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Guys, thanks for the clarification. I am getting old... but I'll discuss the topic with my players. I think the simplest solution is the best solution. Smilodan, I counted the squares in my old Fireball DDM template, similar to the pathfinder 20ft radius template.
Hi, folks. I'm an relatively old RPG gamer (I play D&D like RPGs for nearly 20 years) and in our last game of Pathfinder the wizard in the group I'm GMing (the campaign is Rise of the Runelors, they were in the Seven's Sawmill, entrance floor) wished to cast a fireball against the wall of the mill, to affect only the Skinsaw Cultists and not the players. I argued that the fireball will spread until fills all the 44ft area of the 20ft radius spread... But I think this is more like the AD&D fireball than the description of the Spread in Pathfinder: "A spread spell extends out like a burst but can turn corners. You select the point of origin, and the spell spreads out a given distance in all directions. Figure the area the spell effect fills by taking into account any turns the spell effect takes". I admit I'm confused because fireball is a "spread" magic, not a simple burst. My question is: can a Wizard "aim" the fireball in a corner to affect only 11ft (one quarter fireball) or agains a wall to affect only 22ft (a half fireball) or the "spread" effect of the fireball means that it will spread until fill all the 44ft? I think in fireball as an instant fog cloud... In my mind the "cloud" will spread all the 44ft, since fog cloud has a duration and isn't an instant spell, I think it eventually will fill all the 44ft sooner or latter, but and with the fireball... Am I an old gamer with AD&D syndrome of filling rooms fireball or my interpretation of the always 44ft fireball is correct? |
