Back in the day a friend cast fireball at enemies that boarded our ship while at sea....
You can guess what happened to the ship.The sails and ropes caught fire?
It's not that easy to catch wood on fire with instantaneous heat like a fireball.
It was 2nd ed advanced dnd.
Those Fireballs set ships on fire.
In my own campaigns, I had a druid in Ironfang Invasion worried whether his fireball would set the forest on fire. I told the player that looking at the text, the fireball spell was specifically designed to hurt creatures rather than objects, so the forest would not catch on fire.
A wizard in my Strength of Thousands campaign had the same fears, but about damaging books in a library. This was a Magaambya Academy library, so the library ought to have strong fireproofing spells.
The Strength of Thousands campaign has a rogue with Magical Trickster feat that allows sneak attack with spell attacks against AC. She noticed that higher level spells seldom target AC. We have plans for a custom spellshape that will let area of effect spells concentrate on a particular target's AC in order to allow sneak attack. Thus, in my campaigns the damage from spells is malleable, to a small degree without a feat. Thus, the spellcaster could choose whether objects are protected or vulnerable in an area of effect.
A wizard in my Strength of Thousands campaign had the same fears, but about damaging books in a library. This was a Magaambya Academy library, so the library ought to have strong fireproofing spells.
That's a good fear to have, considering it's an actual hazard that's actually been published by Paizo. I've censored parts so as to avoid spoilers.
Fire Hazard: The torn pages throughout the library are flammable. Any use of fire in this room (including alchemist’s fire and spells such as burning hands) risks setting the entire collection ablaze. For each such use, attempt a DC 15 flat check; on a success, the fire causes the books to begin burning. After 1d4 rounds, each creature in the room then takes 1d8 fire damage and 1d4 persistent fire damage. The fire burns out in 2 minutes and doesn’t spread to other areas of the [adventure area]. The [bad guys] don’t think to use fire on their own, but if they see any open flame, they stop attacking long enough to try to set the library on fire.
I wonder if there are other instances of objects getting damaged (incidentally or intentionally) in other Paizo publications. If we can gather them together and find a pattern, it might serve us well when making rulings for our own games.
This is why I craft my banners out of Nomex.
What is Nomex?
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In Golarion it is certainly known as Gnomex
This is why I craft my banners out of Nomex.What is Nomex?
It's a flame resistant fabric that is used in many applications.
More seriously though, with the Commander's abilities, specifically Plant the Banner which gives a good amount of temporary HP each turn...I would consider it a valid tactic for enemies to target the banner (if they understand the banner's effect).
Which is kind of a problem with the object damage rules such as they are.
It's a flame resistant fabric that is used in many applications.This is why I craft my banners out of Nomex.What is Nomex?
Thanks for clarifying. :)
In Golarion it is certainly known as Gnomex
And it has saved the lives of many curious young gnomes.