Wall Area Q

[Rechan]

Walls are "X long and Y high". Now, when they say "High", do they mean 3D wise (Into the air), or high as in, how many squares it fills width wise?

I.e. a wall that's 5 long and 3 high would be:

XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX

 

[Andur]

High pretty much always means vertical...

There is nothing stopping one from making a wall 8 which looks like this though:

XXX
XXX
XX

It meets all requirements of a wall...

 

[Rechan]

High pretty much always means vertical...

Vertical as in ten to fifteen feet off the battlefield, or vertical in a 2D sense?

 

[Andur]

Sorry, there is no vertical in 2d, there is simply length and width, or if you prefer X and Y axis. Vertical is only in 3d or if you prefer the Z axis.

The only time I can see height making a difference is in the Heroic tier where there is limited flight and limited large monsters. I mean, making a Wall of Stone 10' high or 20' high just changes the DC to jump or climb it, unless the difference is going to the roof.

Once flying becomes common, height no longer makes a difference unless it goes to the roof. And once teleportation becomes common, walls are pretty pointless...

 

[Gort]

Walls are "X long and Y high". Now, when they say "High", do they mean 3D wise (Into the air), or high as in, how many squares it fills width wise?

I.e. a wall that's 5 long and 3 high would be:

XXXXX
XXXXX
XXXXX

High means vertical. If it worked the way your example does they would have said "wide".

...and once teleportation becomes common, walls are pretty pointless...

Not so. The eladrin, for instance, needs line of sight to teleport.