" data-attributes="member: 3887">I'm running AD&D right now, and in some ways, it's not so different. It's up to the DM to decide to what extent a fireball damages objects/ignites them. Sure, there's an item saving throw table, if the DM chooses to use it, for some or all objects caught in the area of effect. There might be rules for room combustibility, AD&D having a lot of rules <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />, but most are really more like suggestions. I've seen DMs call for item saves against all of a PC's gear, only some, only if the PC fails their saves, independent of the PC's save, and so on. This could produce some odd results, like a PC saving against a fireball and being more-or-less okay, even though his sword, armor, and gold melted into slag while he was wearing it (should that necessitate another save vs. wearing molten metal? Hmmm...). A lack of consistency we have always had with us.   Let's assume the player has control for now...What is "inconsistent" about a wizard having control over their own spell such that they can decide what objects, if any, are damaged by it? Or, like I originally posted, why does a fireball have to behave like an incendiary grenade?Being able to select targets and effects != inconsistent.</blockquote>

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