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<blockquote data-quote="Doctor Proctor" data-source="post: 4546591" data-attributes="member: 78547">The rules and the examples (with diagrams) given in the PHB only focus on a battle grid layout.&nbsp; They don't specifically mention any vertical aspect.&nbsp; Yes, you could extrapolate that it goes out in all directions, I'm just saying that there's no guidance on this.&nbsp; Also, does it make a lot of sense for the Fighter powers to also have a vertical component?&nbsp; Or take my Dragonborn.&nbsp; I took Englarged Breath Weapon, which makes it a Close Blast 5.&nbsp; According to your rules, that would be 5 squares of vertical as well, meaning an effective volume of 125 squares!&nbsp; Doesn't that seem just a bit overpowered for a close blast weapon?All I'm saying is that in this example you have the dragon on one plane, PC's on another.&nbsp; As such, I would keep the fight simple and treat all effects as taking place on one plane a they do the other 99.9% of the time that you're playing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Doctor Proctor, post: 4546591, member: 78547"] The rules and the examples (with diagrams) given in the PHB only focus on a battle grid layout. They don't specifically mention any vertical aspect. Yes, you could extrapolate that it goes out in all directions, I'm just saying that there's no guidance on this. Also, does it make a lot of sense for the Fighter powers to also have a vertical component? Or take my Dragonborn. I took Englarged Breath Weapon, which makes it a Close Blast 5. According to your rules, that would be 5 squares of vertical as well, meaning an effective volume of 125 squares! Doesn't that seem just a [I]bit[/I] overpowered for a [B]close blast[/B] weapon? All I'm saying is that in this example you have the dragon on one plane, PC's on another. As such, I would keep the fight simple and treat all effects as taking place on one plane a they do the other 99.9% of the time that you're playing. [/QUOTE]

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