1-75, National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA.įireball: A large mass of fire caused by a large explosion, as of inflammable liquids or a nuclear device. "Fire Protection Handbook’, 18th Edition (1997), p. However, if the gas mixture is unconfined or if confinement is breached, the burning gas expands as a fireball at normal atmospheric pressure, and the maximum fireball volume is approximately ten times the initial volume of the mixture. I started by looking up the word fireball for a real world definition.įire Ball: Unconfined accidental fuel gas releases often result in a fireball once ignited. Still not sure why we don’t just use gunpowder, but at least now I understand how guano plays a role in the creation of a fireball. So now we have two material components that are used in the real world and the fantasy world to produce an explosion since bat guano and sulfur together would make an even bigger boom than one by itself. Turns out that bat poo is rich in nitrogen and can be used as gunpowder in its dried form. Sulfur makes total sense when you want to make things go boom, so I looked up bat guano to see if I could find out why it’s still a material component. Why do we still have bat guano as a material component? They’ve had over five chances between all the editions to change the material components into something else, and yet here we are in 5th edition still having to have a little piece of poo in your component bag. But the wording got me thinking about some things… Bat Shit A big ball of fire explodes in a spot of your choosing. The description has been modified throughout the editions, but the basics remain the same. It ignites flammable objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried.
A target takes 8d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. The 5th edition spell description is as follows:Ī bright streak flashes from your pointing finger to a point you choose within range and then blossoms with a low roar into an explosion of flame. This magic fire sure does look and feel like plain old regular fire to me. It goes around corners, ignites flammable objects, and hurts a whole hell of a lot. That said, it sure seems like they go out of the way to make the fire as ‘real’ as it could be. I understand that it is magical fire and doesn’t have to conform to any of the rules of fire in the real world. We all know the fireball, also known as the wizard’s favorite spell of all time. I am surely not saying there is a right or wrong answer, because one person’s answer may not be the same as someone else’s. They are meant to stimulate debate, not argument.
These musings are just random things I think about when reading something in one of the hardcovers.
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