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<blockquote data-quote="dcyale" data-source="post: 4363034" data-attributes="member: 71636">At some point this needs official clarification. I'll be running Moathouse at a con in NJ in a couple weeks, and for convention play (i.e. run it as close to the official version as you can) I'll go with a blast not effecting any portion of a the source's space and must be entirely located outside of the source's space (i.e. the left hand spider example above). &nbsp;If you allow the blast to occupy any space occupied by a large creature (i.e. the spider on the right above) it is contrary to the sentence &quot;A blast fills an area adjacent to you that is a specified number of squares on a side.&quot; All sentences describing a blast remain true using the left side example. DDM errata, while I may agree with it personally, can't be used to vary the PHB at a convention, IMHO.&nbsp;To add to the mix, what about a clost burst. The picture on page 272 of the PHB infers it does not affect your square, however the descriptions for close blast and blast seem to state that both effect the origin square. What if a tiny opponent is in your square? I think he should be affected by a close blast and the diagram is misleading.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dcyale, post: 4363034, member: 71636"] At some point this needs official clarification. I'll be running Moathouse at a con in NJ in a couple weeks, and for convention play (i.e. run it as close to the official version as you can) I'll go with a blast not effecting any portion of a the source's space and must be entirely located outside of the source's space (i.e. the left hand spider example above). If you allow the blast to occupy any space occupied by a large creature (i.e. the spider on the right above) it is contrary to the sentence "A blast fills an area adjacent to you that is a specified number of squares on a side." All sentences describing a blast remain true using the left side example. DDM errata, while I may agree with it personally, can't be used to vary the PHB at a convention, IMHO. To add to the mix, what about a clost burst. The picture on page 272 of the PHB infers it does not affect your square, however the descriptions for close blast and blast seem to state that both effect the origin square. What if a tiny opponent is in your square? I think he should be affected by a close blast and the diagram is misleading. [/QUOTE]

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