'Perforating' a Wall of Iron

MrWaeseL · Post by **MrWaeseL** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:39 pm

[URL=http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/wallOfIron.htm wrote:SRD[/URL]]blah blah blah

Like any iron wall, this wall is subject to rust, perforation, and other natural phenomena.

Huh? What's perforation as a natural phenomenon related to iron?

MrWaeseL · Post by **MrWaeseL** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:41 pm

AARGH this should be in IMHO. Could a mod move it please?

josephbt · Post by **josephbt** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:25 pm

I guess someone at the WotC has extensive knowledge of corrosion.

Perforation in this case is obviously pitting. For those who don't want to read a tech article, it is a form of galvanic(electrochemical) corrosion that happens when there is an absence of oxygen arround a small area. The small area is then anodic, the surrounding area is kathodic. The resulting el-chem reaction is nasty as it leaves a small pock mark at the surface and a large hole below it.

And there you go. The same answer would be given to you by the Sage.

MrWaeseL · Post by **MrWaeseL** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:33 am

Hmm, well that seems completely uneccesary to keep track of in D&D, but whatever. Thanks for the answer.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:40 pm

I think it's mentioned for permanent walls of iron

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:32 pm

I think that they're talking about someone attacking it.

So, just b/c someone casts wall of iron, doesn't mean that the barbarian with the adamantine greatsword can't bash giant holes into it.

Most people think: "iron wall, omg, it's abitrarium and can't be by-passed". When it can have holes punchd in it a fighter with an adamantine weapon.

Brobdingnagian · Post by **Brobdingnagian** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:27 am

Hell, a freakin' wizard with an adamantine weapon would do the trick... a kobold wizard...

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:31 am

Wouldn't a steel weapon work for puncturing iron?

-Crissa

Cielingcat · Post by **Cielingcat** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 4:13 am

Eventually.

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:55 pm

Well, anyone with an adamantine weapon; but that's a story element of the spell.

The barbarian that smashes open a 5-foot wide hole to kill the wizard who cast the spell is a combat element of the spell.

Catharz · Post by **Catharz** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:37 pm

A samurai armed with an ancestral fan works best

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:26 pm

Heh, good call, it's a spell effect.

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