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The issue was/is that none of the images of line examples matched perfectly to the line of site I had due to the odd angle, however the string showed a CLEAR perfect line. Moderator please reply so that I can show my dm. I appreciate the help from others posting, but he typically only uses official rulings.

Essentially what I am asking is this: Lets say you are blasting a bolt 100 feet from you. But the guy is 5' to the left once you move. I am guessing using the 30' lines as a guide, you'd blast it 50' then it moves over 1 box to the left then 50' more for that line? I am using diagram #2 as a judge.

My dm is basically saying you keep doing up 3 over 1 etc...or following the EXACT moves of each diagram, but It seems to me they are for reference...

Ok. So we were playing a game of pathfinder today and pretty much everyone was confused about what the dungeonmaster said was ok for a line of a lightning bolt.

Essentially, this is what happened. My wizard character wanted to cast
a lightning bolt. So he moved over about 5-10 feet until he formed a line of sight with 2 targets, forming a perfect line. ( if you held a string all 3 points would have matched up. If you had tried to walk the distance between all three the distance would have been WELL within the range of the spell. This wasn't the issue. The issue was that according to the line diagrams in the core book on page 215, there was NO WAY to make a complete line using the 5' squares. I have always thought of those diagrams as a guide persay, basically an example of how lines work.

For instance on the 3rd line from the left, you move up 2, right 1, up 3, right 1 up 2 for a 30 foot line. If you wanted let's say a 25' line? I am assuming you would take the top box off. Also in the 4th diagram, it is 5 + 10 + 5 + 10 for 30'. So if I wanted it 25, there is obviously a stopping point halfway through the last box. So is a line to that not possible since it doesn't extend that far? Essentially this is an example to be of taking it TOO literally.

So what happens then with my spell? Obviously it is within range. And obviously if I took a ruler made of 5' squares and held it on that direct angle it would come out to the same # of boxes as walking 4 boxes in diagram 4. So Can you or can you NOT shoot a bolt of lightning at a square that is in 100% line with a target? or can you not do it just because it isnt following the grid squares? It is pretty obvious to me that if you rotated the grid around the wizard, somewhere would be a direct path within range.

I'd like a moderator or someone to rule this because it seems that you'd be able to form pretty much any line if you moved your character to the correct spot.
Thanks.