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<blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 6321340" data-attributes="member: 2710">[sblock=ooc]The spell says cubic feet, so it seems pretty explicit. A lot of other spells say &quot;5 foot square&quot; or similar for area, so I imagine that's what it would say if that's how they meant it to be calculated. My geometry skills just suck, and I was too lazy to look up the actual method for calculating cubic feet. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> It's honestly the first time I've ever tried to use the spell, so there's no worries from me. Now I have a better handle on how it works. As to that making it underpowered: well, unlike Create Pit, Stone Shape lets you do a whole bunch of things depending on your imagination: create thin walls, stairs, ladders, statues, jail bars, whatever (so long as they meet the cubic foot restriction). I think it's meant to be more of a utility spell than a real battlefield control spell. If my lazy-math version actually worked, it would probably be really overpowered for creative users, who would be crushing large areas of creatures in dungeon rooms by shaping 2 and 3 squares of floor up into the low roof with something that doesn't allow a saving throw (which I probably totally would have tried if I'd been close enough and it worked that way. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ). It looks like this combat is nearly resolved, anyway, and it's not like it's out of character for Weel to expect people to defy normal physics by squeezing through narrow cracks, seeing as he's a bit cracked, himself. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> [/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jkason, post: 6321340, member: 2710"] [sblock=ooc]The spell says cubic feet, so it seems pretty explicit. A lot of other spells say "5 foot square" or similar for area, so I imagine that's what it would say if that's how they meant it to be calculated. My geometry skills just suck, and I was too lazy to look up the actual method for calculating cubic feet. :) It's honestly the first time I've ever tried to use the spell, so there's no worries from me. Now I have a better handle on how it works. As to that making it underpowered: well, unlike Create Pit, Stone Shape lets you do a whole bunch of things depending on your imagination: create thin walls, stairs, ladders, statues, jail bars, whatever (so long as they meet the cubic foot restriction). I think it's meant to be more of a utility spell than a real battlefield control spell. If my lazy-math version actually worked, it would probably be really overpowered for creative users, who would be crushing large areas of creatures in dungeon rooms by shaping 2 and 3 squares of floor up into the low roof with something that doesn't allow a saving throw (which I probably totally would have tried if I'd been close enough and it worked that way. :) ). It looks like this combat is nearly resolved, anyway, and it's not like it's out of character for Weel to expect people to defy normal physics by squeezing through narrow cracks, seeing as he's a bit cracked, himself. :) [/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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