It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Caduceus Clay, a firbolg cleric . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Protto shoots his longbow through the two intervening portcullises at Beau, but one misses and she catches the other. She and Keg get the gate up and Caleb wedges the table underneath.
DM: You watch the naturally twisted and gnarled wooden staff that Caduceus carries, which previously had a dozen of small knot holes in it, suddenly begin to exude dozens and dozens and dozens of small beetles that begin to swarm out of the staff and curling onto the ground. You can place it.
Player: Can I put it right on top of that problem in the corner, so it can't quite be seen by anyone down the hall, but close enough to bite?
DM: It's 30 feet, you can't quite get it to them.
Player: Even if I go all the way? Okay. How close can I get to him?
DM: You're right next to him. This swarm of beetles is right beneath the floating bust of Nefertiti.
Player: Can it make a bite attack?
DM: It won't be able to attack this turn, unfortunately.
Player: I think I get a bite attack on first appearance.
DM: Right, but how close can you summon it?
Player: 30 feet.
DM: Right, so it appears 30 feet--
Player: Can't move yet.
DM: Right, but it's not quite close enough to bite. It's about ten feet away.
