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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spotty" data-source="post: 99735" data-attributes="member: 3069">Just to throw an additional problem into the mix...Shatter's area effect of a 3' radius is problematical. The DMG explains (this is from memory, I couldn't find it in the SRD) that area effect spells are targetted on a corner of a square. Someone feel free to call me names if I am wrong. This generally works well because most area effect spells effect areas that are some multiple of 5'.However, if shatter only effects a 3' radius and that area is centered on one of the corners in which the alchemist fire-filled bandoleer is being worn then the spell only affects 28% ((pi/4)*3^2)/(5^2) of the square containing the bandoleer wearer and does not reach the exact middle of the square (3 < (5*sqrt(2)). So there is some not insignificant chance that a shatter centred on the corner of a square would not reach the intended target.Maybe it would make more sense for the area of effect to be one 5' square, which is pretty close to a 3' radius area centred on the centre of a square.SpottyPS Maybe it's 'affect' rather than 'effect'. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>