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In the last session, an evil wizard was attacked by the PCs in his sanctasanctorum, which was a small room with only one door. He casted Wall of Force in front of him, trying to block his attackers while he buffs himself. The fighter, with a magic objet, made a dimensional door to the other side, to attack the evil wizard next round. Then, the wizard PC casts antimagic field. The Wall of Force remains inside the antimagic field, ok, but… does the antimagic field area includes the other side of the wall of force, where the evil wizard is? Or it stops its area, blocked by the wall of force, because its area is an emanation?
I ruled that the antimagic field pass through the wall of force. So, the evil wizard was trapped inside his small room, blocked with the wall of force he casted before, and without magic… with a fighter PC wielding a big sword. But I´m not sure about this.
What do do you think?
Did you consider that antimagic would negate the wall of force?
What do do you think?
Spells cannot pass through a wall of force.
. . .spells cannot pass through a wall of force in either direction
The wall of force effectively blocks line of effect. Since the antimagic field is an emanation. . .
A burst, cone, cylinder, or emanation spell affects only an area, creature, or object to which it has line of effect from its origin (a spherical burst's center point, a cone-shaped burst's starting point, a cylinder's circle, or an emanation's point of origin).
The antimagic field effect shouldn't have made it past the wall of force.
Did you consider that antimagic would negate the wall of force?
It doesn't. . .
Certain spells, such as wall of force, prismatic sphere, and prismatic wall, remain unaffected by antimagic field.
What the hell was the wizard thinking?
If the wizard, trapped in a room with a fighter, casts anti-magic zone on himself instead of, say teleport, or charm person, or dominate, or slow, or almost anything else, he deserves to die.
Especially since the fighter that used dimension door is done for the round: "After using this spell, you can't take any other actions until your next turn." Hell, he might not even threaten for AoOs, so the mage could cast summon monster, then cast something else.
Certain spells, such as wall of force, prismatic sphere, and prismatic wall, remain unaffected by antimagic field.
Oops, forgot about that one.
What the hell was the wizard thinking?
If the wizard, trapped in a room with a fighter, casts anti-magic zone on himself instead of, say teleport, or charm person, or dominate, or slow, or almost anything else, he deserves to die.
Especially since the fighter that used dimension door is done for the round: "After using this spell, you can't take any other actions until your next turn." Hell, he might not even threaten for AoOs, so the mage could cast summon monster, then cast something else.
That confused me too, until I went back and read it carefully. It's the wizard PC who cast AMF, which means the force wall would have kept the NPC wizard from being affected.
Ah! I see. Much better. So the PC Wizard would have just wasted his action and nerfed his own spell casting. The Bad Wiz should not have been trapped.
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That confused me too, until I went back and read it carefully. It's the wizard PC who cast AMF, which means the force wall would have kept the NPC wizard from being affected.
Ah! I see. Much better. So the PC Wizard would have just wasted his action and nerfed his own spell casting. The Bad Wiz should not have been trapped.
This.
English is not my first language, maybe my explanation wasn´t clear. Sorry.
Thank you for your insights, fellows.