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Might be a dumb quest but do you use your components every time you cast this and then find new ones? or just have to have them on you and you can cast it.

 it would be up to the DMs discresion

just wiped out entire 2nd levelparty this spell sucks

So that the only monk in existence can flex on his team. 

FOR FIREBAAAAAALLLL!!!!!!!!!!

The caster's spellcasting save DC

In what world are 8 CR 1/4 beasts A: hitting anything with their attacks past about level 5 B: dealing anywhere near as much burst damage as fireball? 

Now imagine it as a 12 level spell with a 17d6 damage roll

If two spell casters cast fireball on the same area, do the creatures in that area take damage from both fireballs or just the more damaging one?

brooooo

Magical Secrets dude, but otherwise, no

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Interestingly enough, circle of wildfire doesn't get this.

 It does if you use the UA version of it. Here ye go

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Is blight essentially better than fireball? It does way more damage at higher spell slots (as 8d8 is better than 9d6), but as a wizard necromancer, would more damage and grim harvest be better than 120 feet more range, area damage, and ignition of flammable objects?

 Nothing is better than fireball, theres just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

 One could argue that Wish is better, but yeah, fireball is amazing.

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Is blight essentially better than fireball? It does way more damage at higher spell slots (as 8d8 is better than 9d6), but as a wizard necromancer, would more damage and grim harvest be better than 120 feet more range, area damage, and ignition of flammable objects?

 Nothing is better than fireball, theres just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

 One could argue that Wish is better, but yeah, fireball is amazing.

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Is blight essentially better than fireball? It does way more damage at higher spell slots (as 8d8 is better than 9d6), but as a wizard necromancer, would more damage and grim harvest be better than 120 feet more range, area damage, and ignition of flammable objects?

 Nothing is better than fireball, theres just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

just fireball

 One could argue that Wish is better, but yeah, fireball is amazing.

 I believe there is a better spell than Fireball, and that is Delayed Blast Fireball. 

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This should be added to the Wildfire Druid spell list, since the subclass centers around dealing fire damage and this would help the class out in later levels.

 This should be interesting: please explain how massive uncontrolled explosions are useful in the controlled burning of wilderness to revitalize the land?

 Cuz why the heck not?

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A Large or smaller creature hit by a net is restrained until it is freed. A net has no effect on creatures that are formless, or creatures that are Huge or larger. A creature can use its action to make a DC 10 Strength check, freeing itself or another creature within its reach on a success. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the net (AC 10) also frees the creature without harming it, ending the effect and destroying the net.

So, if they've got a Net on them, Fireball won't destroy the Net, because it isn't slashing damage? Sweet!

Hey guys! They said the net should survive the magma from the volcano!

 Just blew my mind. I believe you are breaking D&D, my friend, as the Net does say. But, it really depends on the discretion of your DM, as some might allow the net to be immune to Fireball, while others will have you make the save but still be restrained, granting you disadvantage. I know that's what I would do unless I am about to commit a TPK. 

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bro I forgot I even made this comment, it was made in a completely joking manner and none of what I said was made to be serious, I was just goofing around and thought it was funny, which I still do. I originally thought you were joking until you went all physics major on me and tried to dissect the physical properties of a magical spell with no real-life counterpart to compare to.

"You OBVIOUSLY haven't played ACTUAL D&D"

Saying I haven't played actual DnD is like saying I haven't properly drank water, it's a complete oxymoron. The only way you could incorrectly play DnD is if you thought you were, and I certainly haven't so far. You're only in control of whether you're playing DnD correctly, and I'm sure as hell having a lot of fun joking around while you meaninglessly berate me on the theoretical properties of a f*cking magical spell.

"Most BBEG bosses maintain no less than 10 powerful minions at any given time, meaning your plan will leave you with zero spell slots"

Fireball is an AOE spell, which is literally made to clear anything in said AOE, and usually, if you kill the boss, the minions are short work after the fact; alternatively, you run the game in the way that I do, where getting to the boss is a matter of fighting through minions first in order to single said big guy out and defeat them, which is where the 9th level fireball you saved up would come in. 

"especially after you unload everything you've got into a Fire Elemental, who gets to completely ignore you entirely; or how about the Shambling Mound with Resistance to Fire Damage; or anything with a Ring of Fire Resistance, or a Potion of Fire Resistance, or the energy Absorption Spell; your plan is flawed, and you should feel sad."

Obviously, any two bosses will never be the same, which would immediately discount anything from being universally effective against them; this was a part of the joke and meant to be entirely satire. Additionally, saying I should feel sad about my supposedly flawed plan is just uncalled for and I don't get why you added it. Perhaps your comment is satire as well, and just at the expense of another person that was just trying to have fun, which entirely discredits your attempt at making a joke?

"Furthermore, the Fireball Spell doesn't disintegrate the body; Fireball will BURN the body, and leave it looking like Darth Vader's Legs: Charred and disfigured, completely unidentifiable unless you collect a DNA sample from their bone marrow. There are other reasons a Body might disintegrate; examples might include: Dragon Bodies rapidly decompose, any Devils from Avernus disintegrate to ashes upon death too, and the Disintegrate Spell can additionally disintegrate creatures too."

Fireball will never work the same in pretty much any two games when thought about in this way, and I've never even run a game where disintegration is allowed unless specifically called for because it doesn't mesh well with most restorative spells. I felt like this was the part where not even a single person would misinterpret it because obviously even allowing this to happen would be a massive misplay on the DM's part, excluding rule of cool, of course.

"Fireball Spell will not cremate a body, living or dead."

"Fireball Spell will ignite a corpse, and the flames potentially might cremate the corpse, depending upon what else you burn with the corpse."

Dissecting how exactly a body could react upon being hit with a fireball is quite dumb, and completely illogical. You have no idea how a fireball would work, and neither do I, and we never will. There's no point, dude. I mentioned turning into a pile of ash because a 9th level fireball does a LOT of damage, and exaggerated it for comedic effect . It was a joke. It's honestly still kinda funny to me that you seemingly focused on that so hard, you forgot to read the rest of the post and realize that it was a joke.

 You tell 'em. 

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If two spell casters cast fireball on the same area, do the creatures in that area take damage from both fireballs or just the more damaging one?

 It would be up to your DM, but like my creation, the Tyrannax Rex, I would say that if one creature would be affected by multiple fireballs at the same time, then they would only be affected once. However, if they were cast one after the other(E.G. Casting Delayed Blast Fireball and waiting until it's 1 turn away from detonating and then casting Fireball, doing a one-two Fireball), then I would allow it. 

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Might be a dumb quest but do you use your components every time you cast this and then find new ones? or just have to have them on you and you can cast it.

 it would be up to the DMs discresion

components are only consumed if they specify they are consumed, an example being revivify, it's material cost is specified as "diamonds worth 300 gp, which the spell consumes", meanwhile a spell like fireball's material component is specified as "a tiny ball of bat guano and sulfur", meaning it isnt consumed

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Might be a dumb quest but do you use your components every time you cast this and then find new ones? or just have to have them on you and you can cast it.

 it would be up to the DMs discresion

components are only consumed if they specify they are consumed, an example being revivify, it's material cost is specified as "diamonds worth 300 gp, which the spell consumes", meanwhile a spell like fireball's material component is specified as "a tiny ball of bat guano and sulfur", meaning it isnt consumed

 thanks

Most DMs purportedly don't like you summoning 8 random little critters into every given fight, is why people sleep on conjure animals.

Let it be known that the great wizard fizban the fabulous, a literal avatar of bahamut, casts this spell in crowded rooms full of his allies. If that doesn't assure you that this spell is perfect for every situation, nothing will.