wall of fire question

[duelist2]

ok couple questions here.

A. is wall of fire a straightline or can it be shaped?

B. if it can be shaped the side of the wall you choose can it be inside or outside or does it have to be like blowing north,south,east,west. basically if this is true why would u ever do the radius when you can have it go through them then go around them and blow inward taking fire damage + heat dmg + more heat dmg.

please help soon this just happened and we are looking for an answer.

[Ringtail]

Wall of Fire does not denote that it can be shaped in its area listing, so you can only make a straight wall or a ring of up to the size listed.

EDIT: An example of a wall that can be shaped (Wall of Thorns)
Effect wall of thorny brush, up to one 10-ft. cube/level (S)

Wall of Fire (No (S))
Effect opaque sheet of flame up to 20 ft. long/level or a ring of fire with a radius of up to 5 ft./two levels; either form 20 ft. high

EDIT 2: And just to be complete...

The PRD wrote:

(S) Shapeable: If an area or effect entry ends with “(S),” you can shape the spell. A shaped effect or area can have no dimension smaller than 10 feet. Many effects or areas are given as cubes to make it easy to model irregular shapes. Three-dimensional volumes are most often needed to define aerial or underwater effects and areas.

[duelist2]

Ringtail wrote:

Wall of Fire does not denote that it can be shaped in its area listing, so you can only make a straight wall or a ring of up to the size listed.

EDIT: An example of a wall that can be shaped (Wall of Thorns)
Effect wall of thorny brush, up to one 10-ft. cube/level (S)

Wall of Fire (No (S))
Effect opaque sheet of flame up to 20 ft. long/level or a ring of fire with a radius of up to 5 ft./two levels; either form 20 ft. high

ok, thankyou very much for the example understand it much better now. lol thought it was going to be very complicated to figure out the damage.