Magic Circle

3-level Abjuration

Casting Time: 1 minute

Range/Area: 10 feet

Components: VSM

Materials: (a mixture of salt and silver powder worth at least 100 gp, which the spell consumes)

Duration: 1 hour

You draw a 10-foot radius circular glyph upon the ground, which projects upward into a luminous 30-foot-tall cylinder. Select one of the following creature types when you draw the glyph: aberrations, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, or undead. A challenge rating 5 or lower creature of the chosen type can't willingly move across the cylinder's boundary. When the creature attempts to make an attack, cast a spell, use teleportation or interplanar travel, or cause any other effect across the boundary, it must first succeed on a Charisma saving throw. Whenever you start casting the spell, you can modify it so that it doesn't require concentration. If you do so, the spell's casting time becomes 10 minutes for that casting.

At higher levels: When you cast this spell 4th level or higher, the maximum challenge rating of affected creatures increases by 3 for each level above 3rd. When you cast this spell 5th or 6th level, the duration is concentration, up to 12 hours. When cast 7th or 8th level, the duration is concentration, up to 24 hours. When cast at 9th-level, the spell lasts until dispelled, and there is no challenge rating limit on affected creatures.

Available for: Cleric, Paladin, Warlock, Wizard