Tenser's Floating Disk

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Utility

Tenser's Floating Disk is a Utility spell. Utility spells solve problems outside of combat or provide unique situational advantages.

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 spell that conjures a hovering
handy cargo platform

Tenser's Floating Disk is a Mobility spell. Mobility spells augment or allow for new ways of moving.

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 to carry gear and keep pace as you travel.

2024 Rules
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.

2014 Rules
Level & School
1st-level conjuration
Casting Time
Action
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 10-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 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

It now has the Ritual tag, so it can be cast as a ritual. No other mechanical changes.

Tenser's Floating Disk popularity

Tenser's Floating Disk is one of the rarest level 1 spells in the game. Choosing it will set you apart from all other casters.

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