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If you miss the target (whether aiming at a creature or a non-creature square), roll 1d8, to determine how the missed splash weapon scatters from its intended target.  The d8 roll, called a 'scatter die', moves the target square of the splash weapon by 1 square in a random direction away from its intended target.  A roll of a 1 falls short by one square in a straight line toward the thrower, while results of 2 through 8 are counted clockwise, circling around the originally-intended target square, from the 'falls short' point of a 1 result. After you determine where the weapon landed, it deals splash damage to all creatures in that square and in all adjacent squares.  Missed splash weapons never deal direct-hit damage, even if there is a creature in the square that the splash weapon actually hit.
If you miss the target (whether aiming at a creature or a non-creature square), roll 1d8, to determine how the missed splash weapon scatters from its intended target.  The d8 roll, called a 'scatter die', moves the target square of the splash weapon by 1 square in a random direction away from its intended target.  A roll of a 1 falls short by one square in a straight line toward the thrower, while results of 2 through 8 are counted clockwise, circling around the originally-intended target square, from the 'falls short' point of a 1 result. After you determine where the weapon landed, it deals splash damage to all creatures in that square and in all adjacent squares.  Missed splash weapons never deal direct-hit damage, even if there is a creature in the square that the splash weapon actually hit.
::[[Image:Splash_Weapon_Scatter_1.jpg|500px|right|Scatter result of 2]]
In the example above, a splash weapon was thrown (by the thrower), and missed its intended target.  A d8 scatter die was rolled, with a result of a 2.  The second square, counting clockwise from the "falls short" result of 1, is the new target of the splash weapon.  All creatures in square 2's square and its adjacent squares take the splash damage from the splash weapon.  None of the creatures take the direct-hit damage, since the splash weapon failed to directly hit anything.

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