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<blockquote data-quote="Mephistopheles" data-source="post: 6481906" data-attributes="member: 4460">The way I read it there are only two circumstances in which Moonbeam is intended to do damage:1. a creature starts its turn in the area of effect,2. the first time a creature enters the area of effect on a particular turn.The first case is straightforward. The second, combined with the ability to move the area of effect on subsequent turns, is where I think some are reading something into the spell description that isn't there.The language used in the spell description is 'creature enters', meaning that the creature is the one entering the area, not that the area is being moved onto the creature. Further, while the spell description says the area of effect of the beam can be moved, it says nothing about applying its effect upon every creature it moves over between its former and new location - considering how significant an increase in potential damage this would grant the spell I'd expect it to be explicit about that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mephistopheles, post: 6481906, member: 4460"] The way I read it there are only two circumstances in which Moonbeam is intended to do damage: 1. a creature starts its turn in the area of effect, 2. the first time a creature enters the area of effect on a particular turn. The first case is straightforward. The second, combined with the ability to move the area of effect on subsequent turns, is where I think some are reading something into the spell description that isn't there. The language used in the spell description is 'creature enters', meaning that the creature is the one entering the area, not that the area is being moved onto the creature. Further, while the spell description says the area of effect of the beam can be moved, it says nothing about applying its effect upon every creature it moves over between its former and new location - considering how significant an increase in potential damage this would grant the spell I'd expect it to be explicit about that. [/QUOTE]

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