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<blockquote data-quote="Magus Coeruleus" data-source="post: 3207627" data-attributes="member: 1704">The rules don't make clear that you wouldn't get cover, just that the spread could circumvent cover by going through spaces without the cover to reach the target spot.&nbsp; Now, I would not grant cover because I feel that the fire can go between and around strands, and probably burn right through them, but that's my interpretation.&nbsp; If you just think of the Web squares within 20' as &quot;cover squares&quot; then that's not the case.&nbsp; I think KD would count those has providing cover.&nbsp; Thus, I would not say a Fireball is blocked after 20' whereas KD (I think) would say it does.&nbsp; I think the idea with Web is that the cumulative effect of layers and layers of webbing is such that 5' or less provides no meaningful cover, 10 or 15 provides cover, and 20 provides total because of the virtual impossibility that an opponent can get something through all of those layers.So I think at this point the issue is not really how a spread works but rather how the strands of a Web spell are affected by a Fireball, as compared to other sources of fire or other attacks.&nbsp; Maybe KD can clarify on his side.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Magus Coeruleus, post: 3207627, member: 1704"] The rules don't make clear that you wouldn't get cover, just that the spread could circumvent cover by going through spaces without the cover to reach the target spot. Now, I would not grant cover because I feel that the fire can go between and around strands, and probably burn right through them, but that's my interpretation. If you just think of the Web squares within 20' as "cover squares" then that's not the case. I think KD would count those has providing cover. Thus, I would not say a Fireball is blocked after 20' whereas KD (I think) would say it does. I think the idea with Web is that the cumulative effect of layers and layers of webbing is such that 5' or less provides no meaningful cover, 10 or 15 provides cover, and 20 provides total because of the virtual impossibility that an opponent can get something through all of those layers. So I think at this point the issue is not really how a spread works but rather how the strands of a Web spell are affected by a Fireball, as compared to other sources of fire or other attacks. Maybe KD can clarify on his side. [/QUOTE]

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