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<blockquote data-quote="VanRichten" data-source="post: 4403560" data-attributes="member: 63745">Actually the RAW states that the diagonal rule only applies to movement not to attacks.&nbsp; You can find this information in the PHB, under the combat section.&nbsp; I would quote the pages but I don't have the book in front of me.&nbsp;&nbsp;Flight did not give you perfect maneuverability in 3.5E.&nbsp; If I am correct it gave you average.&nbsp;-----------------------------------------------------------------------&nbsp;As far as the &quot;ways of dealing with flight&quot; problem.&nbsp; Most don't consider that a simple Hold Person spell will stop the wizard.&nbsp; And that is a very low level spell.&nbsp; &nbsp;This was asked a while back in a dragon magazine (issue unknown).&nbsp; The questioner asked if a wizard were flying and he were to fall under the effects of a Hold Person spell would he float in mid air or would he just fall to the ground.&nbsp;The answer given was that he would just float in mid air.&nbsp; The reason sited was that Fly is used mentally. The wizard is mentally deciding where he wishes to go with the power of the spell.&nbsp; And since Hold Person halts all physical action by way of a &quot;mental freezing&quot;, the character cannot will himself to move.&nbsp; Just as he cannot will his legs to move.&nbsp;Now I can imagine many of you are going to state that you as a DM has to now put in a character to fit this problem.&nbsp; But let me remind you that it is easily possible to find someone in a CR 5 setting who can cast such a low level spell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="VanRichten, post: 4403560, member: 63745"] Actually the RAW states that the diagonal rule only applies to movement not to attacks. You can find this information in the PHB, under the combat section. I would quote the pages but I don't have the book in front of me. Flight did not give you perfect maneuverability in 3.5E. If I am correct it gave you average. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- As far as the "ways of dealing with flight" problem. Most don't consider that a simple Hold Person spell will stop the wizard. And that is a very low level spell. This was asked a while back in a dragon magazine (issue unknown). The questioner asked if a wizard were flying and he were to fall under the effects of a Hold Person spell would he float in mid air or would he just fall to the ground. The answer given was that he would just float in mid air. The reason sited was that Fly is used mentally. The wizard is mentally deciding where he wishes to go with the power of the spell. And since Hold Person halts all physical action by way of a "mental freezing", the character cannot will himself to move. Just as he cannot will his legs to move. Now I can imagine many of you are going to state that you as a DM has to now put in a character to fit this problem. But let me remind you that it is easily possible to find someone in a CR 5 setting who can cast such a low level spell. [/QUOTE]

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