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Mark_Aged
07-26-07, 02:30 PM I see things like "10 ft. cone of fire" or "30-foot cone of acid". What is a "cone"?
DrakePD
07-26-07, 02:32 PM Its what you put your ice cream in....:P

Look in the back of the 3.5 DMG. It shows grapics of all the cones and etc's.
tarkin
07-26-07, 03:03 PM 90 degrees, so basically a quarter circle.
lukelightning
07-26-07, 04:17 PM The cone template can be ginormous. A 60 cone, like cone of cold, will pretty much cover the whole battlefield.
DrMorganes
07-26-07, 04:29 PM I see things like "10 ft. cone of fire" or "30-foot cone of acid". What is a "cone"?

To the point: it's one of the shapes used to describe the area of certain magical effects. As Tarkin specified, a cone is a 90 degree arc that extends for the distance noted. Other shapes include line and burst. Each has its strengths and weaknesses, and each has slightly different methods governing how one determines what is or is not within the area. Read Part 5 (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040824a) of the Rules of the Game article Reading Spell Descriptions for more on spell areas.
Mark_Aged
07-26-07, 05:46 PM Okay, thanks.
Novacat
07-26-07, 06:13 PM It's not really much help without a template, but here you go:

A cone-shaped spell shoots away from you in a quarter-circle in the direction you designate. It starts from any corner of your square and widens out as it goes. Most cones are either bursts or emanations (see above), and thus won’t go around corners.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Mark_Aged 07-26-07, 02:30 PM	I see things like "10 ft. cone of fire" or "30-foot cone of acid". What is a "cone"?
DrakePD 07-26-07, 02:32 PM	Its what you put your ice cream in....:P Look in the back of the 3.5 DMG. It shows grapics of all the cones and etc's.
tarkin 07-26-07, 03:03 PM	90 degrees, so basically a quarter circle.
lukelightning 07-26-07, 04:17 PM	The cone template can be ginormous. A 60 cone, like cone of cold, will pretty much cover the whole battlefield.
DrMorganes 07-26-07, 04:29 PM	I see things like "10 ft. cone of fire" or "30-foot cone of acid". What is a "cone"? To the point: it's one of the shapes used to describe the area of certain magical effects. As Tarkin specified, a cone is a 90 degree arc that extends for the distance noted. Other shapes include line and burst. Each has its strengths and weaknesses, and each has slightly different methods governing how one determines what is or is not within the area. Read Part 5 (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040824a) of the Rules of the Game article Reading Spell Descriptions for more on spell areas.
Mark_Aged 07-26-07, 05:46 PM	Okay, thanks.
Novacat 07-26-07, 06:13 PM	It's not really much help without a template, but here you go: A cone-shaped spell shoots away from you in a quarter-circle in the direction you designate. It starts from any corner of your square and widens out as it goes. Most cones are either bursts or emanations (see above), and thus won’t go around corners.