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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9054559" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>There are three stipulations to the spell. 1) loose earth, and; 2) that you can see, and; 3) no more than two lasting effects.</p><p></p><p>If the earth is not loose and/or if you cannot see it, you cannot effect that earth. If you want to do anything more than move the loose earth that you can see, that requires 1 of the 2 lasting effects...which are also precisely delineated. That is how spells work. You get to do this cool thing <em>within these limitations</em>.</p><p></p><p>To try to argue those stipulations/limitations away <em>is</em> to cheese the spell's description.</p><p></p><p>A wall is a constructed object that is designed to not fall down. A big mound of loose earth is not a wall. To make a wall you'd need to manipulate the loose earth somehow. One way would be to compact it. Another would be to manipulate it with a lasting effect of the cantrip...which you can only have two going at one time.</p><p></p><p>A 5ft cube of loose earth will not stay a 5ft cube of loose earth. It will settle. The edges will collapse and spread out. You'll end up with a loose mound, the apex of which will be roughly 5ft high, the edges of which will stretch several feet in all directions. The cantrip does not transform loose earth into a Lego brick of compacted dirt. The "wall" this creates would be some level of cover at best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 9054559, member: 86653"] There are three stipulations to the spell. 1) loose earth, and; 2) that you can see, and; 3) no more than two lasting effects. If the earth is not loose and/or if you cannot see it, you cannot effect that earth. If you want to do anything more than move the loose earth that you can see, that requires 1 of the 2 lasting effects...which are also precisely delineated. That is how spells work. You get to do this cool thing [I]within these limitations[/I]. To try to argue those stipulations/limitations away [I]is[/I] to cheese the spell's description. A wall is a constructed object that is designed to not fall down. A big mound of loose earth is not a wall. To make a wall you'd need to manipulate the loose earth somehow. One way would be to compact it. Another would be to manipulate it with a lasting effect of the cantrip...which you can only have two going at one time. A 5ft cube of loose earth will not stay a 5ft cube of loose earth. It will settle. The edges will collapse and spread out. You'll end up with a loose mound, the apex of which will be roughly 5ft high, the edges of which will stretch several feet in all directions. The cantrip does not transform loose earth into a Lego brick of compacted dirt. The "wall" this creates would be some level of cover at best. [/QUOTE]
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