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What is spellfire and why do I think
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it's ridiculous? Spellfire is a mechanic
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in the Forgotten Realms that has been
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around for several decades. I honestly
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don't know how long, but it's a rare
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magical ability slashfenomenon.
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It's intended to make things feel extra
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super magical, but really it's it's
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deosex machina and it's like playground
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level children fighting shenanigans.
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Like if you have spell fire, you can
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turn your spell slots into fire damage
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that ignores all resistances and
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immunities of any kind and can blow up
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anything ever forever. It can burn
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through prismatic walls and prismatic
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spheres, both of which are notoriously
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difficult to get through. That's their
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whole point. But no, spell fire can go
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through it no problem. Just like one
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layer at a time, spam, spam, spam, and
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it's gone. No problem. Uh you can absorb
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spells if you're prepared for it. and
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then use that to fuel your own spells.
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It is like it is children on a
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playground screaming at each other and
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deos sex machina to make characters feel
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special. It can be hereditary but not
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always. You can get it by studying
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really really hard but not always. You
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can get it from mistra but not always.
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It's I it's literally like the author or
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the storyteller just decided I need
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someone to have something to make them
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magical beyond just being a sorcerer.
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It's like wild magic compared to wild
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magic. It is ice cream flavored ice
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cream. The source of spellfire is the
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weave, which is where all magic comes
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from in Forgotten Realms. like it it
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it's so pointless and silly and
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why I I don't know why this needs to
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exist. This doesn't need to be a thing
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or if it's going to be a thing. Like
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make it less absurd and cartoonish and
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ridiculous. Like I think Spellfire is
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The Forgotten Realms is already a
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setting where heroic characters are
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intended to be larger than life and have
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something unique and special about them.
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Like Carlac from Balders's Gate 3 is
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baseline. Like that is the minimum
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standard of characters in Forgotten
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Realms. But like Spellfire is just so
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dumb. It is a tiny hat on top of a hat.
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Uh why? It doesn't need to exist. It
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doesn't add anything. It's not
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interesting. I don't get it. I am not a
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Forgotten Realm setting wonk. So, if I'm
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straight up wrong, please tell me in the
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comments. But I really just do not see
