Spells (35e)

Name
Forcecage
Blurb
Cube of force imprisons all inside.
School
Evocation
Subschool
Descriptors
Force
Level
Sor/Wiz 7
Components
V, S, M (see text)
Casting Time
1 action
Range
Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target
Effect
Area
Barred cage (20-ft. cube) or windowless cell (10-ft. cube)
Duration
2 hours/level
Saving Throw
None
Spell Resistance
No
XPCost
Focus
Material Components
Ruby dust worth 1,500 gp, which is tossed into the air and disappears when you cast the spell.
Description

This powerful spell brings into being an immobile cubical prison with bars or solid walls of force (the character's choice).

Creatures within the area are caught and contained unless they are too big to fit inside or can pass through the slits in the barred cage. All spells and breath weapons can pass through the gaps in the bars. Teleportation and other forms of astral travel provide a means of escape, but the force walls or bars extend into the Ethereal Plane, blocking ethereal travel.

Like a wall of force spell, the forcecage resists dispel magic, but it is vulnerable to a disintegrate spell, and it can be destroyed by a sphere of annihilation or a rod of cancellation.

Barred Cage: The barred cage is a 20-foot cube with bands of force (similar to a wall of force spell) for bars. The bands are a half-inch wide, with half-inch gaps between the bars.

Windowless Cell: The cell is a 10-foot cube with no way in and no way out. Solid walls of force form its six sides.