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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 1267962" data-attributes="member: 2011">The problem with this technique for some games may be the players themselves.They are there to play a game and the core rules do not state that you need to target a location, they state that the spell goes where the caster desires.I had a player of a Wizard 3 years ago who took the Fireball spell. The first time he tried to cast it, I had him roll hit location (since I had a house rule about that, I felt at the time the same as you do).His response was that he would not have taken the spell if he would have known that he could easily damage his allies with it and that he would never cast that spell again.So, DMs have to be careful. Some players may be ok with it, others not. The players are there, after all, to have fun. Targeting your allies is not usually fun (except for the initial laugh, it usually gets real old real quick).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 1267962, member: 2011"] The problem with this technique for some games may be the players themselves. They are there to play a game and the core rules do not state that you need to target a location, they state that the spell goes where the caster desires. I had a player of a Wizard 3 years ago who took the Fireball spell. The first time he tried to cast it, I had him roll hit location (since I had a house rule about that, I felt at the time the same as you do). His response was that he would not have taken the spell if he would have known that he could easily damage his allies with it and that he would never cast that spell again. So, DMs have to be careful. Some players may be ok with it, others not. The players are there, after all, to have fun. Targeting your allies is not usually fun (except for the initial laugh, it usually gets real old real quick). [/QUOTE]

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