paizo.com Recent Posts in Sunburst area?paizo.com Recent Posts in Sunburst area?2012-11-15T22:19:43Z2012-11-15T22:19:43ZRe: Forums: Rules Questions: Sunburst area?nidhohttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kabk?Sunburst-area#22012-11-15T22:19:43Z2009-12-21T03:25:05Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Michael Gentry wrote:</div><blockquote> The short description for [i]sunburst[i] in the wizard/sorcerer spell list says "blinds all within 10 feet, deals 6d6 damage."</blockquote><p>A typo in the short description?
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>The statblock for the spell says: "Area: 80-ft-radius burst."</blockquote><p>Text trumps table is applicable here I suppose. So 80 ft applies.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>The spell description simply says, "All creatures in the globe are blinded and take 6d6 damage."</blockquote><p>It also says that a succesful save negates the blindness.
<div class="messageboard-quotee">Quote:</div><blockquote>So which is it? Is the area of effect a 10' radius burst, or an 80' radius burst? Or is 10 feet the radius of the blindness effect, and 80 feet the radius for the damage? Or vice versa? </blockquote><p>80' burst for both effects. Saving halves damage and negates blindness.Michael Gentry wrote:The short description for [i]sunburst[i] in the wizard/sorcerer spell list says "blinds all within 10 feet, deals 6d6 damage."
A typo in the short description? Quote:The statblock for the spell says: "Area: 80-ft-radius burst."
Text trumps table is applicable here I suppose. So 80 ft applies. Quote:The spell description simply says, "All creatures in the globe are blinded and take 6d6 damage."
It also says that a succesful save negates the blindness. Quote:So[/i][/i]...nidho2009-12-21T03:25:05ZForums: Rules Questions: Sunburst area?Michael Gentryhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2kabk?Sunburst-area#12012-11-15T22:19:43Z2009-12-21T02:44:48Z<p>The short description for [i]sunburst[i] in the wizard/sorcerer spell list says "blinds all within 10 feet, deals 6d6 damage."</p>
<p>The statblock for the spell says: "Area: 80-ft-radius burst."</p>
<p>The spell description simply says, "All creatures in the globe are blinded and take 6d6 damage."</p>
<p>So which is it? Is the area of effect a 10' radius burst, or an 80' radius burst? Or is 10 feet the radius of the blindness effect, and 80 feet the radius for the damage? Or vice versa?</p>The short description for [i]sunburst[i] in the wizard/sorcerer spell list says "blinds all within 10 feet, deals 6d6 damage."
The statblock for the spell says: "Area: 80-ft-radius burst."
The spell description simply says, "All creatures in the globe are blinded and take 6d6 damage."
So which is it? Is the area of effect a 10' radius burst, or an 80' radius burst? Or is 10 feet the radius of the blindness effect, and 80 feet the radius for the damage? Or vice versa?Michael Gentry2009-12-21T02:44:48Z