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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7078225" data-attributes="member: 6801845">The term energy in D&D is generally defined as lightning, fire, divine, necrotic, etc.You're defining a game term "energy" in an entirely different fashion, and in a way that is not used anywhere else in the source books that I know of.  Which is fine.Unfortunately if you do that, if there can be no transfer of any energy then I don't see how the sphere can work as described.  Externally it would be a mirror-like sphere.  From the inside you'd be floating weightless in a black void (unless you had a light source in which case I'm not entirely sure what would happen since the interior of the sphere would probably be a perfect mirror).If the sphere is moved, kinetic energy is transferred to the occupant or it is not.  If kinetic energy is transferred, the occupant moves with the sphere.  Basic Newtonian physics applies and a sudden stop is going to hurt.If kinetic energy is not transferred, and the occupant still moves with the sphere they can have no mass.  With no mass, you are not affected by gravity and are effectively weightless.  However if they have no mass they can't move the sphere.  Since they can move the sphere, this cannot be the case.In addition if no energy (of any type) cannot enter the sphere, you see a mirror ball and nothing inside.  No one inside the sphere could see out.If  the sphere breaks physics in all sorts of ways that are not spelled then<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kinetic energy is transferred from the sphere to the occupant when the sphere is moved.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kinetic energy is not transferred to the occupant when the sphere lands after falling from a cliff.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kinetic energy is not transferred to the occupant if you happen to be in Eberron and get hit by a lightning train.</li> </ul>I don't think that makes sense.On the other hand, if you rule like @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6788732" target="_blank">cbwjm</a>, then the sphere and the occupant have no mass (and are therefore weightless) there is no falling damage.  In a way that does make sense, except I don't see how the occupant could move the sphere if they weigh nothing.  Well, and a strong breeze would send it flying.  But it does seem more logical than the "sometimes kinetic energy is transferred and other times it is not".</blockquote>

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