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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 6429847" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> Ok, I'll answer a different way then this time. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Q</strong>: <em>Is Flaming Sphere an obstacle?</em></p><p><strong>A</strong>: Yes. It is a 5' diameter sphere of fire. It is magical fire, held together into a 5' diameter sphere by a weak, permeable mesh of magical force.</p><p></p><p><strong>Q</strong>: <em>Can Flaming Sphere be used by others by pushing things and creatures into it?</em></p><p><strong>A</strong>: Yes. It is a semi-physical obstacle. If someone comes within 5' or closer to it, they are affected by the magical fire damage as per the book. Anyone who is within 10' of the center of the sphere may take damage, how that person got to be in that position is irrelevant.</p><p></p><p><strong>Q</strong>: <em>If it is an obstacle, what kind of power is required to push through?</em></p><p><strong>A</strong>: Virtually none. Fire has almost no mass, so anything can 'push through'. It does, however, have a slight magical force that keeps it in sphere shape. Anything that weighs at least 1 pound can move through the sphere (walking, flying, being pushed, etc).</p><p></p><p><strong>Q</strong>: <em>When you ram it into something - does it engulf it, or does it "stop" when it hits?</em></p><p><strong>A</strong>: It stops when it hits something, as per the rule statement in the spell description <em>"If you ram the sphere into a creature, that creature must make a saving throw against the sphere's damage, and the <strong>sphere stops moving this turn</strong>".</em></p><p></p><p> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 6429847, member: 45197"] Hiya. Ok, I'll answer a different way then this time. :) [B]Q[/B]: [I]Is Flaming Sphere an obstacle?[/I] [B]A[/B]: Yes. It is a 5' diameter sphere of fire. It is magical fire, held together into a 5' diameter sphere by a weak, permeable mesh of magical force. [B]Q[/B]: [I]Can Flaming Sphere be used by others by pushing things and creatures into it?[/I] [B]A[/B]: Yes. It is a semi-physical obstacle. If someone comes within 5' or closer to it, they are affected by the magical fire damage as per the book. Anyone who is within 10' of the center of the sphere may take damage, how that person got to be in that position is irrelevant. [B]Q[/B]: [I]If it is an obstacle, what kind of power is required to push through?[/I] [B]A[/B]: Virtually none. Fire has almost no mass, so anything can 'push through'. It does, however, have a slight magical force that keeps it in sphere shape. Anything that weighs at least 1 pound can move through the sphere (walking, flying, being pushed, etc). [B]Q[/B]: [I]When you ram it into something - does it engulf it, or does it "stop" when it hits?[/I] [B]A[/B]: It stops when it hits something, as per the rule statement in the spell description [I]"If you ram the sphere into a creature, that creature must make a saving throw against the sphere's damage, and the [B]sphere stops moving this turn[/B]".[/I] :) ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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