Timeline for Can you use Thaumaturgy to hit someone with a door?
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| Jan 16, 2019 at 12:49 | comment | added | SeriousBri | @Nox I think that comment is worthy of being turned into an answer | |
| Jan 16, 2019 at 10:21 | comment | added | Nox | Well, if the traditional combat grid is assumed, than the door is probably the border between two squares - which means the barbarian can't end his turn in the doorway - he is either occupying the 5' square outside the door, or in the square inside the building. Shutting the door either closes the door in front of him, or shuts the door behind him. With no effect on the barbarian himself. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 21:39 | comment | added | GrandOpener | "shut" is a qualifier for where the path terminates. Resting a door against a heavily breathing barbarian is not "shut." Either the door moves the barbarian (which it doesn't say it should) or the door does not shut (which it does say it should). In no case is it possible for the spell to do exactly what it says and nothing more. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 20:14 | comment | added | Alex H. | But the spell's description doesn't say "the door slams shut and latches." There's no qualifier for where the door's path terminates. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 16:43 | history | edited | Rubiksmoose | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 15, 2019 at 15:52 | comment | added | Mark Wells | @DavidCoffron Yes. However, spells do not "only do what they say they do" because that would lead to insane results like being able to slam a door shut while someone's standing in the way. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 14:56 | history | edited | Slagmoth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 15, 2019 at 13:47 | comment | added | J.E | @DavidCoffron I see what you mean, but the way I interpret this is if I ask you to slam the door, you can do that and if there is any obstacle, you will hit it. Does not mean that the door will end up closed. I can see that this is not a perfect interpretation since the wording is actualy "slam shut", but since there is no perfect non-game-breaking solution I would stick with the narrative spirit of the spell. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 13:46 | comment | added | goodguy5 | "The door slams shut, period. The barbarian charging through is bisected, vertically, as he is caught in the destructive path that is thaumaturgy" </s> | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 13:42 | comment | added | David Coffron | If spells only do what they say they do, would not the door slam shot regardless of obstacle (as there is no qualifier on the description) | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 13:35 | history | answered | J.E | CC BY-SA 4.0 |