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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6151401" data-attributes="member: 6669384">My own take was that the bead detonates if it hits a solid object, and while Solid Fog is soft and cushiony (we compared it to &quot;Summon Jello IV&quot;), it is still effectively solid.The area of effect (a &quot;burst&quot; according to the book) of the Fireball is usually stopped by walls or other intervening objects unless it can do enough damage to burn through them, and Solid Fog has no particular hardness or hit points per inch to allow such a burn through.&nbsp; It also says that it can only be dispersed by a strong wind, which Fireball doesn't provide.&nbsp; The expanding flames of Fireball are described as having very little physical force.&nbsp; If it had none at all I might agree that it could penetrate the Solid Fog because of a lack of physical presence.&nbsp; If it had any significant physical force I could say it qualifies as force equal to a strong wind (35 mph).According to the Wind Effects table, a 35 mile an hour wind is enough to blow tiny creatures away, or to knock down small ones, and to &quot;check&quot; medium sized creatures (people, for example).&nbsp; That's well beyond the force a Fireball exerts.So I ruled that it had &quot;very little penetration&quot; into the area.Maybe I was wrong, but that's the way my understanding of the rules saw it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6151401, member: 6669384"] My own take was that the bead detonates if it hits a solid object, and while [I]Solid Fog[/I] is soft and cushiony (we compared it to "Summon Jello IV"), it is still effectively solid. The area of effect (a "burst" according to the book) of the [I]Fireball[/I] is usually stopped by walls or other intervening objects unless it can do enough damage to burn through them, and [I]Solid Fog[/I] has no particular hardness or hit points per inch to allow such a burn through. It also says that it can only be dispersed by a strong wind, which [I]Fireball[/I] doesn't provide. The expanding flames of [I]Fireball[/I] are described as having very little physical force. If it had none at all I might agree that it could penetrate the [I]Solid Fog[/I] because of a lack of physical presence. If it had any significant physical force I could say it qualifies as force equal to a strong wind (35 mph). According to the Wind Effects table, a 35 mile an hour wind is enough to blow tiny creatures away, or to knock down small ones, and to "check" medium sized creatures (people, for example). That's well beyond the force a [I]Fireball[/I] exerts. So I ruled that it had "very little penetration" into the area. Maybe I was wrong, but that's the way my understanding of the rules saw it. [I] [/I] [/QUOTE]

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