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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4924223" data-attributes="member: 15538">Sorry, guys, I have yet to see anything in the rules that says cubes can not overlap.- Some abilities, like Meteor Swarm, can overlap- Most shapeable spells can not, as they must be contiguous cubes, typically- Some spells have areas in cubes because they are three dimensional- There are some rules for overlapping spells which are not really helpful in this case, unless you choose to interepret multiple areas as being like multiple spells, in which case you have a solution for spells that offer a save and are not instantaneous.- Sculpted spells are definitely not like "physical cubes," especially in the case of sculpted spells that produce instant effects or bursts.- If you are in the area of a spell, it affects you.The crux of the matter:- If a spell affects you if you are in its area, and you are in its area four times, it affects you four times.- But if a spell affects you if you are in its area, and being in any of the cubes makes you in the area one time, it affects you one time.And the rules do not actually state what the answer is. The rules do not say, exactly, that a spell can affect you more than once in a turn. But neither do they say that being affected by being in a spell's area is something that can only happen once. In the absence of a rule otherwise, it would appear that the default answer would be, "You are affected by being in the area, you are in the area (execute subroutine 'You are affected by the spell'), you are in the area, you are in the area, you are in the area." The default reading appears to be inadequate in this case.It seems like there are three possible choices:- Reword the feat so that the cubes have to be contiguous, that is, they are sculpted into a 3D shape- Accept that the spell creates four cube "spell warheads" and allow them to work cumulatively as though they were separate spells. - Allow that the spell creates four cubical spell warheads, but arbitrarily rule that they do not work cumulatively as though they were separate spells even if they are instantaneous and the "overlap" rules do not adequately cover the situation. Instead, just claim the spell has no cumulative effect. Ignore questions like whether a piece of bread set between two "cubes" of Fireball gets toasted on both sides or why four cubed fireballs do as much damage to four different areas as one fireball does to an area 1/4 the size.</blockquote>

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