Both, sort of. A 60' cone is 60' long and 60' across at its widest point, which isn't it's full distance. Take a look at the templates here to see how they are drawn.
Master Arminas
Both, sort of. A 60' cone is 60' long and 60' across at its widest point, which isn't it's full distance. Take a look at the templates here to see how they are drawn.
Master Arminas
Partly correct. A 60' cone is 60' long, but is not 60' at its widest point. Its 80' feet across at its widest point. (A 30' cone is 40' wide at its widest point, but a 15' cone is 15' wide at its widest point. Unless you position the cones so they come from a corner of your space instead of a side, then they are all wider then that.)
My bad. I knew it narrowed at the end, but I didn't bother to count the little squares. LOL
Master Arminas
Yar!
Personally, I hate the cone diagrams. They also don't make sense. The 30' cone, when fires straight up or to the side, is 40' wide at it's widest point, 10' from the end. When fired at a 45 degree angle, it is 45' wide at its widest point, which is also 5' from the end.
What I hate even more are the radius effects. If someone medium sized and under the effect of a 5' radius effect, only 3 out of 8 sides (including diagonals) actually have the effect. The rest of the "radius" overlaps with the creature and provides no benefit.
o_O
But back on topic, it goes 60' out in a straight line, and 60' out at a 45 degree angel... the rest in between that you just kinda have to fill in with your imagination (or follow those diagrams as best as you can... though they only cover straight up, straight to the side, and 45 degree angles... nothing else). *shrugs*
~P