diff --git a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/entity/projectile/EntityBomb.java b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/entity/projectile/EntityBomb.java
index 11cb8562..d7ae1a3b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/entity/projectile/EntityBomb.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/entity/projectile/EntityBomb.java
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ public abstract class EntityBomb extends EntityMagicProjectile {
 
 	@Override
 	public void writeSpawnData(ByteBuf buffer){
-		super.writeSpawnData(buffer);
 		buffer.writeFloat(blastMultiplier);
+		super.writeSpawnData(buffer);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void readSpawnData(ByteBuf buffer){
-		super.readSpawnData(buffer);
 		blastMultiplier = buffer.readFloat();
+		super.readSpawnData(buffer);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/entity/projectile/EntityMagicProjectile.java b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/entity/projectile/EntityMagicProjectile.java
index 3aad3978..337776ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/entity/projectile/EntityMagicProjectile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electroblob/wizardry/entity/projectile/EntityMagicProjectile.java
@@ -107,15 +107,20 @@ public abstract class EntityMagicProjectile extends EntityThrowable implements I
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	// For now, we're only writing when the thrower exists, so subclasses MUST CALL SUPER LAST.
+	// TODO: Figure out whether there's a default value we can write that is never used as an entity id (0? -1? +/-MAX_VALUE?)
 	public void writeSpawnData(ByteBuf data){
-		data.writeInt(this.getThrower().getEntityId());
+		if(this.getThrower() != null) data.writeInt(this.getThrower().getEntityId());
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	// For now, we're only writing when the thrower exists, so subclasses MUST CALL SUPER LAST.
 	public void readSpawnData(ByteBuf data){
-		Entity entity = this.world.getEntityByID(data.readInt());
-		if(entity instanceof EntityLivingBase) this.thrower = (EntityLivingBase)entity;
-		this.ignoreEntity = this.thrower;
+		if(data.isReadable()){
+			Entity entity = this.world.getEntityByID(data.readInt());
+			if(entity instanceof EntityLivingBase) this.thrower = (EntityLivingBase)entity;
+			this.ignoreEntity = this.thrower;
+		}
 	}
 
 }