I was in no way, shape, or form trying to argue reality or sense OVER the RAW. I was explaining a way "reality" might fit RAW.Bront said:Never, ever, argue common sense or reality over the RAW. You'll lose.![]()
Or the sphere might not be dead center.Jack Simth said:Of course, the character might just be leaning a little bit outside of his normal square....
For the record, I don't agree with making a house rule that you move with a save. But then again, I think the 5' sphere is stupid, too. (I like the 1' sphere suggested above).So if someone's standing on the top of a 5' square pillar, a hundred feet above the ground, and a flaming sphere jumps from another pillar 30 feet away into the square, the character gets a Reflex save. As written, if he saves, he takes no damage. Per your house rule, if he saves, he falls a hundred feet?
No, he's using a highly unlikely scenario because it creates the most dramatic and most easily imagined scenario as to why it's a bad houserule. There are many more like it. The houserule is poorly defined and wide open to abuse (albeit probably minor) for characters with high reflex saves.Quasqueton said:But, come on Hypersmurf. You're going to use a highly unlikely scenario to shoot down a house rule to fix something that is much more likely to cause problems in many more scenarios using RAW?
SRD said:A creature can voluntarily forego a saving throw and willingly accept a spell’s result.
No.sdt said:If I park a Flaming Sphere in a square will it potentially damage anyone moving through that square?