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4 months ago  ::  Jan 29, 2013 - 4:00PM #21
LordOfWeasels
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Jan 29, 2013 -- 3:57PM, Mastercliff wrote:

Jan 29, 2013 -- 6:30AM, Mand12 wrote:

Yeah, CS is dead wrong.  Center a Fireball in a square adjacent to you, and you bet you're going to get a bit crispy.



What does that have to do with yourself as the target?  You aren't attacking yourself.  You are attacking the square adjacent.




CS said:  "the power must target 'creatures' or 'you' and have the keyword Personal".
Mand said:  Yeah, no, fireball targets creatures, and doesn't have the keyword personal, and you can fry yourself NO PROBLEM.

Jan 29, 2013 -- 3:57PM, Mastercliff wrote:

If a player wants to attck himself, I would probably allow it.  But I seem to remember something about a player unable to trigger his own reactions.




Attacking yourself is 100% legal.  Triggering your own reactions is 100% legal, too, it's just hard to do.   Since you can't take Immediate or Opportunity actions on your own turn, you have to get creative if you want to trigger those.

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4 months ago  ::  Jan 29, 2013 - 4:05PM #22
Mand12
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Jan 29, 2013 -- 3:57PM, Mastercliff wrote:

Jan 29, 2013 -- 6:30AM, Mand12 wrote:

Yeah, CS is dead wrong.  Center a Fireball in a square adjacent to you, and you bet you're going to get a bit crispy.



What does that have to do with yourself as the target?  You aren't attacking yourself.  You are attacking the square adjacent.



You need to brush up on your power usage rules.  Fireball and similar spells say "Target:  Each creature in burst."

You are choosing the center location for the burst, but you are targeting each creature in the burst, wherever it happens to be.  And including you, should you happen to be in the burst.  In fact you can't not attack yourself if you're in the burst of your own Fireball.

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