Hannibhaal
2014-06-23, 09:12 PM
Sculpt Spell (CA) is very clear about the area that the spell can be changed to, but what is the range for the non-cone-or-line areas? How far out can you place the cylinder, ball, or cubes?
For example, a player in my game (Wiz 5) wants to apply Sculpt Spell to his Burning Hands to get some reasonable distance without using his 3rds. Through a strict reding of the Range and Area entries for various cone spells, it would seem that a Sculpted Burning Hands would retain its Range of 15 feet, and thus he would have to place the effect within that range.
The Area and Range entries for cone spells have strange characteristics, with the Range entry having a given range and the Area entry simply saying "Cone shaped."
Lines however, as the other shape that must originate from the caster have numbers listed for both Range and Area.
As the entry for cones stands, they can benefit from neither the Widen Spell, nor Enlarge Spell feats, so something is clearly not well considered in how those entries were put together.
Basically a long winded way of saying, what is the range on a Sculpted cone or line given the confusion in their listed dimensions?
If there is no clear answer (I couldn't find any good answers online) As a DM I would like to hear your ideas.
For example, a player in my game (Wiz 5) wants to apply Sculpt Spell to his Burning Hands to get some reasonable distance without using his 3rds. Through a strict reding of the Range and Area entries for various cone spells, it would seem that a Sculpted Burning Hands would retain its Range of 15 feet, and thus he would have to place the effect within that range.
The Area and Range entries for cone spells have strange characteristics, with the Range entry having a given range and the Area entry simply saying "Cone shaped."
Lines however, as the other shape that must originate from the caster have numbers listed for both Range and Area.
As the entry for cones stands, they can benefit from neither the Widen Spell, nor Enlarge Spell feats, so something is clearly not well considered in how those entries were put together.
Basically a long winded way of saying, what is the range on a Sculpted cone or line given the confusion in their listed dimensions?
If there is no clear answer (I couldn't find any good answers online) As a DM I would like to hear your ideas.