Questions tagged [3d-space]
For questions that primarily involve calculations, coordinates, and movement within the imagined 3-dimensional space of the game world.
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Are There 3D Rules for Flying and Distance?
I recently had a problem come up in a session that I wanted to see if there was more information on. One of my players is playing a Light Domain cleric; its 1st-level Warding Flare feature says, in ...
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How can I effectively map a multi-level dungeon?
My players are getting awfully close to entering a multi-story pagoda dungeon that exists in my game. I think it'll be a fun adventure, but I find that I am worried about trying to map it all out for ...
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What is an effective system for a random shot from a ranged weapon in 3 dimensions? [closed]
A couple of times in my current campaign (D&D 5e), one of my players has elected, due to blindness, or darkness, to make a random shot in a random direction (including vertically, not just ...
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Can you fly over a Medium enemy creature in a 10ft tall corridor?
Let’s say you, a Medium character, are in a 5ft wide, 10ft tall corridor, and that a Medium enemy creature stands in your way. You wish to go behind the enemy creature using your fly speed (either ...
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Does Evard's Black Tentacles only go “up”?
Recently, I was running a game where the party was flying in an urban environment to face off against a wizard. They were all bunched together next to a building about 20' up to avoid attacks from ...
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Good mapping tools for odd topologies [closed]
I'm looking to host a game that takes place in an asteroid terrarium traveling through interstellar space. Does anyone know of mapping software for 1) the inside of the asteroid, which resembles the ...
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How do I determine the argument of periapsis in GURPS Space? [closed]
I am currently in the process of writing a program that generates a GURPS Space star system according to the RAW. For the final output format I intended to make plots of the orbits, thus this question ...
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How does Phasing interact with the Z-axis?
The glossary entry for Phasing is rather sparse, and doesn't seem to address any specific issues that could arise while phasing.
Phasing: While a creature is ...
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Aerial combat in 3.5e
I have a player who is using a homebrew flying race to add to his heal/buff cleric's survivability. He's promising not to use it too much to his advantage, especially because none of us have any ...
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Do creatures occupy cubic space, or are larger creatures still one square tall?
Does a large creature need to squeeze to fit into at 5' tall passageway?
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What counts as ground for Tenser's Floating Disk?
What counts as ground for this ritual, if you have a 5x5 piece of stone/paper/metal/wood under the disk, and that is moved up, say 10 feet, would the disk phase through that stone, or hover 1 foot ...
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Is there a high limit on how high the Tenser's Floating Disk will fly?
Is there a high limit on how high the disk will fly? If i'm on it and use a move action to go "UP" how far will it go before it refuses to go any farther? I did not see any mention of high limits ...
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How much vertical space do a rider and mount occupy together?
How much vertical space do a rider and mount occupy together?
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Do tall creatures have to duck elevated obstacles?
Are there rules concerning the interaction between a creature and elevated obstacles?
Example:
Say, you have the following.
Tall Goliath (7'8")
Short Gnome (3'4")
Short Kenku (5'0")
Short Human (...
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Does blade barrier have to be anchored to the ground?
If I cast blade barrier, does it have to be anchored to the ground? Or can I have it float anywhere I want that it could occupy, such as cast it above me as a sort of roof of blades?
