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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 7838106" data-attributes="member: 2629">As far as I know, there is no correct RAW answer here, but I'm curious how fast people think that offensive spells should travel when they leave a caster and travel to a target.&nbsp; I'm not talking about spells like Meteor Swarm that spawn above their targets - I'm talking above the spells that launch from a caster by their description.&nbsp; I mainly ask out of curiosity about how people imagine these spells, but there are a few in game consequences I would consider implementing for very long distance spells.Does a fireball cross the 150 maximum range in a second?&nbsp; A few seconds?&nbsp; Does it travel at the speed that a typical human could throw a ball, or does it travel faster?&nbsp; Is a lightning bolt there and gone in a flash, covering the entire distance all at once, like we perceive lightning from the sky does?&nbsp; Or does it billow out from the caster quickly like a flood, taking a second to get to the maximum range?How about an Eldritch blast from a Warlock that travels 120 feet? Do you picture it flying as fast as a pitch from a professional MLB pitcher?&nbsp; Or as fast as an arrow (which is about twice that speed)?&nbsp; Does that change when we add in Spell Sniper and Eldritch Spear casting it at maximum range of 600 feet? An MLB fastball pitch would take about 4 seconds to cross 600 feet.&nbsp; A 70 MPH pitch would take 6 seconds to get there - a full round.... An arrow would take between 1.5 and 3 seconds to travel that distance....Are there any spells that originate from the caster and travel to a target that ou think of as moving particularly fast or slow?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 7838106, member: 2629"] As far as I know, there is no correct RAW answer here, but I'm curious how fast people think that offensive spells should travel when they leave a caster and travel to a target. I'm not talking about spells like Meteor Swarm that spawn above their targets - I'm talking above the spells that launch from a caster by their description. I mainly ask out of curiosity about how people imagine these spells, but there are a few in game consequences I would consider implementing for very long distance spells. Does a fireball cross the 150 maximum range in a second? A few seconds? Does it travel at the speed that a typical human could throw a ball, or does it travel faster? Is a lightning bolt there and gone in a flash, covering the entire distance all at once, like we perceive lightning from the sky does? Or does it billow out from the caster quickly like a flood, taking a second to get to the maximum range? How about an Eldritch blast from a Warlock that travels 120 feet? Do you picture it flying as fast as a pitch from a professional MLB pitcher? Or as fast as an arrow (which is about twice that speed)? Does that change when we add in Spell Sniper and Eldritch Spear casting it at maximum range of 600 feet? An MLB fastball pitch would take about 4 seconds to cross 600 feet. A 70 MPH pitch would take 6 seconds to get there - a full round.... An arrow would take between 1.5 and 3 seconds to travel that distance.... Are there any spells that originate from the caster and travel to a target that ou think of as moving particularly fast or slow? [/QUOTE]

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