What Even Is A 'Proximity Explosive' In D&D?

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

So I'm watching someone play in the Zhent basement right now and they're clearing out 'proximity explosives', and I can't stop myself from thinking about how absurd this feels in a D&D game.

I mean, this isn't Metal Gear Solid, right?

Why does Larian insist on filling every square inch of the screen with explosives? I just don't get it, it feels really stupid...

[Wyrlish]

Sigh... do we have to go through this again? Let it go, you lost royally.

[Jack Hawklight]

^^ For real.

[droggen]

I thought they were like normal bombs just infused with magic?

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by droggen:

I thought they were like normal bombs just infused with magic?

Are they magical? I mean, if so, they ought to be subject to Dispel Magic when we finally get that spell...

[ΕΝ Alexander]

I mean they’re just traps. Like in the original Baldur’s Gate games except 100 times less obnoxious. I’d rather proximity mines than those absolutely retarded lightning bolt traps that go undetected for no reason and end up one-shotting half your team.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by Alex:

I mean they’re just traps. Like in the original Baldur’s Gate games except 100 times less obnoxious. I’d rather proximity mines than those absolutely retarded lightning bolt traps that go undetected for no reason and end up one-shotting half your team.

But where does a 'proximity explosive' even come from in Faerun?

[Wyrlish]

Originally posted by pandariuskairos:

Originally posted by Alex:

I mean they’re just traps. Like in the original Baldur’s Gate games except 100 times less obnoxious. I’d rather proximity mines than those absolutely retarded lightning bolt traps that go undetected for no reason and end up one-shotting half your team.

But where does a 'proximity explosive' even come from in Faerun?

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Explosive_runes
Really, do you know so little about DnD and the Forgotten Realms settings?

[Wyrlish]

Also
https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Glyph%20of%20Warding#content
Stuff like that actually exists in dnd... just magical.

[Alealexi]

Can OP just let this die and merge it with this other post about the same damn thing he is complaining about.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1086940/discussions/1/3052863612112509753/

[Wyrlish]

I would just like to point for posterity that OP is now grasping at straws SO HARD, that they are now trying to attack the one place in the game where overwhelming amounts of explosives and detonation devices/traps are expected and lore friendly.

Really, can you do anything besides try to witch hunt things that aren't a problem?

[Decker]

Originally posted by Wyrlish:

I would just like to point for posterity that OP is now grasping at straws SO HARD, that they are now trying to attack the one place in the game where overwhelming amounts of explosives and detonation devices/traps are expected and lore friendly.

Really, can you do anything besides try to witch hunt things that aren't a problem?

They could try actually getting good at the game but that's probably too much effort.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Wyrlish:

I would just like to point for posterity that OP is now grasping at straws SO HARD, that they are now trying to attack the one place in the game where overwhelming amounts of explosives and detonation devices/traps are expected and lore friendly.

Really, can you do anything besides try to witch hunt things that aren't a problem?

Actually in this regard as pandariuskarios mentions dispel magic should work on them. Since Glyph of warding is a spell, as are explosive runes, and in this regard since a delayed fireball could be also used as a trap, delayed fireball. (Not that we have the spell since it is level 3 afaik but i might be wrong. My knowledge is mostly 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 so I apologize if i am wrong with 5.0.)

The thing is, proximity explosives, or mines, i would associate more commonly with Eberron instead of FR. But because i am not that well versed in FR i did not really found this so troublesome. Also since Zhents are quite the shadowy organization, they could have used and implemented some gnomish devices not really known and so on. So yes this is not something to be that hung upon.

[Wyrlish]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by Wyrlish:

I would just like to point for posterity that OP is now grasping at straws SO HARD, that they are now trying to attack the one place in the game where overwhelming amounts of explosives and detonation devices/traps are expected and lore friendly.

Really, can you do anything besides try to witch hunt things that aren't a problem?

Actually in this regard as pandariuskarios mentions dispel magic should work on them. Since Glyph of warding is a spell, as are explosive runes, and in this regard since a delayed fireball could be also used as a trap, delayed fireball. (Not that we have the spell since it is level 3 afaik but i might be wrong. My knowledge is mostly 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 so I apologize if i am wrong with 5.0.)

No, you're correct. We have no way of knowing if dispel magic would work on it or not yet because we can't get to that level yet and I personally have never found a dispel magic scroll.

Yet again, OP is looking for things to be upset at, at this point.

[Izunyami]

Wait
Wait
Wait
Panda made another thread

ANOTHER THREAD
Complaining about explosives in BG3?????

ANOTHER THREAD ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE DISPROVEN?!?!?!?!

[Alealexi]

Originally posted by Izunyami:

Wait
Wait
Wait
Panda made another thread

ANOTHER THREAD
Complaining about explosives in BG3?????

ANOTHER THREAD ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE DISPROVEN?!?!?!?!

Yes. What did you expect?