Battlegrid and AOE attacks [Archive] - Wizards Community

Battlegrid and AOE attacks [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Suzaku455
02-10-06, 06:37 PM OK if wizards wants to cast fireball but problem is the fighter is fighting the Enemy, so casting on him would damage the fighter also. Fireball has a radius of 20 feet so in theory I should be able to expload a fireball without damaging the fighter. Example

Battle grid [F]= Fighter [E] = Enemy [S] = spell [ ] = empty 5 foot square

[F][E][ ][ ][ ][S]

So would I hit the enemy and not the fighter? Or would this hit the enemy

[F][E][ ][ ][S]
Surgo
02-10-06, 06:56 PM You should hit the enemy with the first one, provided it's on the line between the two squares. You want the fireball to go off on a 4-way intersection of squares for easy length calculations.
Bruunwald
02-10-06, 07:49 PM The simple answer to the question you're trying to ask is that yes, you can place your fireball in an open, unoccupied area, away from the main battle, so that the edge of its effect hits only the enemy, and not the ally a square away from him.
Asciiman
02-11-06, 05:05 AM And before it comes up, yes the enemy still takes FULL EFFECT from the spell.

Even if he were enlarged and your fireball only hit one square out of four, he'd still take ALL fireball damage. Its an all or nothing case here.
IceFractal
02-11-06, 02:19 PM A point many people forget - if you're fighting outdoors, or at least somewhere with a high ceiling, you can reduce the effective radius of your Fireball by centering it in mid-air.

Since a fireball is a sphere, centering it 10' up instead of at ground level will reduce the effective radius to 15'. Centering it 15' up will reduce the radius to 10', but you can't have a 5' radius if you use a grid - it jumps straight from 10 to 0 due to the shape.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Suzaku455 02-10-06, 06:37 PM	OK if wizards wants to cast fireball but problem is the fighter is fighting the Enemy, so casting on him would damage the fighter also. Fireball has a radius of 20 feet so in theory I should be able to expload a fireball without damaging the fighter. Example Battle grid [F]= Fighter [E] = Enemy [S] = spell [ ] = empty 5 foot square [F][E][ ][ ][ ][S] So would I hit the enemy and not the fighter? Or would this hit the enemy [F][E][ ][ ][S]
Surgo 02-10-06, 06:56 PM	You should hit the enemy with the first one, provided it's on the line between the two squares. You want the fireball to go off on a 4-way intersection of squares for easy length calculations.
Bruunwald 02-10-06, 07:49 PM	The simple answer to the question you're trying to ask is that yes, you can place your fireball in an open, unoccupied area, away from the main battle, so that the edge of its effect hits only the enemy, and not the ally a square away from him.
Asciiman 02-11-06, 05:05 AM	And before it comes up, yes the enemy still takes FULL EFFECT from the spell. Even if he were enlarged and your fireball only hit one square out of four, he'd still take ALL fireball damage. Its an all or nothing case here.
IceFractal 02-11-06, 02:19 PM	A point many people forget - if you're fighting outdoors, or at least somewhere with a high ceiling, you can reduce the effective radius of your Fireball by centering it in mid-air. Since a fireball is a sphere, centering it 10' up instead of at ground level will reduce the effective radius to 15'. Centering it 15' up will reduce the radius to 10', but you can't have a 5' radius if you use a grid - it jumps straight from 10 to 0 due to the shape.