Questions tagged [wall]
For questions about actual walls and wall-like spells and related effects.
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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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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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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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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 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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How tall is a Wall of Water? Can it be made wider at the cost of making it lower?
If a wall of water is more than 5 ft tall, could it be shortened to 5 ft to make it wider?
It would still be within the casting range of the caster and is really only meant to be an obstacle for ...
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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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Can enemies charge through, walk through, or even go through Witch Thorns and other walls?
I was playing as my Wizard and I was up against a golem protecting some treasure. I was all alone in a small room, and to block the entrance and prevent the golem from getting to me, I used the power ...
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Pathfinder Wall of Ice Anchoring Rules
Is it allowable to cast a "Wall of Ice" spell in its hemispherical configuration in mid-air, or upside-down? The description of the spell is very explicit about it being anchored when it's in the flat ...
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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
powers. This number can’t exceed ...
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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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Next it moves into the wall, taking damage
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Then it moves again
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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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