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<blockquote data-quote="txshusker" data-source="post: 6481786" data-attributes="member: 6785841">Well, I was just adjudicating it differently from Sacrosanct as to when the damage was done :The quote is &quot;When a creature enter's the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts it's turn there...&quot;The first part wouldn't be necessary in the description if the spell was limited to the second part. You could easily make that mean when the beam is first moved on top of the targeted creature, since that is the initial point at which the creature &quot;enters&quot; the circle - which means you could adjudicate the damage as being done right then and not at the beginning of the target's turn, just like ramming the flaming sphere into a creature... as I said. If you wanted to wait until the creature's turn to roll the damage, that's your prerogative I would say, but not necessarily how I would do it. I wouldn't make the damage roll twice, but I don't see a reason not to roll the damage at the time it centers on the creature - in case that has a difference on the outcome.I did not mention it, but my personal interpretation wouldn't/didn't allow for the beam to cause damage as it moves over a creature on its way to its ultimate destination - that was not in my mind. You can't ram a sphere into multiple creatures either...but that would be pretty darn cool if someone created a spell that did that at higher levels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="txshusker, post: 6481786, member: 6785841"] Well, I was just adjudicating it differently from Sacrosanct as to when the damage was done : The quote is "When a creature enter's the spell's area for the first time on a turn or starts it's turn there..." The first part wouldn't be necessary in the description if the spell was limited to the second part. You could easily make that mean when the beam is first moved on top of the targeted creature, since that is the initial point at which the creature "enters" the circle - which means you could adjudicate the damage as being done right then and not at the beginning of the target's turn, just like ramming the flaming sphere into a creature... as I said. If you wanted to wait until the creature's turn to roll the damage, that's your prerogative I would say, but not necessarily how I would do it. I wouldn't make the damage roll twice, but I don't see a reason not to roll the damage at the time it centers on the creature - in case that has a difference on the outcome. I did not mention it, but my personal interpretation wouldn't/didn't allow for the beam to cause damage as it moves over a creature on its way to its ultimate destination - that was not in my mind. You can't ram a sphere into multiple creatures either... but that would be pretty darn cool if someone created a spell that did that at higher levels. [/QUOTE]

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