Having Trouble Visualizing Explosions

[Rhino]

I am having trouble visualizing the area of effect of an explosion on a map with 2m hexes. Is the target point the target hex or something different? How does the explosion degrade from that point? Any graphics?

[Tasha]

ie 6d6 explosion. The Center hex takes full damage, Remove the largest die to figure the stun in the hex ring after that, Again for the next ring etc.  ie the roll is 6,5,4,3,2,1 aka 21 stun in the center hex

21 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1  stun 
from the Center to the outer hex ring.

[ghost-angel]

If the AoE;Explosion is not a Radius then you start with the target Hex and move out from there, every hex further out takes off damage.

[Nolgroth]

To riff on Tasha's example, the Explosion will also do Body;

 

6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0  body

 

Assuming a Normal attack.

 

EDIT: Here is a simplistic battle map visual.

 

 

Killing attacks are handled in one of two ways, so it would require knowing whether you want the 1 die/3 hexes or the -2 Body/hex method. I am assuming 5th Edition since you are referring to 2m Hexes.

[Scott Baker]

I am having trouble visualizing the area of effect of an explosion on a map with 2m hexes. Is the target point the target hex or something different? How does the explosion degrade from that point? Any graphics?

Which rule book are you using? Everyone answered for 5E. Presumably because you mentioned 2m hexes.I can't remember what rules you may have mentioned using in the past.

[Lucius]

Yeah, this changed between editions I believe.

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The old exploding palindromedary trick

[Tasha]

I assumed an explosion with as many hexes (AKA double dice in meters). Since that's the easiest to answer for. 

[ghost-angel]

If you're using 6E replace the word "Hex" with "Meter Increment that the Explosion drops off at"

[Rhino]

Thanks everyone! Now I grok it. It is for 6E, but I like 2 meter hexes.

[Gary Miles]

We usually visualize it by taking the actual dice rolled, and placing them in the hexes, largest-to-smallest, from the target hex out. This also helps to visualize the area covered by the explosion.

[Netzilla]

We usually visualize it by taking the actual dice rolled, and placing them in the hexes, largest-to-smallest, from the target hex out. This also helps to visualize the area covered by the explosion.

My group does the same.

[Tasha]

We usually visualize it by taking the actual dice rolled, and placing them in the hexes, largest-to-smallest, from the target hex out. This also helps to visualize the area covered by the explosion.

 

Which is what I was trying to convey with how I formatted my example roll.  

[Christopher R Taylor]

I prorate my explosions to the dice to make life easier for the math; a 6d6 blast can have 3m (-2d6/m), 6m (-1d6/m), 12m (-1d6/2m), etc.  Odd shaped radii is just asking for trouble.

[Hyper-Man]

This is one of the reasons that the 5e Resource Kit PDF is still a good buy.

 

To use with 6e just ignore or change the " (inches) to meters, 2 meters or any scale you want to use.

 

 

HM