In my game the alchemist threw a bomb into the mist to clear it. I had ruled that the square where the explosion took place would be cleared, but the surrounding eight tiles of splash damage would not. He seems unsatisfied with my answer and I wanted to check here to see if anyone else is allowing the nine tiles to be cleared by a bomb?
Eh, sure why not. A bomb is a very limited resource and for a player to use it on a mist, I could give him the greater benefit. Because, if you think of it, the "splash" is the explosion area. However, there are so alternatives:
1) 50% chance to clear each square in the splash area (100% to clear the impact point).
2) Mist is cleared but refills the splash area in 2 turns, the target square in 3 turns.
The bomb ability says nothing about being able to burn away fog, and there's no rules (at least to my knowledge) of using fire\heat to remove a mist. So it'd be a GM ruling.
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The Obscuring Mist spell description says:
A fireball, flame strike, or similar spell burns away the fog in the explosive or fiery spell's area. A wall of fire burns away the fog in the area into which it deals damage.
Bombs aren't spells, but I read it as any source of fire would burn away the squares it affects. I'd say a bomb would burn away all nine squares (plus 1 square above the center square too, if it matters).
In my game the alchemist threw a bomb into the mist to clear it. I had ruled that the square where the explosion took place would be cleared, but the surrounding eight tiles of splash damage would not. He seems unsatisfied with my answer and I wanted to check here to see if anyone else is allowing the nine tiles to be cleared by a bomb?
I agree with you - center square only. If it was an Explosive Bomb, further.
There is a fairly significant difference in the scope of effect of fireball vs. a bomb.