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Message: <blockquote data-quote="apsuman" data-source="post: 108197" data-attributes="member: 1769">back on the topic, i thinkIIRC,According to the rules, if an effect (fireball, etc.) covers half or more of the square, then all beings in the square are effected.Given that, our Wiz/Sor here has a five foot window of opportunity here to drop the pellet.So, if our wizard were fighting with a barbarian against an orc in an arena and our three subjects were in a straight line...assume the sorcerer is in square zero, the barbarian in square 2 (10 feet in front of the sor), and the orc is in square 3 (5 feet in front of the barbarian, and 15 feet in front of the sorcerer).on the sorcerer's initiative the fireball (20 foot radius, right?)  must land between 32.51 feet and 37.50 feet in front of the caster to hit the orc's square (and thus the orc) and not get the barbarian.I would say that the pellet moves so quickly (within the initiative of the caster) that barring the arrow slit/invisible barrier, it lands exactly where the casted wants it before anyone has the opportunity to move.Also, with that 5 foot window of opportunity, I would say (again barring arrow slits or invisible barriers) that there is no roll neccessary to get the pellet to land there.g!</blockquote>