Rabulias
the Incomparably Shrewd and Clever
Maybe just a typo on your part, but one needs to be 9th level to cast 5th level spells.Wall of Force is a 5th-level spell, so you have to be 7th level to cast it.
Maybe just a typo on your part, but one needs to be 9th level to cast 5th level spells.Wall of Force is a 5th-level spell, so you have to be 7th level to cast it.
Oops. If by "typo" you mean quickly typing a response while tired and getting it wrong, then, yes. Will correct the post. But it only further goes to show why cube of force may be overly powerful for 5th level characters.Maybe just a typo on your part, but one needs to be 9th level to cast 5th level spells.
Yeah, if you could stop using my name to build straw man arguments, I would appreciate it, and I won't invoke yours in return.Good question! The text in the description of Fireball says "The fire spreads around corners" but most spells don't indicate what they are blocked by. The text for Wall of Force says "Nothing can physically pass through the wall" which implies anything that isn't physical (such as Moonbeam) can pass through it.
I assume @Clint_L would take "some spells" to mean "when specifically mentioned in the spell description" which I think is none.
But could earthquake open up a fissure beneath the wall of force, dropping it (and anyone within) into a pit?Yeah, if you could stop using my name to build straw man arguments, I would appreciate it, and I won't invoke yours in return.
You have no idea how I would rule, because as I was at pains to point out right at the start, I rule according to what makes the most sense in the story. So since Wall of Force is clearly meant to be a Sue Storm-style, nigh impenetrable force field, I would just rule out almost of these rules lawyering shenanigans and continue with the game. I might add an eye roll.
As I also pointed out, very explicitly, I was therefore adding what the rules as written say and what Jeremy Crawford has explicitly stated about this spell, for those who care about such things. Which is:
1. That Wall of Force counts as total cover
2. That you can't target things that have total cover unless the spell explicitly says so
3. That sacred flame explicitly says so (as Crawford acknowledges)
You are making an assumption that because JC gave a secondary justification of sacred flame "coming from above" this means that all spells that "come from above" therefore ignore it. If true, this would mean that wall of force had different properties depending on which direction it was facing, which would seem odd indeed.
As for earthquake or similar ground effects (or tunnelling under it): does the wall cover the floor? If so, then yeah, immune. If not, then outta luck.
When you stop using absolutist interpretations of the rules like this:Yeah, if you could stop using my name to build straw man arguments, I would appreciate it, and I won't invoke yours in return.
Then sure.If so, then yeah, immune. If not, then outta luck.
Given that the spell description itself specifies two forms: wall and dome, I don't see this as an issue.If true, this would mean that wall of force had different properties depending on which direction it was facing
A wooden table provides total cover - but only if it is directly between the target and the spellcaster. The direction the cover faces matters. And does it provide cover against AoE effects that would instantly destroy a wooden table, or attacks that would be unaffected by it, such as a giant boulder? The wording says: "A target has total cover if it is completely concealed by an obstacle." So hiding under a blanket protects me from a giant boulder? Or is it up to the DM to decide what constitutes an "obstacle", taking the situation into account?1. That Wall of Force counts as total cover
That means that it is potentially available, not that it is automatically available. Personally, I have never seen a Cube of Force in a D&D game.Well Cube of Force allows for this and other options, and it is only rare. According to the DMG, rare items should be rewarded to PCs that are at least 5th level.
Sure. I'd even rule that they take fall damage. Like being in a falling elevator.But could earthquake open up a fissure beneath the wall of force, dropping it (and anyone within) into a pit?
Sure. I don't really pay that much attention to rarity and CR levels. With my current group, if I try to run games according to default balance assumptions, my players will roll over all obstacles.That means that it is potentially available, not that it is automatically available. Personally, I have never seen a Cube of Force in a D&D game.
But the rarity system is a nonsense, and has little relation to the power of the item in question. Compare Boots of the Wilderland, Ring of Cold Resistance, Ring of Warmth. It's more thematic.
Years ago I played a Wizard who found a Cube of Force (was he... 17th level?).That means that it is potentially available, not that it is automatically available. Personally, I have never seen a Cube of Force in a D&D game.
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