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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 7522936" data-attributes="member: 7808">Fun fact: The question &quot;Does sound pass through a force effect?&quot; has been debated on this site for at least 16 years.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?518-Force-effects-definition" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?518-Force-effects-definition</a>&nbsp; As far as I know there's never been an official answer.&nbsp; It doesn't matter for things like a Wall of Force or Forcecage with bars.&nbsp; And frankly it's been pretty rare in my experience for a case where it matters to come up.From the description of a Force effect I really think sound shouldn't pass through.&nbsp; Sound is literally a compression wave traveling through a medium, and the main effect of a Force effect is to stop physical motion.&nbsp; The matter can't vibrate into or out of the Force effect, so the wave reflects back and doesn't travel through.&nbsp; In fact, a Force effect should be the perfect sound reflector.&nbsp; That being said, I would be fine with a DM ruling the opposite as long as they played it consistently.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 7522936, member: 7808"] Fun fact: The question "Does sound pass through a force effect?" has been debated on this site for at least 16 years. [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?518-Force-effects-definition[/url] As far as I know there's never been an official answer. It doesn't matter for things like a Wall of Force or Forcecage with bars. And frankly it's been pretty rare in my experience for a case where it matters to come up. From the description of a Force effect I really think sound shouldn't pass through. Sound is literally a compression wave traveling through a medium, and the main effect of a Force effect is to stop physical motion. The matter can't vibrate into or out of the Force effect, so the wave reflects back and doesn't travel through. In fact, a Force effect should be the perfect sound reflector. That being said, I would be fine with a DM ruling the opposite as long as they played it consistently. [/QUOTE]

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