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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5041893" data-attributes="member: 71571">Not unless the power says so.  It can still block LoE or LoS, but that's the effect of the power, and has nothing to do with the rules for terrain features.Nope, not unless the power says so.  And 'precipitous terrain' isn't a defined terrain type in the same way that 'hindering' and 'blocking' are.  It's just a header for advice on using large drops in combat and the rules for falling damage.I never said that there was such a rule.  Players obviously do have powers that result in terrain--difficult terrain being by far the most common.  However, those powers -explicitly- state that they are doing so.  Otherwise, you are not dealing with terrain.  The persistant elements of powers are not terrain effects.  A Flaming Sphere is not blocking terrain, it's a conjuration that occupies a space.  The area around it is not hindering terrain, it's the effect of that conjuration.Also, why get caught up with 'spells'.  The arcane power source has nothing to do with this discussion--Here's a question.  Do exploits cause hindering terrain?  No.  Of course not.  Well, if exploits don't cause hindering terrain, then what part of the Arcane power source makes it different enough that it can do so but Martial powers cannot?See the point here?  Arcane powers use the exact same rules as every other power source.  Stop thinking they do special stuff when they don't.This is why you do not talk of spells, but talk of powers, because the same rules apply to fighters as to wizards, remember?</blockquote>

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