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areas of effect in Dn D emanation so
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this is something that will emanate from
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either a creature or an item usually
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when you cast the spell it's an
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emanation from yourself so if you're
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casting something like spirit guardians
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or thunderclap it's an emanation from
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your space reminder on our three methods
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for handling areas effect method one
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theater of the mind method two
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miniatures on a grid method three
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miniatures on a battle map but no grid
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if you're doing method one it's
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basically the same as any other area of
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effect grab your 2014 Dungeon Masters
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Guide find the creatures in an area of
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effect table and figure out how many
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creatures you can reasonably affect if
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you're doing method three which is
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miniatures but no grid then you're just
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going to effectively find your miniature
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and measure out from your space and
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figure out how many creatures are in
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that emanation if their space is at
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least 50% affected then they're affected
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by the area of effect if you're using
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miniatures on a grid then using a
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template might actually be kind of
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difficult because if you're a creature
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of non-medium size those templates might
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be hard to find so you may need to
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improvise just a little bit you can use
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uh any other template that's just the
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right dimensions and just kind of like
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move it around the edges of your space
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to try and figure it out but you're
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doing your best to figure out what
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creatures have at least 50% of one of
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their spaces affected to be affected by
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the area of effect if you're using the
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token method it's very similar to doing
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a sphere or a cylinder you start from
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the edges of your creature space or the
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item affected by the eination whatever
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and then you work your way out um I
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recommend going in the cardinal
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directions first so like a 15 foot
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emanation you go 15 feet straight up 15
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down 15 to the right 15 to the left and
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then Zanithar's guide recommends just
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making circles square so you're
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effectively just building a box around
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the center of that emanation and then
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once you have all of those spaces marked
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by the eination you know exactly what's
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been affected by your area of effect
