Questions tagged [wall]
For questions about actual walls and wall-like spells and related effects.
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Is a creature in the area of a Wall of Water spell trapped in ice when hit by the Ray of Frost cantrip?
In 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons, I am playing a Sorcerer where I have set myself the rule that I can never take fire spells, and instead take weaker spells and try to make the most of them with ...
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Casting wall of fire in a T-shaped corridor
In D&D 5e, is casting wall of fire like this allowed, or would I need to have line of sight for the entire corridor? Assume my wizard knows that the corridor extends both ways and how long it is.
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Does the Wall of Force spell block teleportation?
Does the Wall of Force spell in 5e block teleportation? This does not seem to be addressed in the 5e spell description.
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What are the permitted shapes of a Wall of Fire?
The text of the Wall of Fire spell is found on page 285 of my printing of the Fifth Edition Player's Handbook. The following is all the text states regarding how the wall is shaped:
[...] You can ...
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Does the Wall of Ice block line of sight?
The Wall of Ice spell creates ice that can block movement:
You create a wall of ice on a solid surface within range.
In real life, ice can be either clear or opaque, depending on factors such as the ...
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Does immunity to conditions imposed by layers of a Prismatic Wall give immunity to that layer's further consequences?
In a fairly high stakes scenario, I (DM) put a Prismatic Wall in a party's way.
It goes off, does Prismatic Wall things, one person is hit by the Indigo and Violet layers and here we develop a problem....
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Can you attack a creature behind a Wall of Sand?
Wall of Sand's description reads as follows (emphasis mine):
You conjure up a wall of swirling sand on the ground at a point you can see within range. You can make the wall up to 30 feet long, 10 ...
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Does the Wall of Stone spell need support or not?
The description of wall of stone states:
The wall doesn't need to be vertical or rest on any firm foundation.
It must, however, merge with and be solidly supported by existing
stone. (PHB 287)
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Can Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments be used to open a hole or door through a Wall of Force or Forcecage?
The Forcecage spell states:
A creature inside the cage can't leave it by nonmagical means.
And its box mode states:
A prison in the shape of a box can be up to 10 feet on a side, creating a ...
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Wall of fire: What's a 'solid surface' and what happens if it stops existing?
Wall of fire has to be cast on a solid surface. What's a solid surface? Can it be the back of a dragon? Dragon scales are pretty solid..
If the solid surface disappears (ice melts away, roof ...
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Can you illusion a window out of a solid wall?
Right now I'm designing a dungeon that is actually a ruined castle, but with illusion magic it appears to be restored to its original shape. One of the key parts I need is a window, which is actually ...
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Does a persistent spell effect cast on a moving platform move with the platform, or is it fixed in space?
Does casting a persistent spell effect on a moving platform fix the spell's orientation to the platform, or is its orientation absolute to the world around it?
Quick backstory: I have a pirate bard ...
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How does Wall of Force grant cover?
Which mechanic of wall of force gives cover to creatures on either side of the wall?
It grants a attributes similar to cover. It specifically states cover-like effects against physical and astral ...
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How can I prepare my party to reasonably be able to bring down a prismatic wall?
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In my campaign I have a villain who uses misdirection and avoidance as their main combat methods. They won't fight directly, but they use summoned creatures, minion allies and illusions to ...
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Does a large creature take damage moving through a Wall of Fire?
Here's the situation, a large creature moves next to a Wall of Fire.
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Can Wall of Force transfer thermal energy?
Is there any text stating that walls or objects made of force can or cannot conduct thermal energy?
For example:
Wizard is pushed off edge of volcano into magma. Let's surmise he is able to cast wall ...
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Suffocation via Wall of Stone
The spell Wall of Stone allows you to create stone walls and fortifications from thin air. At 60 hp per inch, the difficulty of getting out of it would add up fast.
Since the wall doesn't have to be ...
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Can a Wall of Force be made portable?
Grog the Conqueror wants to sack an enemy city. He has his battering ram ready to go and wants his Wizard to use Wall of Force to create a roof over the ram by resting the spell on top of the frame.
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How do the Wall of Force and Wall of Light spells interact?
In 5th edition D&D, suppose I cast a hemispherical wall of force, trapping a creature inside it on the ground. We will make the hemisphere 5 feet in diameter so it encompasses a Medium-size ...
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What effects can hit a phasing creature in a nonmagical wall square?
In a recent battle I was Dming, the party was fighting against Wraiths (in the Madness at Gardmore Abbey adventure). Wraiths have phasing and thus can fly into and through walls, so the players and I ...
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Can I use Spell Accuracy on a Wall of Fire?
The epic level feat Spell Accuracy from the PHB says:
Benefit: You can omit a number of
squares from the area of effect of
any of your area or close wizard
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How does the Leviathan’s Tidal Wave interact with objects?
The Leviathan's Tidal Wave action says (MToF, p. 198):
Tidal Wave (Recharge 6). While submerged, the leviathan magically creates a wall of water centered on itself. The wall is up 250 feet long, up ...
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Can Wall of Force stop shockwaves?
In this setting, siege weaponry has advanced much faster than infantry weapons, leading to an invention of gunpowder and cannons; however guns have not been developed properly.
In an invasion of an ...
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Ringed Wall of Fire: How does the damage sequence go?
When casting WoF, you can cast it as a ring, and designate the inside of the ring to be the damage side (thus, everyone inside must save or take 5d8 at the time of casting). The spell then says
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What is the nature of a demiplane's walls?
The demiplane spell creates a demiplane that appears to be an empty room 30 feet in each dimension, made of wood or stone.
Are these walls actually made from wood and stone? Can a character chip off a ...
