Post/Author/DateTime	Post
GeNemesis 03-12-04, 04:12 AM	Ex: The Ice storm spell affects an area of 20 ft. radius and 40 ft high (cylinder). Can you cast this spell in a hallway that's only 5 ft. wide?
Sancus 03-12-04, 04:59 AM	Good question. I don't think this is clearly addressed in the core rulebooks, although maybe someone will correct me and quote something. I would say that yes, you absolutely can cast the spell. It would affect 40ft long dowr(radius of 20ft is 40ft diameter) down your 5ft hallway, and would deal damage to the walls.
mbfu3k 03-12-04, 06:36 AM	From the SRD: (emphasis added) When casting a cylinder-shaped spell, you select the spell’s point of origin. This point is the center of a horizontal circle, and the spell shoots down from the circle, filling a cylinder. A cylinder-shaped spell ignores any obstructions within its area. This would seem to imply that you could cast the spell on one side of a closed door and conceivably affect things on the other side of the door. I doubt this is what the designers intended but, as written, Ice Storm seems like a great way to damage targets to which you don't have line-of-effect. Weird.
Loren Pechtel 03-12-04, 07:32 PM	Originally posted by mbfu3k This would seem to imply that you could cast the spell on one side of a closed door and conceivably affect things on the other side of the door. I doubt this is what the designers intended but, as written, Ice Storm seems like a great way to damage targets to which you don't have line-of-effect. Weird. :D :D Try Neverwinter Nights. All spell effects go through all walls. The aimpoint must be legal but the blast doesn't check for obstacles. Big surprise the first time my fireball blew up something on the other side of the wall I didn't even know was there.
SpellMaster 03-13-04, 03:35 AM	Yes, but as we all know, vid games are never by the book. Fireball does not go through walls, even if NWN says so. You might have known that, but I'm just saying.