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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4319113" data-attributes="member: 2011">Your cone is fine, but it's not simple. People would quickly get confused as to how wide it could be made, how long, etc. as they try to vary it. For example, why is the extra square at the bottom and not the top? Etc.The advantages of the one I illustrated are that it always works the same and has the same number of squares as the norm, regardless of blast size.The disadvantage of the one I illustrated is that it is limited to an orthogonal axis (when going diagonally, one should just use the square in the book).There is another orthogonal / diagonal half cone that also can be used. [code]x x x x .x x x . . x x . . .A . . . .[/code]An issue of the half cone is that the number of squares vary from the norm. 1 = 2, 2 = 5, 3 = 9, 4 = 14, 5 = 19, etc. But, a player of a Wizard or Cleric probably wouldn't mind that, just to get the versatility of using a half cone. A DM might mind the 1=2 for a size 1 (course, that could be adjusted easily enough back to 1).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 4319113, member: 2011"] Your cone is fine, but it's not simple. People would quickly get confused as to how wide it could be made, how long, etc. as they try to vary it. For example, why is the extra square at the bottom and not the top? Etc. The advantages of the one I illustrated are that it always works the same and has the same number of squares as the norm, regardless of blast size. The disadvantage of the one I illustrated is that it is limited to an orthogonal axis (when going diagonally, one should just use the square in the book). There is another orthogonal / diagonal half cone that also can be used. [code] x x x x . x x x . . x x . . . A . . . . [/code] An issue of the half cone is that the number of squares vary from the norm. 1 = 2, 2 = 5, 3 = 9, 4 = 14, 5 = 19, etc. But, a player of a Wizard or Cleric probably wouldn't mind that, just to get the versatility of using a half cone. A DM might mind the 1=2 for a size 1 (course, that could be adjusted easily enough back to 1). [/QUOTE]

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