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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StoneAnvil" data-source="post: 491760" data-attributes="member: 8129">Burning hands"The offical ruling is you centre the semi-circle on one corner of the casters square. So the area of effect mapped to a squared grid is like so..."Would you give us this official source, please?From the most official source that I'm aware of, the DMG, on page 69;"Realize ahead of time that you will have to make ad hoc rulings when applying areas onto the grid.  Use the following as guidelines:<skip down>Miscellaneous: Using the rules given above, apply areas to the grid as well as you can.  Remember to maintain a consistent number of affected squares in areas that differ on the diagonal."So, there are some guidelines/rules about burning hands, but the DMG says that diagonal casting will have effects that are up to DM interpretation.  In this case, 6 squares are affected, but if you cast it on the diagonal, it is hard to choose the 6th square (the first 5 are relatively easy) affected.  With the SEP, you can have 360 degree directional targeting and pick the 6 squares affected.So the DM has to use his own judgment in the end, regardless of player arguments.  I recommend the above adjudication, and will consider this in redesigning burning hands (including a statement like "Pick 6 squares of the grid that are affected that are at least mostly covered by the pattern.")  It's not pretty, nor exact, but neither is movement in the 3E game.  At least it is practical.</blockquote>

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