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Does the Wind Wall spell affect you and your allies' projectiles?
The wind wall spell description includes the following line:
Arrows, bolts, and other ordinary projectiles launched at targets behind the wall are deflected upward and automatically miss.
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Does a creature take damage from Wall of Fire if it is moved before its turn?
Here's the scenario:
A wizard is separated in initiative order from his target by one or more creatures/PCs.
The wizard creates a Wall of Fire which occupies the space of his target creature.
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Do Gaze Effects work through a Wall of Force?
A lich listed in a WotC Adventure can cast wall of force.
We are trying to determine what the lich could do if it were to cast a spherical Wall of Force around itself.
Wall of force creates a barrier ...
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How do Transmute Rock and Wall of Thorns work together?
I've been reading up on druid spells for future use and was quite interested in the crowd-control abilities of both Transmute Rock and Wall of Thorns, especially since Transmute Rock doesn't require ...
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Wall of Fire - Melee Attack with Reach
A huge creature, having melee attacks with a 15-foot range, can attack a target (the red target in the picture) on the opposite side of the wall of fire without necessarily going through the wall.
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How long does it take to build a wall?
My table group wants to build a wall to protect a village from future invasions. They intend to cut down the trees around the village and use those as the primary material.
How long would it take a ...
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How much damage does a creature take for spending its entire turn inside a Wall of Fire?
The conditions for when wall of fire deals damage, after the initial casting, are as follows (emphasis mine):
One side of the wall, selected by you when you cast this spell, deals 5d8 fire damage ...
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Holes in Wall of Force
According to answers to this question Wall of Force follows rules for area spells (PHB, 204)
A spell's effect expands in straight lines from the point of origin. If no unblocked straight line extends ...
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Can Wall of Force have multiple disconnected segments as long as each section is connected to one other segment?
Can wall of force have multiple disconnected segments as long as each section is connected to one other segment?
The rules say "Each panel must be contiguous with another panel." Each panel connected ...
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Wall of Force cutting through an immovable creature's occupied space
An adventurer cast Wall of Force around a Lich, imprisoning them inside a 5ft hemisphere. The Lich, having Wall of Force prepared too and not fearing death, tries to cast it from inside the hemisphere ...
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Can a Spell Glyph of a wall spell appear around the triggering creature, but not on it?
Some wall spells, like wind wall and wall of fire, can be shaped into a circle (ring).
Part of the Spell Glyph portion of the glyph of warding spell states:
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Does the Wall of Fire spell damage creatures on both sides of the wall?
The spell Wall of Fire has the following text:
One side of the wall, selected by you when you cast this spell, deals
5d8 fire damage to each creature that ends its turn within 10 feet of
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Can an Area of Effect spell cast outside a Prismatic Wall extend inside it?
The Indigo layer of a Prismatic Wall states:
While this layer is in place, spells can't be cast through the wall
By comparison, a Globe of Invulnerability states:
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Can you create a Wall of Fire in midair?
In 4E and 5E there seems to be the requirement of a Wall of Fire to be resting on a solid surface. But in 3.5 I did not find such a rule. So: can you create a Wall of Fire in midair?
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Wall of fire dimensions
Last session we re-encountered issue with Wall of fire
According to compendium:
Daily - Arcane, Conjuration, Fire, Implement
Standard Action
Area wall 8 within 10 squares
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Does the target choose which side they move to for Wall of Ice?
The description for Wall of Ice states
"If the wall cuts through a creature's space when it appears, the creature within its area is pushed to one side of the wall and must make a Dexterity saving ...
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Must the Wind Wall spell be vertical, or can it be angled or even curved?
Our group has two different interpretations of Wind Wall.
A wall of strong wind rises from the ground at a point you choose
within range. You can make the wall up to 50 feet long, 15 feet high,
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What happens when a Wall of Force spell is created in the area of a (previously cast) nonphysical spell such as Moonbeam or Stinking Cloud?
The description of the moonbeam spell states, in part:
A silvery beam of pale light shines down in a 5-foot radius, 40-foot-high cylinder centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, dim ...
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How does the Prismatic Wall spell handle an AOE?
Would the indigo layer of a prismatic wall spell (in a spherical shape) block the effect of a fireball, if it had radius bigger than the radius of the wall, cast outside the wall but centered/targeted ...
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After a creature makes a Dex save from Wall of Fire, does it end up inside or outside the ring?
Let's say a Wizard casts Wall of Fire in the ring shape, choosing the inside of the wall as the side that does damage.
An enemy is in one of the squares on the edge of the ring (ie. one of the 8 ...
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How does damage work when entering a Wall of Fire?
When casting Wall of Fire, "each creature within its area
must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a
creature takes 5d8 fire damage, ar half as much damage
on a successful save."
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What attacks are not stopped by Emergency Force Sphere?
If my wizard is surrounded by an Emergency Force Sphere, what attacks can ignore/bypass the sphere and kill me?
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What's up with shapeable Wall spells?
Wall of Brine says it creates a wall 10 ft/level long, 5 ft/level high, and 5 ft thick. It also says this wall is shapeable, using the '(S)' denotation. Shapeable, in this case, means:
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Would Fire Breath go through Wall of Water?
Like it says on the tin. Let's say a fire dragon wyrmling is directly in front of a wall of water - wall is less then a square away - and on the other side is its target. The target is 15 feet away, ...
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Can spells that target creatures affect (damage) the layers of a Prismatic Wall spell?
I know that spells, in general, state what they can target - which is often only creatures. Spells which can target other things like objects (as in Fire Bolt) or magical effects (as in Dispel Magic) ...
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