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Message: <blockquote data-quote="daemonslye" data-source="post: 1682848" data-attributes="member: 6309">DMG p.20: Poor Maneuverability = 45 degree turn and requires {at least} 5'.So a creature could potentially turn 90 degrees using 10' of space;However this does not take into effect speed - and according to the DMG,{by my reading} speed is not a factor except for "minimum forward speed";So - we have two choices:1. Gaseous Form does not require "minimum foward speed" - no matter themaneuverability.2. Gaseous Form, during a wind walk (above 10' per move), *does* require "minimum foward speed" of half-speed; Unfortunately, because thespeed is variable based on your choice, this complicates matters (eg."what is half-speed"? 300'/r? 30'/move assuming you were travelling at 60'?);What if you were "on (or next to) the ground"?  If so, you could simply adjustyour speed between moves with no ill-effects ("natural" flyers would "crash";I assume gas would not).So - My conclusion is that #1 is the correct way to see this; If this isso, then RAW, one could be travelling at 200'/r and make a 90 degreeturn in a 10' hallway.That said, we could houserule this to clarify maneuverability rules andrequire a poor flyer to use half of its current speed as minimum distancebefore another 45 degree turn is made.  Thus - a wind walker travelling at100' per move action would require 100' to make a 90 degree turn - ormust slow to 10' per move action to make the turn in a 10' hallway(giving "perfect maneuverability" anyway - cool);As for blowing through doors - this is interpretive.  Can a gas flow throughand around an obstruction without losing momentum?  Probably not.However - How much momentum is given up (given so little mass) musttake into account too many variables for the current rules to handle - so we can come up with a houserule to cover this.  Possibly something thatassigns a maximum speed based on aggregate size of openings in theportal or some-such (ex. "cracks" equals 30' max speed per move action; "holes" equals lose half speed down to 30', etc.).I may have the maneuverability rules down wrong (much less the physicsor geometry) - so please correct me if you see an error.  You can see howmuch I hate to simply delete a spell (or other element) from the rules -once you delete one thing, where should it stop?~D</blockquote>

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