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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Parlan" data-source="post: 4419581" data-attributes="member: 16808">Some thoughts regarding fireballing ships in the harbor.  I picture them docked right next to each other, so if one caught fire it would rapidly spread to all the others.  But just how easy is it to set fire to a docked ship w/ a Fireball?  The sails are down and stowed.  The timbers of the ship itself are pretty thick, right?  I imagine a fireball scorching them some, but not setting them ablaze.  If that's the case, then maybe some ropes catch fire, I'd rule that they don't burn long or hot enough to set fire to the target ship.That said, I remember something about the planks in old sailing ships being made waterproof with tar.  So perhaps if the fireball were targeted into a hatch it would set the tar ablaze.</blockquote>