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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Valerion Steele" data-source="post: 4235399" data-attributes="member: 63559">BLASTS AND BURSTSThe five types of powers are: area, melee, close, ranged, andpersonal. Melee and close powers do not provoke opportunityattacks. Area and ranged powers do. [Unsure about personal,but it's a pretty safe bet that they do not provoke.] Area effectattacks can still damage allies if you catch them within the burstor blast.BLAST (X)This is all squares in an area (X) by (X) squares. A blast must beadjacent to the source of the effect, like a caster. Blast 5 wouldbe 5x5 squares, adjacent to the source. (See diagrams on thenext page)BURST (X) WITHIN (Y) SQUAREThis effect is an area including all squares within (X) squaresfrom a center square placed within (Y) distance. Burst effectsthat are close attacks (such as “close burst 2”) always considerthe caster to be the center of the effect. Bursts that are not closeattacks (such as wizard’s “Scorching Burst” power) can becentered anywhere within the powers range, rather thancentered on the caster. (See diagrams on the next page)CLOSEA Close attack initiates in a square adjacent to the attacker. Itdoes not provoke opportunity attacks (while ranged attacks do).LINE OF SIGHT AND EFFECTLINE OF SIGHT AND EFFECTLINE OF SIGHT (DDM 2)Two creatures have line of sight to each other unless walls (orsimilar blocking terrain) are in the way. If you can trace even asingle line between two creatures that doesn’t touch a wall, theyhave line of sight to each other.LINE OF EFFECT (DDM2)Line of effect is nearly always the same as line of sight. A fewspecial powers or terrain types might block line of effect: Theyprevent attacking a space, but they do not block line of sight tothat space.59 | PageClose BurstA Close Burst starts in the caster’s square, and has a radius of (x)squares. A Close Burst 1 power from a medium creature covers9 squares, centered on the caster. A Close Burst 2 covers 25squares.Close Burst from a Large CreatureA Close Burst (x) starts at the edge of the caster’s space, andcontinues outward (x) squares. A large creature’s Close Burst 1power covers 16 squares.Blasts and Ranged BurstsA blast (x) is a square area of effect (x) by (x) squares, anywhereadjacent to the source of the blast.A ranged burst (x) within <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up    (y)"  data-smilie="22"data-shortname="(y)" /> is a burst with a radius (x) squarescentered on a square <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up    (y)"  data-smilie="22"data-shortname="(y)" /> squares away from the caster or sourceof the effect.Cover, Range and Line of EffectTo determine cover, draw a line from each corner of the originsquare to the square in question. If more than one line isinterrupted by an obstacle, creatures in that square have cover.If no line can be drawn from a corner of the origin square to acorner of the square in question there is no line-of-effect. Countaround corners when determining range from the originsquare. (Adapted from DDM 2 rules)</blockquote>

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