Oracle of Heaven revelation ability

[Morganwolf]

Quote:

Moonlight Bridge (Su): You summon a bridge of

shimmering moonlight. The 10-foot-wide span touches
the ground at a point adjacent to your position. From
this point it can extend in any direction for 10 feet per
oracle level. The path persists until you have crossed
over the bridge or for 24 hours, whichever is shorter. You
may summon a moonlight bridge a number of times per
day equal to your Charisma bonus. Should the bridge be
attacked, treat it as a wall of force.

I have seen a player use this ability in a way not intended. Could this be clarified by someone in position to spefically put a pathfinder ruling on this.

The character in question was using the bridge to extend around foes to trap them in a force cube of sorts; because of the mention in the ability that once appearing adjacent on the ground next to them ; it could be extended up, down, sideways, etc... and therefore make an entrapment or wall of sorts.
I imagine that this bridge can only touch the ground and extend only over a surface of sorts which means a flat surface to step upon or go over an obstacle but not able to turn itself sideways as to form a wall of sorts.

[Scribbling Rambler]

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[wond3rbr3ad]

My guess would be that it can be any direction as long as the "10-ft wide" portion is horizontal (or anything less than 90 degrees). This would mean that while you could make a "bridge" around foes, they could easily just step up on the bridge and walk over (or crawl under).

The intent of this ability is to let you walk over places where a bridge is helpful... a chasm, a very big pit track, etc. If you want an easy way to rule it, I would go with "The bridge/path must be in a shape which can be walked on."

A good reference point is the fact that this revelations has no minimum level requirement while "wall of force" "wall of stone" etc are 5th level spells.

[erik542]

Morganwolf wrote:

Quote:

Moonlight Bridge (Su): You summon a bridge of

shimmering moonlight. The 10-foot-wide span touches
the ground at a point adjacent to your position. From
this point it can extend in any direction for 10 feet per
oracle level. The path persists until you have crossed
over the bridge or for 24 hours, whichever is shorter. You
may summon a moonlight bridge a number of times per
day equal to your Charisma bonus. Should the bridge be
attacked, treat it as a wall of force.

I have seen a player use this ability in a way not intended. Could this be clarified by someone in position to spefically put a pathfinder ruling on this.

The character in question was using the bridge to extend around foes to trap them in a force cube of sorts; because of the mention in the ability that once appearing adjacent on the ground next to them ; it could be extended up, down, sideways, etc... and therefore make an entrapment or wall of sorts.
I imagine that this bridge can only touch the ground and extend only over a surface of sorts which means a flat surface to step upon or go over an obstacle but not able to turn itself sideways as to form a wall of sorts.

First it says that there is a 10 ft. wide span that touches the ground. So you have a 10ft. line on the ground. Then it says it can extend in any direction. So it can't be used to wall someone up, because it doesn't allow rotations. But it can be used to seal up pits.

[Cheapy]

You can not use it as a Force Wall.

Here is where James Jacob says this.