Control Weather's range vs central point [Archive] - Wizards Community

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boozerker

12-27-06, 02:51 PM
Control Weather (http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/spellsC.html#control-weather)

Range: 2 miles

Area: 2-mile-radius circle, centered on you; see text

How can the range be 2 miles if the spell's centered on you? Unless its range is for 2 miles upwards into the sky.
Vegepygmy

12-27-06, 03:05 PM
A spell's "range" is the maximum distance from you that the spell's effects can have effect. In this case, the spell is centered on you and extends out to 2 miles away from you. Thus, its range is 2 miles.

Sometimes, "range" also indicates how far away you can place the spell's point of origin. That is not the case with control weather, however, because the Area line tells us the spell is always centered on the caster.