Fireball - cicrcle or globe?

[Aiddar]

Hi there.

Possibly a silly question - the Fireball spell. Is normally considered to be a circular area of effect, or as a globe? The fluff suggests a globe, but the description is unclear.... I am 90% certain it is a globe, but have this niggling doubt that is treated as a 2-dimensional area of effect... Any thoughts?

Cheers

Aiddar

[Distant Scholar]

Aiddar wrote:

Hi there.

Possibly a silly question - the Fireball spell. Is normally considered to be a circular area of effect, or as a globe? The fluff suggests a globe, but the description is unclear.... I am 90% certain it is a globe, but have this niggling doubt that is treated as a 2-dimensional area of effect... Any thoughts?

Cheers

Aiddar

It is called fireball, not firedisk or firecylinder. In many (most?) combats, the third dimension barely matters, so it may not come up in any of the examples.

Rules quotes from PRD:
"Fireball ... Area: 20-ft.-radius spread"
"Magic ... A spread spell extends out like a burst but can turn corners."
"Magic ... The default shape for a burst effect is a sphere, but some burst spells are specifically described as cone-shaped."

Fireball is not specifically described as cone-shaped, so it is a sphere. QED

[Kthulhu]

Strictly using Pathfinder rules, it's an ugly lego-block looking chunk of fire that looks like it was built in Minecraft.

[Elven_Blades]

Kthulhu wrote:

Strictly using Pathfinder rules, it's an ugly lego-block looking chunk of fire that looks like it was built in Minecraft.

I lol'd

But yeah, that's about right.

[Aiddar]

Distant Scholar wrote:

Aiddar wrote:

Hi there.

Possibly a silly question - the Fireball spell. Is normally considered to be a circular area of effect, or as a globe? The fluff suggests a globe, but the description is unclear.... I am 90% certain it is a globe, but have this niggling doubt that is treated as a 2-dimensional area of effect... Any thoughts?

Cheers

Aiddar

It is called fireball, not firedisk or firecylinder. In many (most?) combats, the third dimension barely matters, so it may not come up in any of the examples.

Rules quotes from PRD:
"Fireball ... Area: 20-ft.-radius spread"
"Magic ... A spread spell extends out like a burst but can turn corners."
"Magic ... The default shape for a burst effect is a sphere, but some burst spells are specifically described as cone-shaped."

Fireball is not specifically described as cone-shaped, so it is a sphere. QED

Many thanks - perfect.

Cheers