xNJz_Noobx |
The second interpretation is the correct one.
Only the ground around the pit on the first floor is sloped. It's a horizontal surface. The second floor has not been affected by the pit spell, so anyone standing up there does not have to attempt the save.
There's some other stuff I'm idly curious about:
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I believe the pit was 40' deep, so the 50 fly was just enough to get up on top of the second level, but not enough to fly free and clear of the pit entirely. It was a rider on a mount (an enemy). Because there was some arguing over which was true, dm just changed it to the mount didn't land, so the enemy was just hovering above the pit
I agree that the 2nd ruling was the correct one. But he was arguing the word "adjacent" while assuming that the target square was the square you would be standing on before the pit opened up below you, making it "adjacent" to the 2nd floor that was only 1 square up.
The target square would be the square in the opening of the pit (underground) though, not in the air above it.
Sorry this was a while ago, so I'm trying to recall as best I can. My wording might be hard to understand as well