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Creatures partially in an area of effect. How are they affected.
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<blockquote data-quote="Kor" data-source="post: 7489438" data-attributes="member: 26281"><p>For medium sized creatures, this is wouldn't matter either way. 15-feet from the center of the square you are in, will reach squares 15' away from you and the coverage area in those squares would be 50%, so effectively the area of effect is 15.5-feet. For a large sized creature (or larger) casting this, then the area of effect would greatly diminish -- this is why I think they went with the wording "around you to a distance of 15-feet". Accordingly, I don't think you count the square you are in when determining the distance -- otherwise they would not have described it in these specific words. </p><p></p><p>However, I do see your point -- and while talking about "points", I suspect the point of origin rules could likely favor your interpretation. I think all area affect spells all seem to originate from a "point" and not location -- such a creature?</p><p></p><p>While I'm on the fence on the proper way to apply this, if we take this to the extreme and have a huge creature cast Spirit Guardians, the area of affect is much larger now if we apply my reasoning of "15-feet away from the area you occupy".</p><p></p><p>I would like to hear what others think about this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kor, post: 7489438, member: 26281"] For medium sized creatures, this is wouldn't matter either way. 15-feet from the center of the square you are in, will reach squares 15' away from you and the coverage area in those squares would be 50%, so effectively the area of effect is 15.5-feet. For a large sized creature (or larger) casting this, then the area of effect would greatly diminish -- this is why I think they went with the wording "around you to a distance of 15-feet". Accordingly, I don't think you count the square you are in when determining the distance -- otherwise they would not have described it in these specific words. However, I do see your point -- and while talking about "points", I suspect the point of origin rules could likely favor your interpretation. I think all area affect spells all seem to originate from a "point" and not location -- such a creature? While I'm on the fence on the proper way to apply this, if we take this to the extreme and have a huge creature cast Spirit Guardians, the area of affect is much larger now if we apply my reasoning of "15-feet away from the area you occupy". I would like to hear what others think about this. [/QUOTE]
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