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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9565604" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Okay. I&quot;m just telling you what the text of the spell explicitly says. If you choose to layer it on a flat surface, it creates a layer of webbing 5' deep. That is explicitly stated in the spell itself. The spell produces an effect if either anchored to at least two points, or layered across a flat surface, such as a wall, ceiling, or floor. If it is layered across a floor, then the webs layer on that surface to a depth of 5 feet.I don't really see how there can be any disagreement that that's what happens. It's...really quite cut and dried. Even with my (many, many) issues with 5e's (over)reliance on &quot;natural language&quot;, I don't see how it's possible to interpret this as anything other than what is specifically spelled out here.If the webs aren't[...]layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, the web collapses on itself, and the spell ends at the start of your next turn. Webs layered over a flat surface have a depth of 5 feet.&quot;Hence, the webs do not collapse if they are layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, and, verbatim, &quot;[w]ebs layered over a flat surface have a depth of 5 feet.&quot;You may protest that this is unrealistic, or that it is too powerful, or that it should have been written differently. All of those are valid complaints. But I don't really see how anyone can deny that the above is what the spell does.If it helps, perhaps consider the 20' cube to collapse onto the floor, wall, or ceiling to a depth of five feet?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9565604, member: 6790260"] Okay. I"m just telling you what the text of the spell explicitly says. If you choose to layer it on a flat surface, it creates a layer of webbing 5' deep. That is explicitly stated in the spell itself. The spell produces an effect if [I]either[/I] anchored to at least two points, [I]or[/I] layered across a flat surface, such as a wall, ceiling, or floor. If it is layered across a floor, then the webs layer on that surface to a depth of 5 feet. I don't really see how there can be any disagreement that that's what happens. It's...really quite cut and dried. Even with my (many, [I]many[/I]) issues with 5e's (over)reliance on "natural language", I don't see how it's possible to interpret this as anything other than what is specifically spelled out here. If the webs aren't[...]layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, the web collapses on itself, and the spell ends at the start of your next turn. Webs layered over a flat surface have a depth of 5 feet." Hence, the webs [I]do not[/I] collapse if they are layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, and, verbatim, "[w]ebs layered over a flat surface have a depth of 5 feet." You may protest that this is unrealistic, or that it is too powerful, or that it should have been written differently. All of those are valid complaints. But I don't really see how anyone can deny that the above is what the spell [I]does[/I]. If it helps, perhaps consider the 20' cube to collapse onto the floor, wall, or ceiling to a depth of five feet? [/QUOTE]

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