Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Which would you pick and why?
Also just ignore the second poll that was an accident.
Depends on whether or not I'm an Evocation Wizard. If I am, Fireball, if not, Lightning Bolt, so I don't scorch my allies.
Both fulfill different conditions and needs, so I have no preference. I usually pick both when I can.
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I choose BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!
Just kidding. I choose whichever is more applicable in the moment
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Fireball satisfies my Combat Engineer urges to blow everything up. Lightning Bolt allows me to pick off stupid Officers. So both.
I didn't ask how big the room was. Fireball go boom.
It's easier and more common to see enemies grouped in a sphere's radius than a line. So I like fireball, albeit fire is commonly resisted/immune.
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Fireball all the way. The AOEs on both sound comparable, but that 5ft wide line is borderline useless at catching multiple targets, and the length being 100ft makes friendly fire hard to avoid. Not to mention, you have to line yourself up for that line to be effective. Fireball can be cast from anywhere, any angle.
I played an armorer artificer a while back, which gets lightning bolt as their only good blasting spell. Most times casting it were only hitting three enemies at most. The only time I saw 5+ enemies lined up, allies were behind them, and the DM denied me asking if I could fly up and angle it down a bit to limit the friendly fire.
This!
I like and have used both. However, FB has been useful 10X as often as LB simply because of how enemies tend to be spread out. Now that is situation dependent of course. A large group charging you down a narrow hallway is a dream come true for LB proponents. Other than that it tends to be a great spell that only effects one or may two enemies.