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Message: <blockquote data-quote="igavskoga" data-source="post: 3466530" data-attributes="member: 41188">As far as the spell calculator goes I have not heard anything about it being tweaked to fit True Sorcery - you may want to check on the Green Ronin general forums about it.I don't have the book infront of me but I think I can explain it in more general terms.  The Area and Target table is a tad confusing.  From what I remember, JS is right in that you have to buy a range to go with your target.  I think I prefer my old interpretation of it but that's just me. <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" />  Regardless, as far as how it interacts with Line of Effect, here goes:Line is, from my understanding, essentially the Lightning Bolt entry on the table.  You buy a 10 foot Line one square across for every +5.  So if you wanted to make a 60 foot Lightning Bolt you would buy 60 feet of Range as well as 60 feet of Line.You buy the range, basically, and then fill it with the effect.  Buying 60 feet of Line and 10 feet of Range just wastes 50 feet of Line.  EDIT3:  Similarly, buying 10 feet of Range and a 20' Radius Burst will only waste half the sphere if you cast the spell at the edge of the Range.  At least that's my current understanding of their official interpretation.  Like I said, its been a while - I could be misremembering.Does that help at all?EDIT:  Actually, PB, I believe when JS was originally talking to the GRR guys about this question that proved not to be true (its the way I had been reading it also and frankly I think I like it better).  I could be mis-remembering, but I am fairly sure that's what the official ruling was.EDIT2:  That's a great SRD link btw, though I still like my version of Emanation better.  <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>

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