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<blockquote data-quote="gribble" data-source="post: 4945745" data-attributes="member: 12430">Whereas I read it differently, RAW. The initial effect is a close burst 1 which creates a zone. The area of effect of a close burst 1 is well defined - it's every square adjacent to the attacker (not including the square he occupies), so it has a &quot;hole&quot;.The zone (note - not a close burst attack) then attacks every creature in or adjacent to it - including the attacker, who by definition is adjacent to the zone.On subsequent turns, creatures starting their turns in the zone take the damage and grant combat advantage. When the druid sustains it, he increases it's &quot;size&quot; by 1. Again, this is poorly worded, because there's no definition I'm aware of for &quot;size&quot;. It could equally mean increase it to a burst X+1, or add 1 square to the area. e.g., does the following:[CODE]xxxxox xxx[/CODE]increase to:[CODE]xxxxxxxxxx&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; xxxxxxoxx&nbsp; or&nbsp;&nbsp; xoxxxxxx&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; xxxxxxxx[/CODE]It's also unclear if this increase is a close or area burst (one includes the origin square, the other doesn't). Assuming it remains a close burst, then the &quot;hole&quot; is always there and can't be filled - increasing from a close burst 1 to a close burst 2 is still a zone that doesn't affect the origin square.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gribble, post: 4945745, member: 12430"] Whereas I read it differently, RAW. The initial effect is a close burst 1 which creates a zone. The area of effect of a close burst 1 is well defined - it's every square adjacent to the attacker (not including the square he occupies), so it has a "hole". The zone (note - not a close burst attack) then attacks every creature in or adjacent to it - including the attacker, who by definition is adjacent to the zone. On subsequent turns, creatures starting their turns in the zone take the damage and grant combat advantage. When the druid sustains it, he increases it's "size" by 1. Again, this is poorly worded, because there's no definition I'm aware of for "size". It could equally mean increase it to a burst X+1, or add 1 square to the area. e.g., does the following: [CODE]xxx xox xxx[/CODE] increase to: [CODE]xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxoxx or xox xxxxx xxx xxxxx[/CODE] It's also unclear if this increase is a close or area burst (one includes the origin square, the other doesn't). Assuming it remains a close burst, then the "hole" is always there and can't be filled - increasing from a close burst 1 to a close burst 2 is still a zone that doesn't affect the origin square. [/QUOTE]

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