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<blockquote data-quote="Vampersan" data-source="post: 8627207" data-attributes="member: 7032622"><p><strong>Cube of Force (Wondrous Item, Rare)</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Table: Cube of Force</strong></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th><strong>Face</strong></th><th><strong>Charges</strong></th><th><strong>Effect</strong></th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>Gasses, wind, and fog can’t penetrate the cube.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>Nonliving matter can’t penetrate the cube, except for walls, floors, and ceilings (at your discretion).</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>Living matter can’t penetrate the cube.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>Spell effects can’t penetrate the cube.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>Nothing penetrates the cube (exception for walls, floors, and ceilings at your discretion).</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>Deactivate the cube.</td></tr></table><p></p><p>My question is this: When activating the button on the 5th side of the cube, does the cube prevent <em>everything</em> from entering it's area? Does that include things like breathable air? And natural light?</p><p></p><p>The cube has the ability to keep gasses, wind, and fog from penetrating its area, so I feel like that means its capable of excluding oxygen (or an otherwise breathable atmosphere) as well. Or at least it wouldn't allow <em>new</em> oxygen in.</p><p></p><p>But I'm just wondering if it was designed with the intent of keeping literally <em>everything</em> out, as the magic item suggests. On the surface, if it did keep everything out, one might think that's a bad thing. But, what if a warlock villain had such a cube (with the Devil's Sight invocation)?</p><p></p><p>Could they theoretically activate the cube's 5th side while another creature is within, say, 10ft of them and trap that creature in a space that's suddenly devoid of light and with limited oxygen?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vampersan, post: 8627207, member: 7032622"] [B]Cube of Force (Wondrous Item, Rare) Table: Cube of Force[/B] [TABLE] [TR] [TH][B]Face[/B][/TH] [TH][B]Charges[/B][/TH] [TH][B]Effect[/B][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Gasses, wind, and fog can’t penetrate the cube.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Nonliving matter can’t penetrate the cube, except for walls, floors, and ceilings (at your discretion).[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Living matter can’t penetrate the cube.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Spell effects can’t penetrate the cube.[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Nothing penetrates the cube (exception for walls, floors, and ceilings at your discretion).[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Deactivate the cube.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] My question is this: When activating the button on the 5th side of the cube, does the cube prevent [I]everything[/I] from entering it's area? Does that include things like breathable air? And natural light? The cube has the ability to keep gasses, wind, and fog from penetrating its area, so I feel like that means its capable of excluding oxygen (or an otherwise breathable atmosphere) as well. Or at least it wouldn't allow [I]new[/I] oxygen in. But I'm just wondering if it was designed with the intent of keeping literally [I]everything[/I] out, as the magic item suggests. On the surface, if it did keep everything out, one might think that's a bad thing. But, what if a warlock villain had such a cube (with the Devil's Sight invocation)? Could they theoretically activate the cube's 5th side while another creature is within, say, 10ft of them and trap that creature in a space that's suddenly devoid of light and with limited oxygen? [/QUOTE]
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