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The Alchemist in my group thinks that when he hits a large creature with his bomb than the creature will take splash damage in each of the squares that was not hit with the bomb.
Example; large creature takes up 4 squares =
|1|2|
|3|4|
The alchemist hits square 4 with a bomb for 2d6+4 and then splashes squares 1 2 and 3 for 6 damage each. That would be (2d6+4)+18 fire damage per hit. It seems unreasonable to me, and I'm pretty sure the large creature should just take the 2d6+4 and would not be included in the splash damage, but I cant find anything in the rules to support this. Any suggestions?
There's nothing in the rules to support his position, ergo he's wrong. Ask if it would be reasonable for a single fireball to do 135d6 damage to a huge creature? He'll probably realize his error pretty quick.
A hit deals direct hit damage to the target, and splash damage to all creatures within 5 feet of the target. If the target is Large or larger, you choose one of its squares and the splash damage affects creatures within 5 feet of that square.
Each creature is only affected once (either direct or splash damage,) it doesn't matter how many splashed squares you occupy.