Windwall and Projectile Spells [Archive] - Wizards Community

Windwall and Projectile Spells [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Inyotef
09-25-07, 03:00 PM Does the Windwall spell protect from spell attacks (30% miss chance) that might have a projectile component, such as the hail from Ice Storm, meteors from Meteor Swarm, or Melf's Acid Arrow?

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/windWall.htm
heffroncm
09-25-07, 03:30 PM Spell Text:

An invisible vertical curtain of wind appears. It is 2 feet thick and of considerable strength. It is a roaring blast sufficient to blow away any bird smaller than an eagle, or tear papers and similar materials from unsuspecting hands. (A Reflex save allows a creature to maintain its grasp on an object.) Tiny and Small flying creatures cannot pass through the barrier. Loose materials and cloth garments fly upward when caught in a wind wall. Arrows and bolts are deflected upward and miss, while any other normal ranged weapon passing through the wall has a 30% miss chance. (A giant-thrown boulder, a siege engine projectile, and other massive ranged weapons are not affected.) Gases, most gaseous breath weapons, and creatures in gaseous form cannot pass through the wall (although it is no barrier to incorporeal creatures).

While the wall must be vertical, you can shape it in any continuous path along the ground that you like. It is possible to create cylindrical or square wind walls to enclose specific points.

Spells are not normal ranged weapons. You might rule that anything smaller than seige-sized spells that recquire an attack roll would be similarly effected, however, by RAW no spell is bothered by Windwall.
Kouk
09-25-07, 07:33 PM Spell Text:

Spells are not normal ranged weapons. You might rule that anything smaller than seige-sized spells that recquire an attack roll would be similarly effected, however, by RAW no spell is bothered by Windwall.

Yeah, most spells that need attack rolls are not "weapons", merely "weapon-like spells".

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Inyotef 09-25-07, 03:00 PM	Does the Windwall spell protect from spell attacks (30% miss chance) that might have a projectile component, such as the hail from Ice Storm, meteors from Meteor Swarm, or Melf's Acid Arrow? http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/windWall.htm
heffroncm 09-25-07, 03:30 PM	Spell Text: An invisible vertical curtain of wind appears. It is 2 feet thick and of considerable strength. It is a roaring blast sufficient to blow away any bird smaller than an eagle, or tear papers and similar materials from unsuspecting hands. (A Reflex save allows a creature to maintain its grasp on an object.) Tiny and Small flying creatures cannot pass through the barrier. Loose materials and cloth garments fly upward when caught in a wind wall. Arrows and bolts are deflected upward and miss, while any other normal ranged weapon passing through the wall has a 30% miss chance. (A giant-thrown boulder, a siege engine projectile, and other massive ranged weapons are not affected.) Gases, most gaseous breath weapons, and creatures in gaseous form cannot pass through the wall (although it is no barrier to incorporeal creatures). While the wall must be vertical, you can shape it in any continuous path along the ground that you like. It is possible to create cylindrical or square wind walls to enclose specific points. Spells are not normal ranged weapons. You might rule that anything smaller than seige-sized spells that recquire an attack roll would be similarly effected, however, by RAW no spell is bothered by Windwall.
Kouk 09-25-07, 07:33 PM	Spell Text: Spells are not normal ranged weapons. You might rule that anything smaller than seige-sized spells that recquire an attack roll would be similarly effected, however, by RAW no spell is bothered by Windwall. Yeah, most spells that need attack rolls are not "weapons", merely "weapon-like spells".