This is still bugging me! {BTW, I'm now agreeing lines do use the "effect squares it passes through or touches"]
Paint-Fu to the rescue!
Anything official on how one places a Wall of fire onto the battlefield? In general, I’d hazard
a guess these spells ”might” follow the rules for lines, but it looks like a few questions pop up even with that ‘line’ of reasoning.
Wall of fire said:
One side of the wall, selected by you, sends forth waves of heat, dealing 2d4 points of fire damage to creatures within 10 feet and 1d4 points of fire damage to those past 10 feet but within 20 feet. The wall deals this damage when it appears and on your turn each round to all creatures in the area. In addition, the wall deals 2d6 points of fire damage +1 point of fire damage per caster level (maximum +20) to any creature passing through it. The wall deals double damage to undead creatures.
If you evoke the wall so that it appears where creatures are, each creature takes damage as if passing through the wall.
Shooting the ‘line’ down between squares on a grid A, B, C or D?
A: The Line counts the squares it touches as being in the wall of fire, but only does damage in one direction. The squares affected by the heat of the wall have their distance counted from the squares ’’on fire’
B. The Line counts the squares it touches as being in the wall of fire, but the heat only extends in one direction. The squares affected by the heat of the wall have their distance counted from the squares ’’on fire’
C: The Line counts the squares it touches as being in the wall of fire, but only does damage in one direction. The squares affected by the heat of the wall have their distance counted from the Line that made the wall of fire.
D: The Line counts the squares it actually passes though. as being in the wall of fire. The squares affected by the heat of the wall have their distance counted from the Line that made the wall of fire.
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1. Count heat distance from the squares the line passed through
2. Count heat distance i
ncluding the square being burned.
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Now the radii version is actually simpler in one way since that locks it's placement, unlike a line. exact distance from the centerand no way to cut into a medium creatures space. But still, i'm still not sure which of these are right.
