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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 3285756" data-attributes="member: 141">The issue is that walls in dungeons and castles will no longer be an effective barrier to mid level adventurers.  There is a bit of a problem already with power attacking barbarians armed with adamantine weapons; a DM might say that a sword (even an adamantine sword) is ineffective against walls, and try to prevent them from getting an adamantine pick, but that's a little bit doubtful.A third level party isn't going to be able to afford adamantine weapons or have super-high strength, but they can easily have access to soften earth and stone.  Sure, an 11th level caster can use disintegrate to destroy one ten by ten cube of stone- blowing a hole through a wall, say.  But your proposal would allow a 9th level caster to destroy a whole building by turning the bases of load bearing walls to mud.  That's a massive increase in destructive power.Would you allow that in your campaign?</blockquote>