Haakon_val'Ishi wrote:
Don't you just love jargon....not. That's new one on me. Bet it's a carryover from computer games since the aoe thing I now recall from WoW along with the infamous "dot" references.
I don't remember if I ran across it first in computer or tabletop (likely computer). I've seen it used in both.
Haakon_val'Ishi wrote:
To honest as far as I can recall (based on the "spirit" of gaming), any casting done within melee range of a bad guy is gonna get you smacked. All that hand waving and abracadabra business distracts you from the deadly serious business of defending yourself. Am I wrong in thinking that? Just curious about my thinking here.
There are exceptions. Any spells with range of Self, 0', or Melee does not provoke free strikes. Logically and spell effect, "X' Radius" is no different than "Self (X' Radius)" but it doesn't explicitly have 0' or Self so some people think these spells provoke (while others, like me, think they don't).