An immobile, invisible, cube-shaped prison composed of magical force springs into existence around an area you choose within range. The prison can be a cage or a solid box, as you choose.
A prison in the shape of a cage can be up to 20 feet on a side and is made from 1/2-inch diameter bars spaced 1/2 inch apart.
A prison in the shape of a box can be up to 10 feet on a side, creating a solid barrier that prevents any matter from passing through it and blocking any spells cast into or out from the area.
When you cast the spell, any creature that is completely inside the cage's area is trapped. Creatures only partially within the area, or those too large to fit inside the area, are pushed away from the center of the area until they are completely outside the area.
A creature inside the cage can't leave it by nonmagical means. If the creature tries to use teleportation or interplanar travel to leave the cage, it must first make a Charisma saving throw. On a success, the creature can use that magic to exit the cage. On a failure, the creature can't exit the cage and wastes the use of the spell or effect. The cage also extends into the Ethereal Plane, blocking ethereal travel.
This spell can't be dispelled by dispel magic.
* - (ruby dust worth 1,500 gp)
What happens when you cast Forcecage on a creature that is flying?
*Noise of surprise* Your are an evil warlock...I like you way of thinking
*Evil laugh (Monty phyton style)*
This + the forbiddance spell is basically death to the players
When this spell is casted as a cage shape and trap a creature, can Dimension Door... or even Vortex Warp casted by a wizard outside simply bypass the entire fifth paragraph of this spell? Technically it only mentions what happens when the creature 'inside' tries to 'use' the magic, not the one outside. If creature 'willing' or 'choose to fail the save' still constitutes as 'use', then what if the trapped creature is unconscious or even dead?
Just to be sure: the second to last paragraph only applies when you cast Forcecage in a cage shape, considering it specifically mentions "A creature inside the cage can't leave..."?
Does that mean you CAN teleport out of the box? Only the cage is mentioned to extend into the Ethereal Plane while the box only prevents spells cast into or out from the area. But Misty Step has a range of self. Or does that fall under the "prevents all matter from passing through it"?
So what would happen if I were to create small cage that barely fits the target (assuming they aren't too big for the cage to fit around them) then cast Polymorph on them and turn them into a Brontosaurus?
I absolutely despise this spell. One of the few things my poor barbarian couldn't break.
Just to be clear...you think a 7th level spell should be undone by a 4th level spell? I think the point is it is a cage designed for fighting magical creatures and/or magic users. Furthermore, if u would like a more scientific explanation for why that wouldn't work, I would argue forcecage functions as a magical faraday cage, thus explaining why you can't cast spells through it. Teleportation and dimension door require you to create a magical effect on the other side of the faraday cage, which it cannot do, ergo fails. The charisma throw then is the creature heightening their magical broadcasting to break through
And then the 3 actually useful classes mop the floor with the encounter because they no longer need to make the martials feel valuable. :/ The sad truth of dnd balance,
Yeah, I feel at least it should be immune to disintegrate, the fact soo many people say it should work fine is annoying, a 6th level shouldn't be able to destroy a seventh level spell without even a roll. I will 100% be home ruling that It does not. at least not without a roll.
is the ruby dust consumed?
Generally the spells will say that is consumes the material component when the spell is used much like Revivify. You simply need the ruby dust to caste the spell, and it doesn't consume it.
I’d say that it’s good as a seven lvl being as Forcecage doesn’t require concentration while wall of force does
I recently took this spell for my warlock: If I cast this and gate seal, what are the possible ways of leaving the cage?
Well, that's certainly an opinion.
I have to think that the word "cage" in fourth and fifth paragraphs is intended to mean either form of the prison. It just wouldn't make sense for those paragraphs to apply to the cage form only. But they should have said "prison" rather than "cage."
Would this spell trap a Blink Dog?
This+instant fortress= car crusher
This+sickening radiance= microwave
This+delayed blast fireball+hold creature= oven roaster
Forcecage+Iron Golem+Delayed Blast Fireball=Meat Grinder
Forcecage+Polymorph+Instant Fortress
Nothing is safe