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The area is tied to the Solarian's shape & size.

If there were an odd-shaped Solarian(or say a swarm, since they can break into different shapes) then the area would extend 10' from all parts of them. Yes, a larger creature would also have a larger blast, covering more squares.

The problem though, even if tied to the Solarian's shape and size could still mean the explosion radius would be just centered on one of the corners in any square in which your character resides, because of the basically uniform AoE rules.

I personally agree with both your takes as well, but I cannot find anything that seems to dissuade the basical AoE rulings. 10 feet being literal involvement of movement squares from your character seems to be the implied statement and I'll just have to try and sway the DM on it through what's been said.

Hey guys, I had this come up in a recent game I've been playing in and I'm not entirely sure on one aspect of Solarian's supernova revelation. In the description of supernova, it reads:

"When you’re fully photon-attuned, as a standard action, you can deal 1d6 fire damage plus 1d6 additional fire damage per Solarian level to all creatures within 10 feet of you."

Now, the issue comes up with the rules for Area effects. Within them it states:

"Sometimes an effects description indicates a specifically defined area..."

Which with supernova is all enemies within 10-20 feet around themselves depending on level. Is it considered an area effect, considering there's obviously a radius for it? There's also this bit for area effects.

"The point of origin of an effect is always a grid intersection, meaning the point where four squares touch..."

So does this mean that the Supernova and in turn Black Hole or other similar revelations aren't actually centered on the user, rather one of the four corners of the tile they're standing on?

"Regardless of the shape of the area, you select the point from which the effect originates."

Seems to imply that it is so, but it feels extremely awkward to not have the burst centered on my character rather than on a corner where they reside, making it so the AoE is not evenly spread around the character and would change how one would position for this ability entirely.