Oops I missed.....

[Ranting Fool]

This is a general question about missing your target with ranged attacks and spells but what happens when you miss someone with a Disintegrate Spell....

Does 10ft of the wall behind them turn to ash?:smallbiggrin:

How do you lot play it?

[hymer]

The only time I remember a missed disintegration ray was when the sorcerer in question literally missed a castle gate. Twice! Natural 1s in the heat of battle, of course.
Anyway, we laughed so much we didn't even bother to think about how that happened. I guess a miss could be more like the spell fizzling. I'm thinking the rules are like that because it's a lot easier to deal with, so any reason you come up with is fine.

[Allanimal]

I do, but not in a way that penalizes the players. For example, they were battling a beholder in a giant library. When the beholder missed with he disintegrate ray, a shelf of books would be annihilated. None of the treasure or the McGuffin would be zapped, just environmental things for flavor. I think it helps to make the world seem more real - they aren't doing things in a vacuum.

[Darth Stabber]

The ray could just disintegrate air, who knows?

[Andezzar]

By RAW at least nothing happens, just as with missed projectiles.

[Krazzman]

A nat 1 on a disintegrate spell means that there was a fly or other insect, might even be a leaf or debris, in the way of your disintegrate beam.

[Zubrowka74]

I roll a d1000 and look up the result on a crit failure table. Might even put in a wild magic surge if the setting is FR.

[Ryulin18]

If there is someone in the way or behind and they don't have precise shot, they make a secondary attack roll against that person (if they fail a ref save).

Otherwise, follow the line to it's end and if there is anything in the way - KAZAP - 10ft of it's missing. Other rule is that something like a fly or stray leaf got in the way (depending on area).

[The Viscount]

A nat 1 on a disintegrate spell means that there was a fly or other insect, might even be a leaf or debris, in the way of your disintegrate beam.

Looks like somebody read A Spell for Chameleon!

[Anarion]

I've started a forest fire with enough natural ones on bad scorching rays in the same battle. Those poor goblins and equally poor catfolk.

[Mithril Leaf]

Looks like somebody read A Spell for Chameleon!

Hey, luck has nothing to do with it :smallcool:

[Krazzman]

Looks like somebody read A Spell for Chameleon!

no.... where can I find it?

[The Viscount]

Oh. My mistake. It's on amazon for pretty cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0345347536/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

[Mithril Leaf]

Oh. My mistake. It's on amazon for pretty cheap.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0345347536/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

Not as nice as the big hardcover collection of the first three books I've got on my bookshelf :smallcool:
Xanth would be a cool D&D setting though. Lots of absurd high magic and monsters. Like an E6 tippyverse.