Determining distance

[Pathos]

When determining distance for ranged based attacks:
Do you measure space from the two closest faces of opponents?
-- or --
From the center of each opponents space?
For example, a medium sized creature attempts to hit a large creature with a magic missile. There is currently 8 squares separating them.
Would the range be 40ft or 45ft?

[Starglim]

Centre to centre. Apart from anything else the Medium creature is probably not standing right at the front edge of its 5' square.

[dragonhunterq]

You count your target square, not just the spaces between them. so the square right next to you is 1 square away - keep counting from there.

[Pathos]

Does that include large+ creatures, as in do you count the the center of their space, or just the closest 5' square?

[Ascalaphus]

Any square of the larger creature will do. You don't have to shoot them in the butt, the face will do.

[Pathos]

Starglim wrote:

Centre to centre. Apart from anything else the Medium creature is probably not standing right at the front edge of its 5' square.

The same could be said of a Large or bigger creature... they may not necessarily be in the the front 5ft squares of their space either.