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Etharion 04-12-07, 10:02 PM	Oy everyone.. I need someone to explain to me the Disintegrate spell in a bit more detail... Now..im refering to the 3.edition rules and books..just so there are no later misunderstandings or confusions.. So then..it says in the PHB that Disintegrate when affecting unliving matter (in my case stone) it affects up to a 10 foot cube of matter. I dont get the 10 foot cube thing..Is it 10 cubic feet of matter or what? I would like to try and ask with a example.. I have a very thick slab of stone (or a bit of a mountain) and i cast disintegrate on it (see picture below). Each letter below represents a 5 foot space. The letter "M" is the mage casting the ray on the wall below, so, lets say that the ray strikes the wall in the middle of the letters "X" and "Q". Does that Disintegrate those two spaces? Or, if the spell s cast directly on the "X", will it Disintegrate the "X" and the "D" ? My question is related to what exactly does the spell Disintegrate. Can you choose which part to Disintegrate or not? Does it affect the first 10 feet of matter (like the letters X and Q) or can it go "deep" and Disintegrate the X and D? I know this is all a bit stupid..sometimes i need things to be explained to me in layman terms. :D So..if anyone with enough..courage and patience would be willing to pleease help explain this to me..id be very gratefull indeed.. :) ....M OOXQOO OODOOO
jaelis 04-12-07, 10:48 PM	A 10 foot cube is a cube ten feet on a side. In your example, the mage would disintegrate the X, the D, the Q, and one of the Os. Whether the mage could deliberately limit the destruction to, say, just the X would be a DM call. The spell doesn't discuss this, but does say "as much as one 10-foot cube". I'd probably allow it, but restrict it to five ft cubes that he has line of effect to. So I wouldn't allow the mage to drill a 1 inch hole in the wall, or to disintegrate D only. But he could do X only, or X and D only, if he wanted.
Jaxgaret 04-12-07, 11:00 PM	What jaelis said is correct. Just to clarify a bit more, a "10-foot cube" is the equivalent of eight 5-foot cubes put together. Ten feet high, ten feet deep, and ten feet across.
groveborn 04-12-07, 11:11 PM	I'd just like to point out that a mage can, at any time, reduce the effective level of a spell down to the minimum caster level for that spell. You don't have to do your full level of damage, but you must do at least the minimum level of damage you are capable when casting that spell. As for the rock question, if it's a small bolder that is not "bonded" with the mountain (such as a fallen rock) then I would assume that you would only disintegrate that rock. If, however, you have a rock that is mechanically bonded (squooshed), heat bonded (lava), whatever, to that mountain, it's part of the mountain. If you disintegrate a door, the handle remains, as do the hinges :). If you disintegrate a sword, it all goes, including the haft, which isn't technically part of the blade (it was bonded by smashing it together). If you disintegrate a bag, I'd say you'd also get the contents, as they're part of the bag until they're removed.
Dragonteuthis 04-13-07, 12:11 AM	What jaelis said is correct. Just to clarify a bit more, a "10-foot cube" is the equivalent of eight 5-foot cubes put together. Ten feet high, ten feet deep, and ten feet across. A ten foot cube is 10ft. x 10 ft. = 100 cubic feet. One 5-ft. cube is 5 ft. x 5 ft. = 25 cubic feet, times eight is 200 cubic feet. A ten foot cube is the equivalent of FOUR 5-foot cubes put together.
jaelis 04-13-07, 12:14 AM	A ten foot cube is 10ft. x 10 ft. = 100 cubic feet. One 5-ft. cube is 5 ft. x 5 ft. = 25 cubic feet, times eight is 200 cubic feet. A ten foot cube is the equivalent of FOUR 5-foot cubes put together. You're mixing up cubes and squares. A 10 foot cube is 10 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft = 1000 cubic feet.
Merestil Haye 04-13-07, 07:00 AM	A ten foot cube is 10ft. x 10 ft. = 100 cubic feet.No. A cube is a three-dimensional object. Like, say, a standard d6. A 2-dinemsional object is a square. Like, say, one face of a standard d6. A 10' square has an area of 100 square feet, but has no volume because all other dimensions are conventionally set to zero. A 10' cube has a volume of 10*10*10 = 1,000 cubic feet. Get together a few standard d6s (none of these tubular ones please), all the same size. If you set a scale of one side of d6 = 5' long, how many d6s fit into a cube 10' on each side? Yep. Eight.
Etharion 04-13-07, 08:34 AM	So its like putting 8 d6 dices and making a cube out of them? Now i get it!!! :D Thanks mate! ;)