bigdamnhero Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 ...How big is it, you ask? Good question. When buying AOE Explosion, you need to buy enough Area for the attack to get down to 0 at the edge, right. RAW state this as "at least 2m + (2m x DCs). So for a 12d6 Blast Explosion, you'd need to buy a 26m Radius or Cone or whatever. But here's the actual damage that attack does at range <2m = 12d6 >2m = 11d6 >4m = 10d6 >6m = 9d6 >8m = 8d6 >10m = 7d6 >12m = 6d6 >14m = 5d6 >16m = 4d6 >18m = 3d6 >20m = 2d6 >22m = 1d6 >24m = 0d6 ...So why do I need to buy 26m when it zeroes out at 24m? It seems like the required area should just be (2m x DCs), which also happens to be slightly simpler to explain/remember/calculate, so what's the extra +2m for? Yeah, I know quibbling over 2m is pretty damn trivial and it really only matters at the breakpoints. But I'd never noticed the discrepancy before and now I'm wondering if I'm missing something really obvious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted September 5, 2014 Report Share Posted September 5, 2014 I do it a bit differently, prorating the size of the explosion to the radius. So I buy the radius I want, then break down the dice by the size. A 12m radius explosion of 6 dice loses 1d6/2m for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Someone asked Steve the same question back in 2010. The answer was...less than clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Baker Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 Someone asked Steve the same question back in 2010. The answer was...less than clear. Is it safe to say that the answer is perfectly clear while providing no clarity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted September 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Thanks. Nice to know it's not just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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