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Topic: fireball
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masterkorgin
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posted September 14, 2002 11:29 AM
I have two
initiates in my party. they took extra weave talents and are
now able to cast Fireball. My question is this...Do they need
to HIt the target or is it like magic missle in D&D were
it just hits and they need to make a saving throw for half
damage?
the reason I ask is because they are able to
cast at the second highest power and if the NPC doesn't make
his saving throw he is taking like 16-18 points or more
damage. which easily kills lv 2-lv 3 dudes!?
Help.
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Grayswandir_Blade Member Member
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posted September 14, 2002 01:56 PM
The
description of Fireball in the WoT book is essentially the
same as the one in D&D, with the little pea-sized
thingamajig that's an idiotic interpretation of the novels in
the first place. If you take that side, then yes, it's like
magic missile.
If you take it the way it *should* be
(aka a *ball* of fire like in the novels and like in the
picture on pg 173), then the result is still the same. Weaves
are guided by the mind, and compounded with the fact that
you're throwing something that's minimum 5 ft. wide, it's very
unlikely that you'd miss. The save is the target scrambling to
get out of the way (I
assume).
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JosephKell
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posted September 14, 2002 03:47 PM
you could
treat it like a grenade weapon. Make a ranged touch attack to
see if you peg them with it, otherwise you just have to figure
out which direction it ends up in and how far. For most
channelings of the Fireball it will still catch them in the
blast radius.
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Tarlin
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posted September 14, 2002 06:26 PM
Fireball is
an area of effect attack. you blanket the area, and affect
everything in it. Those caught within, save for half. You
don't roll to hit on area attacks, you just blanket the area.
Now if you think that is a bit much, you could have a "to hit"
roll to center it, but using the grenade-like missile effects,
that poor sap who was the original target is most likely gonna
eat it anyway, so its kinda pointless, unless you are going
for precision.
(In my game its was a sad day for all
the 1st level mooks when the channelers learned
fireball)
The Aes Sedai in my game pulls her hair out
cuz she can't waste teams of Seanchan or
Whitecloaks...hehehhe....(gotta love those oaths.)
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masterkorgin
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posted September 15, 2002 12:13 AM
Hey thanks
alot for all the input. I really appreciate it!
M.K.
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