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<blockquote data-quote="Dracorat" data-source="post: 4319874" data-attributes="member: 40170">Let me be absolutely clear here. I am not trying to get other people to adopt this interpretation if they don't want to, but I am pointing out that it is valid within the rules as they are written.If you interpret their intent differently, then I will be perfectly at peace with you deciding to run games that way. But the original question of &quot;is this allowed in the rules&quot; I state that the diagram I drew up a couple pages back would be.It may be uncomfortable to think that by using diagonals, more internal squares are affected, but the count of internal squares is not part of the rule for blasts. (It is for bursts because of their different method of measurement). For reasons such as this, I have given my groups the option of sticking with 3.5 measurements for things. One group chose to, one group chose not to.And in neither are issues like this really a problem. In truth, the &quot;danger&quot; of including additional squares never really feels &quot;unfair&quot; to the players, even when monsters use it.And until this thread, I was always under the assumption when people measured three squares on a side, they did it in any orientation they wished.I am not here to say &quot;I am right, you are wrong&quot; but rather to say to the OP that using RAW, there are people (like me) who do believe it is perfectly legitimate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dracorat, post: 4319874, member: 40170"] Let me be absolutely clear here. I am not trying to get other people to adopt this interpretation if they don't want to, but I am pointing out that it is valid within the rules as they are written. If you interpret their [i]intent[/i] differently, then I will be perfectly at peace with you deciding to run games that way. But the original question of "is this allowed in the rules" I state that the diagram I drew up a couple pages back would be. It may be [i]uncomfortable[/i] to think that by using diagonals, more internal squares are affected, but the count of internal squares is not part of the rule for blasts. (It is for bursts because of their different method of measurement). For reasons such as this, I have given my groups the option of sticking with 3.5 measurements for things. One group chose to, one group chose not to. And in neither are issues like this really a problem. In truth, the "danger" of including additional squares never really feels "unfair" to the players, even when monsters use it. And until this thread, I was always under the assumption when people measured three squares on a side, they did it in any orientation they wished. I am not here to say "I am right, you are wrong" but rather to say to the OP that using RAW, there are people (like me) who do believe it is perfectly legitimate. [/QUOTE]

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