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<blockquote data-quote="The Gryphon" data-source="post: 1928576" data-attributes="member: 17286">You're twisting the words as written. It doesn't say &quot;one target must be within x ft. of another target&quot;, which is how your interpretation works, it says &quot;no two targets can be more than x ft. apart&quot;. There is quite a large difference in those statements.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How could the formulae become more complex than what you've made it out to be. Magic in D&amp;D in general is a tool, not some semi-sentient force.&nbsp;Without twisting the words a &quot;no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart&quot; spell would work as follows. The spell can take effect within a roughly 20 ft. x 20 ft. cube, which you &quot;the caster&quot; adjudicate, just like placing a fireball. Then you &quot;the caster&quot; pick which of the people within that area you want as targets. How much simpler could it be!&nbsp;As I've said in a previous post the spell can't be a burst or spread as those spells DO NOT need a line of sight to effect all targets (a spell with specific targets needs line of sight). If for example I cast your new area spell with x targets in a T intersection I could effect people around the corner, and of course then your spell is providing two types of aiming choice.&nbsp;The only reason no two of your targets are more than 30 ft. apart, is because you're changing the definition of targets to mean a select group of targets within the whole group of targets, rather than the whole group.&nbsp;This is where the misinterpretation is occuring.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Gryphon, post: 1928576, member: 17286"] You're twisting the words as written. It doesn't say "one target must be within x ft. of another target", which is how your interpretation works, it says "no two targets can be more than x ft. apart". There is quite a large difference in those statements. How could the formulae become more complex than what you've made it out to be. Magic in D&D in general is a tool, not some semi-sentient force. Without twisting the words a "no two of which can be more than 30 ft. apart" spell would work as follows. The spell can take effect within a roughly 20 ft. x 20 ft. cube, which you "the caster" adjudicate, just like placing a fireball. Then you "the caster" pick which of the people within that area you want as targets. How much simpler could it be! As I've said in a previous post the spell can't be a burst or spread as those spells DO NOT need a line of sight to effect all targets (a spell with specific targets needs line of sight). If for example I cast your new area spell with x targets in a T intersection I could effect people around the corner, and of course then your spell is providing two types of aiming choice. The only reason no two of your targets are more than 30 ft. apart, is because you're changing the definition of targets to mean a select group of targets within the whole group of targets, rather than the whole group. This is where the misinterpretation is occuring. [/QUOTE]

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