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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8837495" data-attributes="member: 6787503"><p>As I've said, one way to reconcile the first clause of the first sentence of <em>globe of invulnerability</em>, "An immobile, faintly shimmering barrier springs into existence in a 10-foot radius around you", with the spell's stated range of "Self (10-foot radius)" and the implications of the attendant rules for Range (PHB 202) and Areas of Effect (PHB 204-5), when the spell is cast by a creature that doesn't fit inside a 10' radius sphere, is to describe the 10' radius shimmering globe as appearing in the place formerly inhabited by the creature, with the creature appearing inside the protective bubble. The idea in my mind is that the globe is "bigger on the inside" to accommodate the caster.</p><p></p><p>Another way is to interpret <em>around </em>to mean <em>centered on </em>and to describe the 10' radius sphere at the center of the space controlled by the caster, but without the warping of space inside the sphere, and thus having the sphere appear at the center of the caster's body-mass. Depending on the shape of the caster, the sphere could protrude outside part of its body, protecting its internal organs. Alternatively, the barrier could fail to come into existence in such a situation because it isn't large enough to contain the creature whose body blocks some or all lines of expansion from the point of origin to the radius of the AoE. I think this approach is undesirable because of these problems.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively, as you seem to prefer, you could say the barrier comes into existence 10' from the surface of the caster's body and that the shape of the AoE is not a sphere. The problems created by this approach are that you have to determine exactly where that surface lies which is not given anywhere in the rules and that you have to describe the "globe" as non-spherical. Both of these outcomes for me are also undesirable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 8837495, member: 6787503"] As I've said, one way to reconcile the first clause of the first sentence of [I]globe of invulnerability[/I], "An immobile, faintly shimmering barrier springs into existence in a 10-foot radius around you", with the spell's stated range of "Self (10-foot radius)" and the implications of the attendant rules for Range (PHB 202) and Areas of Effect (PHB 204-5), when the spell is cast by a creature that doesn't fit inside a 10' radius sphere, is to describe the 10' radius shimmering globe as appearing in the place formerly inhabited by the creature, with the creature appearing inside the protective bubble. The idea in my mind is that the globe is "bigger on the inside" to accommodate the caster. Another way is to interpret [I]around [/I]to mean [I]centered on [/I]and to describe the 10' radius sphere at the center of the space controlled by the caster, but without the warping of space inside the sphere, and thus having the sphere appear at the center of the caster's body-mass. Depending on the shape of the caster, the sphere could protrude outside part of its body, protecting its internal organs. Alternatively, the barrier could fail to come into existence in such a situation because it isn't large enough to contain the creature whose body blocks some or all lines of expansion from the point of origin to the radius of the AoE. I think this approach is undesirable because of these problems. Alternatively, as you seem to prefer, you could say the barrier comes into existence 10' from the surface of the caster's body and that the shape of the AoE is not a sphere. The problems created by this approach are that you have to determine exactly where that surface lies which is not given anywhere in the rules and that you have to describe the "globe" as non-spherical. Both of these outcomes for me are also undesirable. [/QUOTE]
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