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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dcollins" data-source="post: 282107" data-attributes="member: 876">Good question. I'd recommend the pick-an-intersecting point and affect 4 areas for the following reasons:(a) it most closely follows the DMG guidelines for area-effect spells, and(b) it creates the closest ground surface area to an actual 5-ft. radius circle.Another alternative would be to have the effect spread into the linear adjacent spaces, but not the diagonal ones (for a total of 5 affected spaces).You may be interested in the following web page which expands on many of these issues, here: <a href="http://www.superdan.net/spellar/spellar1.html" target="_blank">www.superdan.net/spellar/spellar1.html</a>(Note: The burning hands diagram doesn't imply that the caster is between spaces. The diagram is communicating that the caster can be in either of those spaces, pick the appropriate intersection point, and have the same illustrated area-of-effect.)</blockquote>