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this is a great question and it hits on
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something that I've had wrong for a bit
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So my my videos discussing areas of fact
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are primarily for the 2024 D&D rules Uh
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the rules between 2024 and 2014 changed
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very very little but they did correct
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one thing So in the 2014 rules the area
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of effect rule specified that on a grid
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if a circular effect affects more than
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half of a square the square is affected
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But there's no words on if other areas
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of effect partially affect a square So
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there's no rules as written explanation
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for what happens like if you turn a
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square diagonally or if a cone only
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partially covers a square So honestly we
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don't know the answer I think the 50%
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rule is still a really good guideline
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and that's what they adopted in the 2024
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rule So like here I'll I'll show a
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screenshot Here's the 2014 text I
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highlighted the bit about
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50% And now here's the 2024 text that
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matches and I highlighted the text
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Notice that the bit about circular areas
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of effect isn't there So the 50% rule in
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2024 at least applies to all areas of
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effect But we don't have an answer for
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2014 So if you're playing the 2014 rules
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I think the 50% rule is still a good
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guideline to go with Uh there's a lot of
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area of effects like cones that are
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borderline useless if you don't
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partially affect squares Um but yeah
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rules is written There isn't actually an
