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<blockquote data-quote="0-hr" data-source="post: 222071" data-attributes="member: 4734">Since the area of effect is a 15ft radius spread, I would look at it as a 2-dimensional (top-down) problem. Center the spell and draw a 15ft radius circle around that. Then note the how many 5ft faces any given creature has within the circle. Every FULL exterior side results in one patch of slime applied.Since it is a spread rather than a burst, it can turn corners to some extent, but no slime is going to travel more than 15ft from the spell center. This means that the &quot;back face&quot; of the victim will be coated as well if they are near the center of the burst.If the designers actually meant for a 5x5 victim to only take one patch (rather than 4), then you should just count the number of full 5x5 squares that are within the area of effect, and apply that many patches of slime. The interpretation is up to you.One thing to note is that the slime doesn't do any damage the instant it hits. It says that it does &quot;1d6 of temporary Con damage per round&quot;, so a round has to go by before that first 1d6 is applied (and the slime can be scraped off by then).I wonder how many patches you can scrape off as a standard action. I also wonder if you are suppsed to apply the slime to all of the victim's equipment as well...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="0-hr, post: 222071, member: 4734"] Since the area of effect is a 15ft radius spread, I would look at it as a 2-dimensional (top-down) problem. Center the spell and draw a 15ft radius circle around that. Then note the how many 5ft faces any given creature has within the circle. Every FULL exterior side results in one patch of slime applied. Since it is a spread rather than a burst, it can turn corners to some extent, but no slime is going to travel more than 15ft from the spell center. This means that the "back face" of the victim will be coated as well if they are near the center of the burst. If the designers actually meant for a 5x5 victim to only take one patch (rather than 4), then you should just count the number of full 5x5 squares that are within the area of effect, and apply that many patches of slime. The interpretation is up to you. One thing to note is that the slime doesn't do any damage the instant it hits. It says that it does "1d6 of temporary Con damage per round", so a round has to go by before that first 1d6 is applied (and the slime can be scraped off by then). I wonder how many patches you can scrape off as a standard action. I also wonder if you are suppsed to apply the slime to all of the victim's equipment as well... [/QUOTE]

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