Glowing Wall-is it an actual wall / barrier?

[Zwordsman]

Howdy

Glowing Wall is a new cantrip.
I don't quite know what to think of it..

it says a Barrier of Light. A Wall. Is it functionally blocking vision then? Or is it just increasing light and it being a wall has little to no actual effect?

I feel like that effect is unlikely in a cantrip. But I also feel like just a solid wall of light would be rather hard to visually tell through.

It feels pretty important information. As you can quite easily "encase" someone in this, even if they could (presuambly) walk right through. Or you could make just a series of accordian squares down a hallway. Which would potentially? block view.

I think I like it, and I intend to have it. but I'm not entirely certain what it functionally does. Other than lighting an area. it seems purposfully different than say dancing light.
Although it has total points for being able to kind of make letters. Stencil style letters to an extent.

Meat of the text:

A barrier of light, colored as you choose, springs into existence. You can form the wall into a vertical or horizontal plane, but each 10-foot square must join another. The light level within 5 feet of the wall increases to normal light. Within an additional 5 feet, the light increases one step, up to normal light. When you concentrate on the spell, you can change the light’s color.
You can have only one glowing wall spell active at a time. If you cast this spell while another casting is still in effect, the previous casting is dispelled. A glowing wall somehow made permanent doesn’t count against this limit.

[E-div_drone]

It's a plane of light, colored light if you so choose. It doesn't even suggest that it obstructs line of sight, much less that it would obstruct anything more substantial attempting to pass through it. Since it also has no hit points, I'm quite certain this is just for providing light.

[Garretmander]

It doesn't say it provides concealment or impediment to vision, therefore it doesn't. Especially since it's a cantrip.

[Xenocrat]

It lets you visually pretend you're in Tron, so it's worth a 4th level slot.

[Zwordsman]

Yep. I assume it does nothing past the statement.

Just weird visual. Looking through light haha.
I bet if it was proving any other benefit it would be illusion and a will save to see through.

Still it'll be funny to use It to write or use it to make a box of black light in darkness to see what happens

[Garretmander]

Zwordsman wrote:

Yep. I assume it does nothing past the statement.

Just weird visual. Looking through light haha.
I bet if it was proving any other benefit it would be illusion and a will save to see through.

Still it'll be funny to use It to write or use it to make a box of black light in darkness to see what happens

You find out just how dirty the alley you're standing in is.

[Zwordsman]

Or find that corpse.

[CBrate]

I don't get it. Why would it use the word "barrier" in the description if it wasn't a barrier to anything?

I am considering using it to construct a bridge. There are that many ten foot square panels that can be oriented horizontally.

[Garretmander]

CBrate wrote:

I don't get it. Why would it use the word "barrier" in the description if it wasn't a barrier to anything?

I am considering using it to construct a bridge. There are that many ten foot square panels that can be oriented horizontally.

A stripe of yellow paint on the ground with 'do not cross' can be referred to as a barrier. This spell is the same kind of barrier, if you can't walk on light/thin air, it won't work as a bridge.