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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 6482446" data-attributes="member: 957">It is a good comparison.  I think I'd rule the exact same on both.The key difference is that Web is not mobile.On both I would rule an initial save when the spell is cast and those targets making this save do not have to repeat it on the start of their first turn within the area.IMO this is completely reasonable and the rules as written are intended to streamline the mechanic.  This is fine, but I expect it is one of the many areas in which the 5E design approach includes the presumption that experienced DMs will adapt to fit what works for them.After that Web works exactly as written.  But web is NOT mobile.If Web was a 20' R effect which could be moved 60 feet per turn I would NOT require every target the Web passes across to save.  I would only require those upon whom the web ended to save.  The AOE remains a 20' R.  Obviously that is a little weird.  But a rolling ball of Web which gathered targets and dragged them along would be a much stronger spell.  It is a 20'R and letting it be a mobile 20'R would not change that.I, likewise, would not require everyone the beam passes across to save.  I WOULD require those in the ending point to save when the spell stopped moving.  These targets would be exempt on the start of their next turn.  Save DM ruling, same reasoning.  Effectively the spell has been recast.  It is weird if you view the spell as a constant "ray of death".  But if you simply imagine that focused energy is key, then it is not hard to describe an effect that doesn't harm while in motion.  For the low level of this spell, this is actually the way I envision it from a narrative point of view.  So no problem for me,</blockquote>

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