Tenser's Floating Disk

  • Level & School
    1st-level conjuration
  • Casting Time
    Action or Ritual
  • Range
    30 feet
  • Components
    V, S, M (a drop of mercury)
  • Duration
    1 hour
  • Classes
    Wizard

This spell creates a circular, horizontal plane of force, 3 feet in diameter and 1 inch thick, that floats 3 feet above the ground in an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within range. The disk remains for the duration and can hold up to 500 pounds. If more weight is placed on it, the spell ends, and everything on the disk falls to the ground.

The disk is immobile while you are within 20 feet of it. If you move more than 20 feet away from it, the disk follows you so that it remains within 20 feet of you. It can move across uneven terrain, up or down stairs, slopes and the like, but it can't cross an elevation change of 10 feet or more. For example, the disk can't move across a 1O-foot-deep pit, nor could it leave such a pit if it was created at the bottom.

If you move more than 100 feet from the disk (typically because it can't move around an obstacle to follow you), the spell ends.

Tenser's Floating Disk 5e 2024 vs. 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version allows casting as a ritual. The 2014 version specifies the disk can't cross elevation changes of 10 feet or more; the 2024 version clarifies it can't cross a 10-foot-deep pit. No other significant mechanical differences are present.