So the short version: you cast the spell as a ring with the damage side in, and everyone standing exactly where the wall forms takes 5d8 damage or half on a Dex save meanwhile anyone surrounded by the ring takes no damage immediately, but will start taking 5d8 damage (no save) at the end of their turn, every turn, until the spell ends or they exit through the wall (taking another 5d8 fire damage, no save, for the effort). And notice that the save is Dexterity: it's for partially getting out of the way of the forming wall, not for partially resisting the damage (like a Con save would indicate). Since spells only do what they say and no more or less, and only grant saves when they say they do, nobody gets a saving throw for any other part of the spell.įurther, the area doesn't include the space surrounded by the wall: the area of a wall spell is only those spaces the wall itself actually occupies - everything surrounded by the wall is just “a bad place to be” (especially for wall of fire). That's the only time the spell grants anyone a saving throw. When the wall appears, each creature within its area must make a Dexterity saving throw. The saving throw is only for anyone in the area of the spell when the wall of fire first appears: However, it's better than you're thinking, because they don't get any saving throws! Yes, that's almost (but not quite) correct.Ĭreating the wall of fire as a ring means everyone inside is going to take damage, yes.
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