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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 4546542" data-attributes="member: 61155">Why in the world would the burst be spherical? The vertical grid shouldn't operate any different than a horizontal grid. The rules seem pretty clear on how a Burst works:  "Area burst (number) within (number) squares: To use an area burst power, choose a square within the range indicated by the second number. The power affects targets in that square or within a number of squares equal to the first number." A Burst 2 would hit the center square, and all squares within 2 of it in all directions - up, down, left and right, and along each and every diagonal.  Now, if there is some specific area of the rules that gives reason to believe the rules suddenly operate differently in three dimensions rather than two, then I will concede the point. But nothing in the description of the area itself indicates that Bursts and Blasts would be spherical, rather than cubical. (At least on the grid - one can certainly feel free to picture them still as fireballs and such, while translating that into cubes on the battlemap.)</blockquote>