Damaging Wall of Stone

[Captain Morgan]

What sort of things would you let damage a Wall of Stone spell? The general rule on damaging objects suggest you need the right sort of tools. But the spell doesn't specify that. Could a high level archer punch through with arrows?

Also, the spell doesn't list a broken threshold. You can still get through the wall once you get it to half health, right?

[shroudb]

Yes you can use whatver you want to damage it.

But since it doesn't have a broken threshold then:

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If an item has no Broken Threshold, then it has no relevant changes to its function due to being broken, but it’s still destroyed at 0 Hit Points. (See the broken condition definition on page 273 for more information.)

So you need to Destroy a section to pass through

That said, it could be an oversight since every single "wall" in the DM section has a BT equal to half the max HP of the wall. OR it could be a function of the spell... who knows.

[Captain Morgan]

Nice! Missed that rule.

[Ascalaphus]

I don't think it's an oversight - it's a one-inch wall. Breaking enough to get through is the same as just destroying that section outright.

[Ascalaphus]

But yeah, I'm pretty sure the intent is that anything can be used to batter through it - otherwise it would be trivial to lock out monsters who rarely have specific gear with them!