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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Annihilargh" data-source="post: 8292993" data-attributes="member: 7030128">Though this is true for most spells, there are spells like<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chromatic Orb, that uses an attack roll on a creature you can see,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">And Earthquake, Storm of Vengeance*, and Meteor Swarm, which—for theses—has you choose one and four points (respectively) that you can see within range.</li> </ul>Then there are atypical spells like Evard's Black Tentacles (EBT), whose targets are neither creatures nor objects and yet do not follow the rules for targeting or Areas of Effect as explained on pages 204 and 205 (EBT affects a "20-foot square on ground that you can see within range," as opposed to a cone, cube [RAW]**, cylinder, line, or sphere)*(Storm of Vengeance is weird since its range isn't limited by a fixed number of feet, but rather by "sight," in which case one could argue that you can just use the rule explained in the 2nd paragraph under A Clear Path to the Target under Targets as written on page 204.)**(Even though squares aren't cubes, you could make the argument that squares are just one-faced/2D cubes and go on with life.)</blockquote>