Amusing clarification: Magic Circle

[Harr]

I found this kinda funny but I'd still ike the clarification, if anyone knows.

The ritual Magic circle, the decription reads: "The circle requires 1 minute to inscribe per square inside the circle (and it must be a circle)."

Right... it must be a circle. Of course we know in this game circles are always circles except when they're squares So which one do you think it is?

 

[Mouseferatu]

*blink*

I... That is, I'd assume... Um...

*blink*

*twitch*

*'splode*

 

[Evenglare]

Its probably like.. you know.. uh..

OOO
OOO
OOO

could be counted as a circle with an origin in the center..
as could

OO
OO

or

OOOO
OOOO
OOOO
OOOO

and so forth.

 

[Harr]

*blink*

I... That is, I'd assume... Um...

*blink*

*twitch*

*'splode*

LOL

Evenglare, yeah that's what I supposed, it's just funny to see the description insisting that it *must* be a circle when in your head you're going, 'ok, so a square then'.

 

[Scribble]

circle gets the square.

 

[dasheiff]

Considering 4th does indeed use square fireballs it actually makes sense.

 

[Evenglare]

yeah lol, that actually took me a minute to try and explain. Harder than it seems haha.

 

[MindWanderer]

The ritual Magic circle, the decription reads: "The circle requires 1 minute to inscribe per square inside the circle (and it must be a circle)."

However, 4e doesn't define circles in any way. If you use the area effect rules, it's a square. If you make it a circle, there's no way to determine how many squares lie inside it. And do partial squares count?

I think a lot of DMs will be using the 3e spread rules to adjudicate this one.

 

[Incenjucar]

I think the intention was to keep people from making trapezoids or something, but still, quite amusing.

 

[LowSpine]

You're all just stupid. It's soooo easy.

You just have to think outside the box.

I mean sphere. I think.

Damn it!!!!!!!