A torch or similar light source illuminates 20 ft. How do you measure that?
With area affecting spells you normally (always) measure from a grid intersection. A 20 ft. radius is then clearly 4 squares in either of the four main directions.
But with a torch, carried by a character, does that make sense? Should the player designate an adjacent intersection where the torch effectively is?
Or should the radius be measured from the centre of the character's square? That would mean it reaches 3.5 squares. Round that to 4, and a 20 ft. for a light source is longer than 20 ft. for a spell. Which doesn’t feels right.
Personally, if I bother with it, I look at whether the character is right or left handed and place it at the intersection on the intersection of the grid wherever the character is facing.
So light should be treated like a spell area effect. Got you.
I haven't bothered with it either, but I want to.
I want a touch of old school feel. Darkness is dangerous.Adequate lighting is paramount to dungeon exploring. Further more, I have a fetchling in the party who's player will want to remain in dim light at all times to get that 50% miss chance.
Yet Pathfinder gives next to no support, the rules for vision and lighting aren't exactly on par with Torchbearer's ;)
Maybe I'll manufacture cute little markers for torches and other sources of light that we can move around with the figs.
I think while it is correct to say it is 20 feet from one corner of the light bearer's square... there is no facing in pathfinder, you are generally looking in all directions all the time... so it would have to be (rules lawyering here) 20 feet from each corner of said square for "hand held" light sources like a torch or glowing magic weapon for example.
edit: Don't forget dim light extends to 40 feet from torches that is 80 feet for people with low light vision. =)
