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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cristian Andreu" data-source="post: 6690657" data-attributes="member: 23822">I interpret that rule on a case-by-case basis, due to the abstract nature of the space mechanics: In some cases, the size/shape of a creature really does make it impossible for someone else to occupy the same physical space (ie, a gelatinous cube or a giant), while in others it would appear to be a matter of control (ie, Small-sized creatures, which use the same amount of grid space as Medium creatures, but are clearly not using the same amount of physical space).A dead/unconscious creature would no longer be a factor in the latter case (unable to maintain control of its space), while it would depend on how big/shaped it is for the former: A standing Medium humanoid will usually occupy more room due to its extremities and movement than a prone one, for instance, so it would be reasonable to be able to stand in the same space if it was dead/unconscious, while a dead giant will still block at least the central segment of its space.Wolfram Alpha tells me the average human body has a volume of 0.0664 cubic metres/2.3445 cubic feet; a single 5-foot space has 125 cubic feet. This means there's plenty of room to stand if a Medium-sized humanoid is no longer actively using its space (of course, in practical terms the body uses up more room unless it's goes full Metroid and curls up into a ball, but that still leaves plenty of room for another human-sized creature to stand there if the other guy's dead).That means you can potentially squeeze 53.3 average human bodies in a single 5-foot cube. Let's suppose a regularly spread-out human occupies four times it's normal volume, and you should be able to completely block a 5-foot cube with about 13 corpses; if you pile up 6-7, that means anyone walking on top of them would have to crawl. So having one or two Medium-sized humanoid corpses should still leave enough room to stand on/walk through, through with difficult terrain penalties.</blockquote>

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