Thanks for your opinions. I had thought the intention was pretty clear to allow close burst to reach around corners, and the wording of the RAW also allows close burst to reach around corners, so now it is interesting to hear that some readers have read it differently.
I suppose it is possible to explain why sound waves, energy waves, or psychic waves would suddenly stop when they left the field of view of the caster, but intuitively it seems quite clear to me that such waves would continue around corners, through opened doorways, and along other similar pathways. The examples offered in PHB and DMB of LOE continuing through non-physical obstacles appears to support this intuition.
Do you have anything definitive to support those positions you stated? If so, it would help to resolve this issue.
I suppose it is possible to explain why sound waves, energy waves, or psychic waves would suddenly stop when they left the field of view of the caster, but intuitively it seems quite clear to me that such waves would continue around corners, through opened doorways, and along other similar pathways. The examples offered in PHB and DMB of LOE continuing through non-physical obstacles appears to support this intuition.
Do you have anything definitive to support those positions you stated? If so, it would help to resolve this issue.