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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Coates" data-source="post: 7219399" data-attributes="member: 6906572">So what do we think about friendly fire ...The description says &quot;Any spell of 5th level or lower cast from outside the barrier can’t affect creatures or objects within it, even if the spell is cast using a higher level spell slot. Similarly, the area within the barrier is excluded from the areas affected by such spells ...&quot; - So if an enemy wizard outside the globe shoots a fireball the globe blocks it (but as it doesn't block movement, if they move inside the globe and cast it we're all toast). If I cast a fireball from inside the globe though and it explodes just outside the globe (which seems to be fine RAW) does the area of my own spell penetrate back inside the globe because I was inside the globe when I cast fireball? I imagine that I can't have my cake and eat it ... if the spell is designed to block things like enemy fireballs, then the enemy caster is &quot;outside the globe&quot; (rather than taking the &quot;cast&quot; as the point of the target) when they cast fireball at me I'm immune to the effects, even if the target me directly (inside the globe). Therefore I'm &quot;inside&quot; the globe when I target the enemy, and the globe doesn't work to protect me from my own area of effect if I'm too close?What I'm looking for of course is something that protects me and the party when I throw fireballs into the mix at close range - like a one-way barrier that lets my spells out, but none of the effects back in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris Coates, post: 7219399, member: 6906572"] So what do we think about friendly fire ... The description says "Any spell of 5th level or lower cast from outside the barrier can’t affect creatures or objects within it, even if the spell is cast using a higher level spell slot. Similarly, the area within the barrier is excluded from the areas affected by such spells ..." - So if an enemy wizard outside the globe shoots a fireball the globe blocks it (but as it doesn't block movement, if they move inside the globe and cast it we're all toast). If I cast a fireball from inside the globe though and it explodes just outside the globe (which seems to be fine RAW) does the area of my own spell penetrate back inside the globe because I was inside the globe when I cast fireball? I imagine that I can't have my cake and eat it ... if the spell is designed to block things like enemy fireballs, then the enemy caster is "outside the globe" (rather than taking the "cast" as the point of the target) when they cast fireball at me I'm immune to the effects, even if the target me directly (inside the globe). Therefore I'm "inside" the globe when I target the enemy, and the globe doesn't work to protect me from my own area of effect if I'm too close? What I'm looking for of course is something that protects me and the party when I throw fireballs into the mix at close range - like a one-way barrier that lets my spells out, but none of the effects back in. [/QUOTE]

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