>be the DM
>have "that one guy" in your campaign
>in the throne room speaking with a grateful king
>his freshly rescued daughter is nearby, heaping your party with praise
>"that guy" says: "I cast maximized fireball on the king"
wat do?
Be the DM
Jacob Jackson
Joshua Thompson
Counterspell.
Easton Hall
Is this an actual thing that happened, if so I want more details. In any case you have the power to shut down his autism. Just say "no, you don't"
Landon Garcia
>BUT THAT'S WHAT MY CHARACTER WOULD DO
Jackson Turner
It sure did, and being the fucking doormat that I am, I let it happen. The king was vaporized (as were the two guards in plate on either side of the throne), the princess was Finger of Death'd after, and the party successfully fought their way out of the castle and to freedom.
They were level 17 then and had played pretty much universally good guys up until that point. Out of solidarity with "that one guy", the party pretty much became the most evil group of wanted criminals in the realm.
Carson Bell
An antimagic field is active in the throne room, duh. Any sort of real kingdom would take precautions against magic being used in the presence of the king.
Cooper Wilson
Court sorcerer would obviously be at hand to protect the king from these things.
Xavier Thomas
A much cheaper and believable option would just be to not let wizards see the king. Antimagic fields are nothing to fucking sneeze at. You need to be pretty high level to cast it, so I really don't get why it's everyone's go-to option for fucking with the caster.
Justin Martinez
Did you change their alignment to evil? Have them be ostracized/hunted throughout the land? Any repercussions at all?
Ryder Scott
I would have asked for a in-character reason for WHY he wanted to fireball the king.
For example, maybe in the character's backstory the king waged a war that ravaged his hometown, or due to the king's wartime agenda cost him the lives of friends and family, and took to adventuring as a way to long con into direct reach with the king to do said fireball.
In that case, I'd allow it.
But if he did it because, "lol randumb," or, "I'm just playing my character based on his CE alignment," then no, fuck off, DM fiat happens and the spell is countered and now you're wanted for treason against the crown.