An invisible wall of force springs into existence at a point you choose within range. The wall appears in any orientation you choose, as a horizontal or vertical barrier or at an angle. It can be free floating or resting on a solid surface. You can form it into a hemispherical dome or a sphere with a radius of up to 10 feet, or you can shape a flat surface made up of ten 10-foot-by-10-foot panels. Each panel must be contiguous with another panel. In any form, the wall is 1/4 inch thick. It lasts for the duration. If the wall cuts through a creature's space when it appears, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall (your choice which side).
Nothing can physically pass through the wall. It is immune to all damage and can't be dispelled by dispel magic. A disintegrate spell destroys the wall instantly, however. The wall also extends into the Ethereal Plane, blocking ethereal travel through the wall.
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But make it force damage, not bludgeoning. That way you don't need to add extra dice.
The decanter would be destroyed eventually, since water in liquid form will not compress (well, almost not at all). At least, that's what I'd rule.
It’s a nonsense justification for a mistake they believe they made. Conceal means to keep hidden, to hide from sight. Wall of force doesn’t provide total cover, except to objects that would pass through it. Spells that originate from a point you can see (unlike fireball which originates from you and goes to a point you can see) can absolutely be cast beyond Wall of Force, at least RAW. If it does block such spells, it’s essentially a tremendously powerful antimagic field that you also can’t move through, and should therefore be a 9th level spell. JC’s redefining the word conceal makes Wall of Force (and evening a simple pane of glass) one of the most powerful objects in the game. Also, from a player’s perspective, it’s just incredibly illogical and frustrating.
Pretty sure there's no raw to cover this: RAW "a flat surface made up of ten 10-foot-by-10-foot panels. Each panel must be contiguous with another panel."
so... 10'x100 wall no problem, what about 15'x50'? Should be ok assuming you can overlap the 10 panels, that would still fit the definition of contiguous which is essentially just touching.It doesn't say "up to" can the panels go into the ground and walls? Could you cast it in a 9' diameter corridor? What about blocking a rough cavern 25' in diameter? Airtight? Could an ooze or an air elemental get past? If so does it still block line of effect? Fireball... A bright streak flashes from your pointing finger to a point you choose... we all picture that as being straight but it doesn't say that. Could you arc it over a WoF? Through a little tiny gap?
DMs how do you rule it?
Other posts have asked about damage from running into it or falling onto it. Think about it sideways, it's a 1/4 inch immovable, indestructible blade. It'd cut a ship or a strafing flyer in half.
So can you choose to make a Horizontal wall through a person's ankles and force them to go on the bottom side of the wall, crushing them into the stone under them?
That's a wonderfully diabolic idea, I'll have to try that at some point.
How does this spell interact with an antimagic field? Would there be a hole in the wall where the field is, neither spell description addresses this interaction.
If I were to create a Wall of Force (Sphere or Dome shaped) partly within the area of effect of a Ravenous Void, would that disrupt the gravitational effects and damage within the sphere?
So, by JC ruling, an Area of Effect spell could still be cast in the area inside the Wall of Force?
No, he’s saying you would be safe inside the wall, because it is a solid barrier that blocks the spell’s line of effect.
The debate above is about spell that require a “line of sight”, since the barrier is solid but invisible.
I’ve been thinking about this but I’m not sure how much the damage it would do.
@Ravynsyn *As Nookolass said, . . .
"Cover" and "Concealment" are different things. If I am concealed behind a bush, you can't see me to shoot at me. You could still hit me if you happened to shoot randomly. If I am under cover a physical object lies between me and you. If you had x-ray vision you could see me, but you couldn't shoot me because of the interposing object.
The Wall of Force provides 'cover' to anything on the other side of it, without providing 'concealment'.
The problem with that is that it would require two concentration spells up at once
Would this synergy well with the Order of Scribe's Manifest Mind ability ? I'm imagining sitting in the sphere version (of this spell) while casting spells through the spell book's avatar. I'm just wondering if there's any (RAW) impediment to this being possible ?
Can you counter spell through a wall of force?
That is, if you cast wall of force around an enemy and they start casting a spell on their next turn, can you counterspell them?
In practice, it seems a spell caster would just teleport out of the wall, so I'm wondering if counterspell is an effective control
Because Wall of Force only blocks physical effects, and Counterspell is activated when you SEE a spell being cast, it would work as intended.
New to 5E, but could a Wizard/Fighter use Cloudkill, Action Surge, and Wall of Force to trap a victim?
me and my party are trapped inside of this spell RIGHT NOW HELP US PLEASE
Treating the twitter account of one of the people who designed the 5e of the game as canon might not be the best idea.