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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 1166904" data-attributes="member: 7533">Firstly, remember...  Anything the PCs can do, so can the NPCs.  Conversely, anything the NPCs can do, so can the PCs.  Be careful on what you allow this spell to do.*Blatantly ignoring said disclaimer.*If, as others have claimed, the Wall of Force is indeed 2-dimensional (though the spell says nothing of the sort), it would have NO thickness what-so-ever.  Not an infinitely sharp, infinitesimal thickness...  NO thickness.That means, theoretically, that if you walk into the edge of such a force field, nothing happens...  Because looking at it sideways, it's not there.  Granted, you would not be able to step sideways, because the height and width of the wall do exist and would prevent lateral movement (even that's debatable).  But nothing would stop you from 'sliding' forward and backward, or up and down along the plane.  (That'd make for an interesting way to climb a wall, eh?)There is a very big difference between a monofilament plane, and a 2-dimensional plane.  Unfortunately, no one has ever created either, so there's no practical experiment to tes the theories.Though I have no qualms about using spells creatively, there are certain things certain spells shouldn't be able to do.  Like every other 'Wall' spell, Wall of Force is meant to be a hinderance to the enemy... to contain and deflect them.  Not to kill them.  That's what Disintegrate and Fireball are for.  Ingenuity does have a limit here.Use just a little common sense.</blockquote>

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