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.
* - (a pinch of powder made by crushing a clear gemstone)
Does wall of force block spells being cast out of it? For example could a creature inside the sphere cast a spell a dispel magic on a spell outside the sphere?
I thought it would not allow casting spells out of it, however my GM disagreed.
Dispel magic isn't creating something physical that has to physically pass through something else. As such it would work.
Magic missile or fireball on the other hand...
(however, walls have two sides, so if their rational is all spells in general can pass from inside the sphere to outside - they are way off the mark!)
"I cast a horizontal wall of force 1 inch above the ground where the my enemy stands. I choose to push my enemy on the underside of the WoF"
Is there a more busted spell than this one?
I disagree about fireball since the description says it streaks from the caster's fingers to the point specified. Charm person also requires hearing so if sound can't go around the wall that won't work.
You can’t cast more than one levelled spell in the same turn, but if you can get a similar effect with a cantrip like Create Bonfire (maybe have another spellcaster ready Wall Of Force to get around concentration) then you just have to wait it out and re-cast Bonfire.
Does ‘flat surface’ mean all the panels need to be the same orientation? Ie all horizontal? Or all vertical? Ie could the caster make a ‘race’ by running 5 panels along one side then use a horizontal panel 10’ off the ground to run the remaining 4 panels back the other side? Has anyone seen a discussion or ruling that would help clarify this type of use?
Or can a wall zigzag? 20’ east then 20’ north etc?
This is an amazing spell. Does it seriously block everything except spells? Antilife shell, which is a same-level spell, only prevents select creatures and melee attacks!
Can an antimagic field from something like a beholder's eye destroy/suppress a wall of force?
That's not correct. You can't cast a leveled spell with a casting time of one action AND a leveled spell with a casting time of one bonus action on the same turn. There is nothing anywhere to say you can't cast two action spells, if you have two actions. Similarly, you can always cast a leveled reaction spell during your turn. So you could very reasonably, with action surge, cast both of these spells, and also cast counterspell against an enemy trying to counterspell one of your other two spells, all on the same turn, because none of these spells are a bonus action.
So long as the Fighter/Wizard did not cast a bonus action spell, they absolutely could cast Cloudkill and then use action surge to cast Wall of Force.
This would not work. Cloudkill and Wall of Force are both concentration spells. You cannot concentrate on more than one spell at a time. Concentration
Well, except for that. 😂😂😂
is the wall visible?
How long has Tasha's been out? Yet D&DBeyond still hasn't updated this to say that the Clockwork Soul sorcerer gets access to this.
Haha, I JUST did exactly this. Ripped a 90 foot hole in a galleon at the water line. Not sure how much damage the DM recorded, but the ship sank real quickly.
Could you make the wall horizontal to the ground, two inches from the floor so it intersects with your opponents feet, then decide to push them to the underside as you've crossed their space? Now you have a group of enemies trapped in a 2 inch high gap between the solid ground and solid wall who are all going to be turned into mush.
Conceal also means to screen, i.e- to impose between, which is clearly the intended meaning of the cover rules when you look at them as a whole (rather than weirdly considering only the part on total cover). The cover rules are very clear that you are in cover if said cover is between you and your attacker, and total cover applies if no part of you is exposed beyond the cover.
The real question is why on earth do you think a 5th-level spell should have precisely zero effect? It's very, very clear on what it is; it's a wall of force, right there in the title, it literally says "nothing can physically pass through the wall", so it's very, very obviously meant to be… you know, a wall.
I wish people would ask themselves why they want something to be true, and to stop looking at only the words that back them up on their weird positions; the intention of the spell is absolutely, 100% clear and unambiguous, and the wording is valid as written when you don't chop it apart, remove context, and prejudge the conclusion you want to make.
First panel on the ground under your opponents' feet.
Second panel behind opponent perpendicular to the back edge of the first.
Third-Fifth panel complete a fence around opponent.
Sixth-Eighth panel make the fence 20 feet tall.
Ninth panel a lid for the impenetrable box slightly ajar to allow magic missiles to enter.
Waiting for this spell to become very popular after its recent use in Exandria Unlimited: Calamity...