Maze

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Control

Maze is a Control spell. Control spells restrict enemy options through debuffs or denial effects.

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 spell that traps a creature in a shifting maze until it finds a way out.

2024 Rules
Level & School
8th-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, up to 10 minutes
Classes
Wizard

You banish a creature that you can see within range into a labyrinthine demiplane. The target remains there for the duration or until it escapes the maze.

The target can take a Study action to try to escape. When it does so, it makes a DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation) check. If it succeeds, it escapes, and the spell ends.

When the spell ends, the target reappears in the space it left or, if that space is occupied, in the nearest unoccupied space.

2014 Rules
Level & School
8th-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action
Range
60 feet
Components
V, S
Duration
Concentration, 10 minutes
Classes
Wizard

You banish a creature that you can see within range into a labyrinthine demiplane. The target remains there for the duration or until it escapes the maze.

The target can use its action to attempt to escape. When it does so, it makes a DC 20 Intelligence check. If it succeeds, it escapes, and the spell ends (a minotaur or goristro demon automatically succeeds).

When the spell ends, the target reappears in the space it left or, if that space is occupied, in the nearest unoccupied space.

Maze 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Maze now uses an Intelligence (Investigation) check to escape instead of a plain Intelligence check, so proficiency can apply. Minotaurs and goristro demons no longer automatically escape.

Maze popularity

How popular is Maze? It is one of the rarest spells in the game, and it is almost never chosen when available. This spell is virtually unheard of in most campaigns, but you can change that.

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