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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 813524" data-attributes="member: 1656">Fireball doesn't have a Target, it has an Area.If you were to cast it &quot;on yourself&quot; and then walk a hundred feet away, it would go off where you were when you cast it.If you cast it &quot;on the throne&quot; from halfway down the red carpet, and then walked out the door and away, then thirty seconds later, the bead would appear halfway down the red carpet, streak over to the throne, and blossom into a fireball etc etc.If someone were callous enough to erect a tower shield on the carpet between when you cast the spell and when it &quot;activated&quot;, then the bead would hit the shield and detonate short.----What I'm confused about is the whole &quot;selection of targets&quot; and &quot;maximum range&quot; bit.If you're limited to area, personal, or touch spells... well, area spells don't have targets, and obviously a personal spell can't be &quot;out of range&quot;.&nbsp; That only leaves touch spells.&nbsp; So if the target is out of maximum range - ie, touch - when the spell triggers, the spell fails.What!?-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 813524, member: 1656"] Fireball doesn't have a Target, it has an Area. If you were to cast it "on yourself" and then walk a hundred feet away, it would go off where you were when you cast it. If you cast it "on the throne" from halfway down the red carpet, and then walked out the door and away, then thirty seconds later, the bead would appear halfway down the red carpet, streak over to the throne, and blossom into a fireball etc etc. If someone were callous enough to erect a tower shield on the carpet between when you cast the spell and when it "activated", then the bead would hit the shield and detonate short. ---- What I'm confused about is the whole "selection of targets" and "maximum range" bit. If you're limited to area, personal, or touch spells... well, area spells don't have targets, and obviously a personal spell can't be "out of range". That only leaves touch spells. So if the target is out of maximum range - ie, touch - when the spell triggers, the spell fails. What!? -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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