Questions tagged [wall]
For questions about actual walls and wall-like spells and related effects.
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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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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:
If the spell affects an area, the area ...
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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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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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Creating a SoP Energy Wall in a straight line
Using the Spheres of Power rules, the destruction sphere has a talent called Energy Wall
You may spend a spell point to shape your destructive blast into either a wall up to 20 ft. per caster level ...
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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 attributes similar to cover. It specifically states cover-like effects against physical and astral ...
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Can an Illusion of a wall of glass grant cover? [closed]
If I were to create the illusion of a transparent wall (of glass for example) 1/4 thick in a box surrounding my character, does this wall grant me full cover?
This question is different from: Can an ...
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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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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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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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Does a Wall of Force block concentration on a spell?
If a spell was cast on a recipient prior to the wall of force being brought into existence, and that recipient was then on the other side of the wall from the caster, does wall of force prevent ...
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Can a mystic use the psionic effect Wall of Wood as a floor?
I'm playing as a 4th-level mystic (from Unearthed Arcana: The Mystic Class). I was wondering whether I could use the Wall of Wood psionic effect (from the Mastery of Wood and Earth psionic discipline) ...
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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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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 I cast the Wind Wall spell on an area I can't see?
The description of the wind wall spell says:
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, and 1 foot thick....
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