Touched event works in simulation, but why doesn't it register in server test?

UPDATE: I figured it out. LocalScripts can clone from storage but they aren't good at it. See my answer below.

I have a tool that shoots a fireball. When the tool is activated, it makes a clone of a fireball that's in the lighting (not sure if this is the best place to store this stuff?). It then shoots the fireball wherever the mouse is pointed.

However, when it comes into contact with any part, it's supposed to stop and detonate. I have a Touched event in a script inside the fireball that's supposed to connect whenever it touches a part. However, when in the server, the event simply never fires, and the fireball continues to pass through everything. Again, the touched event fires just fine in simulation testing, but is unresponsive in the server test.

This is the script that's the child of the fireball:

damage = {script.Parent.Damage.lvl1.Value, script.Parent.Damage.lvl2.Value, script.Parent.Damage.lvl3.Value, script.Parent.Damage.lvl4.Value, script.Parent.Damage.lvl5.Value}
baseDamage = script.Parent.Damage.lvl1

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(part)
	local owner = script.Parent.Owner.Value
	local timer = script.Parent.Timer.Value 
	local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	local player = game.Players:FindFirstChild(owner)
	if humanoid then
		if part.Parent.Name ~= owner then
			explosion(Instance.new("Explosion"), script.Parent.Position)
			humanoid:TakeDamage(damage[player.Stats.Level.Value])
			if humanoid.Health <= 0 then
				local creator = Instance.new("StringValue")
				creator.Parent = humanoid
				creator.Value = owner
				creator.Name = "Killer"

				local deathby = Instance.new("StringValue")
				deathby.Parent = humanoid
				deathby.Value = script.Parent.Name
				deathby.Name = "DeathBy"
			end
			script.Parent:Destroy()
		end
	else
		if part.Name ~= "Handle" then
			explosion(Instance.new("Explosion"), script.Parent.Position)
			script.Parent:Destroy()
		end
	end
end)

function explosion(instance, location)
	instance.Parent = game.Workspace
	instance.Position = location
	instance.BlastPressure = 0
	instance.BlastRadius = 2
end

I've had this script working before, I'm just not sure what has caused the touched event to go unresponsive in the server.

I think your problem might have been trying to get the player's character. Try this:

damage = {script.Parent.Damage.lvl1.Value, script.Parent.Damage.lvl2.Value, script.Parent.Damage.lvl3.Value, script.Parent.Damage.lvl4.Value, script.Parent.Damage.lvl5.Value}
baseDamage = script.Parent.Damage.lvl1

function explosion(instance, location)
    instance.Parent = game.Workspace
    instance.Position = location
    instance.BlastPressure = 0
    instance.BlastRadius = 2
end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(part)
    local owner = script.Parent.Owner.Value
    local timer = script.Parent.Timer.Value 
    local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
    local humanoid = player.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
    if humanoid then
        if player.Name ~= owner then
            explosion(Instance.new("Explosion"), script.Parent.Position)
            humanoid:TakeDamage(damage[player.Stats.Level.Value])
            if humanoid.Health <= 0 then
                local creator = Instance.new("StringValue")
                creator.Parent = humanoid
                creator.Value = owner
                creator.Name = "Killer"

                local deathby = Instance.new("StringValue")
                deathby.Parent = humanoid
                deathby.Value = script.Parent.Name
                deathby.Name = "DeathBy"
            end
            script.Parent:Destroy()
        end
    else
if part.Name ~= "Handle" then
            explosion(Instance.new("Explosion"), script.Parent.Position)
            script.Parent:Destroy()
        end
    end
end)

Hope this helped!

Okay, so I figured it out, but it was actually unrelated to the code I posted.

I was cloning the fireball, which I moved from Lighting to ReplicatedStorage, using a local script in the spell tool. Turns out that everything would clone just fine, but all the scripts would be broken/nonfunctional. I found this out after I noticed all my other scripts weren't working. I used a regular script and everything ran just fine.

So essentially, cloning items with LocalScripts can be done, but it breaks the scripts in the cloned item.