Bagpuss
Legend
A hydra is fighting the party at the end of a lake.
It sinks so that it's body is in the water and it's heads out to bite and snap at the party.
Useful bit from the SRD: Targeted magical effects cannot sever a hydra’s heads (and thus must be directed at the body) unless they deal slashing damage and could be used to make sunder attempts. (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/hydra.htm )
The wizard casts a fireball at the hydra. What happens?
a) The damage the fireball does is subtracted from the body hit points. - As the fireball cannot sever the hydra's heads its damage is directed at the body hit points.
b) The damage the fireball does is subtracted from the head hit points. - As the fireball is not targeted but an area of effect it deals damage to the heads.
c) The fireball does no damage because it can't target the body, as fire spells are stopped by the surface of the water. - As (a) but because the body is below water the body can't take damage.
Please back up your answers with logic, common sense or rules.
It sinks so that it's body is in the water and it's heads out to bite and snap at the party.
Useful bit from the SRD: Targeted magical effects cannot sever a hydra’s heads (and thus must be directed at the body) unless they deal slashing damage and could be used to make sunder attempts. (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/hydra.htm )
The wizard casts a fireball at the hydra. What happens?
a) The damage the fireball does is subtracted from the body hit points. - As the fireball cannot sever the hydra's heads its damage is directed at the body hit points.
b) The damage the fireball does is subtracted from the head hit points. - As the fireball is not targeted but an area of effect it deals damage to the heads.
c) The fireball does no damage because it can't target the body, as fire spells are stopped by the surface of the water. - As (a) but because the body is below water the body can't take damage.
Please back up your answers with logic, common sense or rules.
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