Reading the effects of Leomund's tiny hut, it states that spells and magical effects can't extend or be cast through the dome. Does it mean that it can block tracking spells such as scrying or locate creature when the designated creature is inside the hut, also to magical connections such as warding bond or magical items that creates a bond with another creature if that other creature lies outside of the hut?
GIven a spell or magical effects, the point of origin and the area of effect must be on the same 'side' in the respect of the tiny hut. The area of effect can't pass through.
Jeremy Crawford says that the tiny hut doesn't have a floor. If that's true I would rule that in general the spell does not block scrying unless the ground below you also stops that spell.
Edit: it looks as though JC tweeted out later that he was wrong about tiny hut not having a floor because the spell's range says hemispherical. I don't know if hemisphere is defined anywhere in 5e, but mathematically hemispheres don't have a "base".
Jeremy Crawford says that the tiny hut doesn't have a floor. If that's true I would rule that in general the spell does not block scrying unless the ground below you also stops that spell.
Edit: it looks as though JC tweeted out later that he was wrong about tiny hut not having a floor because the spell's range says hemispherical. I don't know if hemisphere is defined anywhere in 5e, but mathematically hemispheres don't have a "base".
Mathematically a hemisphere is a solid and is not empty inside usually. If it was not supposed to have a floor, they should have described it as a Dome. I would run it as having a floor since it's supposed to give you a safe place to long rest. Otherwise burrowing creatures will totally negate it.
Jeremy Crawford says that the tiny hut doesn't have a floor. If that's true I would rule that in general the spell does not block scrying unless the ground below you also stops that spell.
Edit: it looks as though JC tweeted out later that he was wrong about tiny hut not having a floor because the spell's range says hemispherical. I don't know if hemisphere is defined anywhere in 5e, but mathematically hemispheres don't have a "base".
Mathematically a hemisphere is a solid and is not empty inside usually. If it was not supposed to have a floor, they should have described it as a Dome. I would run it as having a floor since it's supposed to give you a safe place to long rest. Otherwise burrowing creatures will totally negate it.
That's actually not true for a hemisphere or a sphere. The page I linked is probably not the best, but it does say that a hemisphere is a special case of a spherical cap. If you look at the formula for surface area and set h equal to R (the condition for a hemisphere) you will get a surface area that is exactly half of a sphere not half of a sphere plus a circle as you suggest.
Also the Wikipedia page for sphere says that it is the surface of a ball (the set of all points equidistant from another point) and that a hemisphere is a sphere essentially cut in half.
Technically in mathematical terms a hemisphere is three-dimensional shape that is half of a sphere with one flat, circular side, which also known as a face. Think of slicing a hollow ball with a circular disc and the disc becomes the cover of the one half. There are formulas in where you can would actually calculate for its base. Jeremy was right to consider the spell having a floor.
Technically in mathematical terms a hemisphere is three-dimensional shape that is half of a sphere with one flat, circular side, which also known as a face. Think of slicing a hollow ball with a circular disc and the disc becomes the cover of the one half. There are formulas in where you can would actually calculate for its base. Jeremy was right to consider the spell having a floor.
Did you read the sources I referenced? Wolfram is a highly reliable source for all things mathematical.
Technically in mathematical terms a hemisphere is three-dimensional shape that is half of a sphere with one flat, circular side, which also known as a face. Think of slicing a hollow ball with a circular disc and the disc becomes the cover of the one half. There are formulas in where you can would actually calculate for its base. Jeremy was right to consider the spell having a floor.
Did you read the sources I referenced? Wolfram is a highly reliable source for all things mathematical.
That's all very interesting, mathematically. In math they make a distinction between a sphere (surface) and a ball (volume), but in most every other field of life the two words are interchangeable. In D&D the words are clearly interchangeable, since the area of effect of a fireball is a sphere. Unless you are arguing that people in the middle of the spell are unaffected and only people on the edge are hit because "a sphere is only the surface" then I think we can put away our mathematics text books for this question.
Personally, I think that the Tiny Hut may as well be treated as a full sphere, with the dome usually being the only visible section, and the rest hidden underground but equally impenetrable.
Mathematically a hemisphere is a solid and is not empty inside usually. If it was not supposed to have a floor, they should have described it as a Dome. I would run it as having a floor since it's supposed to give you a safe place to long rest. Otherwise burrowing creatures will totally negate it.
Technically, they do describe is as a dome in its description, but your assessment it correct: it's supposed to be a safe place, and previous editions of the spell were not vulnerable to digging. Plus, Crawford's most recent post on the subject says it has a floor.
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Reading the effects of Leomund's tiny hut, it states that spells and magical effects can't extend or be cast through the dome. Does it mean that it can block tracking spells such as scrying or locate creature when the designated creature is inside the hut, also to magical connections such as warding bond or magical items that creates a bond with another creature if that other creature lies outside of the hut?
I think your interpretation is right.
GIven a spell or magical effects, the point of origin and the area of effect must be on the same 'side' in the respect of the tiny hut. The area of effect can't pass through.
Jeremy Crawford says that the tiny hut doesn't have a floor. If that's true I would rule that in general the spell does not block scrying unless the ground below you also stops that spell.
Edit: it looks as though JC tweeted out later that he was wrong about tiny hut not having a floor because the spell's range says hemispherical. I don't know if hemisphere is defined anywhere in 5e, but mathematically hemispheres don't have a "base".
Good points, but regardless I would give the Tiny Hut a base.
Technically in mathematical terms a hemisphere is three-dimensional shape that is half of a sphere with one flat, circular side, which also known as a face. Think of slicing a hollow ball with a circular disc and the disc becomes the cover of the one half. There are formulas in where you can would actually calculate for its base. Jeremy was right to consider the spell having a floor.
I miss Leomund's Secure Shelter. Hut is OK, but it was neat creating a little cottage with fireplace and actual furniture.