Wall of Force
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level evocation
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 120 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a shard of glass)
- Duration
- Concentration, 10 minutes
- Classes
- Wizard
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
An Invisible wall of force springs into existence at a point you choose within range. The wall appears in any orientation you choose, as a horizontal or vertical barrier or at an angle. It can be free floating or resting on a solid surface. You can form it into a hemispherical dome or a globe with a radius of up to 10 feet, or you can shape a flat surface made up of ten 10-foot-by-10-foot panels. Each panel must be contiguous with another panel. In any form, the wall is 1/4 inch thick and lasts for the duration. If the wall cuts through a creature's space when it appears, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall (you choose which side).
Nothing can physically pass through the wall. It is immune to all damage and can't be dispelled by Dispel Magic. A Disintegrate spell destroys the wall instantly, however. The wall also extends into the Ethereal Plane and blocks ethereal travel through the wall.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level evocation
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- 120 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a pinch of powder made by crushing a clear gemstone)
- Duration
- Concentration, 10 minutes
- Classes
- Wizard
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
An invisible wall of force springs into existence at a point you choose within range. The wall appears in any orientation you choose, as a horizontal or vertical barrier or at an angle. It can be free floating or resting on a solid surface. You can form it into a hemispherical dome or a sphere with a radius of up to 10 feet, or you can shape a flat surface made up of ten 10-foot-by-10-foot panels. Each panel must be contiguous with another panel. In any form, the wall is 1/4 inch thick. It lasts for the duration. If the wall cuts through a creature's space when it appears, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall (your choice which side).
Nothing can physically pass through the wall. It is immune to all damage and can't be dispelled by dispel magic. A disintegrate spell destroys the wall instantly, however. The wall also extends into the Ethereal Plane, blocking ethereal travel through the wall.
Wall of Force 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
How popular is Wall of Force in 5e?
Wall of Force is the #10 most popular level 5 spell (of 71) and the #1 most picked level 5 Wizard spell (of 48).
Among level 5 spells, Wall of Force ranks just below Geas and just above Bigby's Hand in popularity.
- #269 (of 580) most popular 5e spell
- #10 (of 71) most popular level 5 spell
- #1 (of 48) most picked level 5 Wizard spell
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