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Passwall 5e spell

5th-level transmutation · 2024 version below

Casting time
1 action
Range
30 feet
Components
V, S, M (A pinch of sesame seeds)
Duration
1 hour
School
Transmutation
Level
5

A passage appears at a point of your choice that you can see on a wooden, plaster, or stone surface (such as a wall, a ceiling, or a floor) within range, and lasts for the duration. You choose the opening's dimensions: up to 5 feet wide, 8 feet tall, and 20 feet deep. The passage creates no instability in a structure surrounding it.

When the opening disappears, any creatures or objects still in the passage created by the spell are safely ejected to an unoccupied space nearest to the surface on which you cast the spell.

Classes that can cast Passwall

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Wizard spells9th character levelIntelligence

Passwall in the 2024 rules

The 2024 Player’s Handbook revised many spells, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new text. What changed from the 2014 version above:

Same level, casting time, range, components, duration and dice; the text is reworded for the 2024 rules glossary.

Casting time
Action
Range
30 feet
Components
V, S, M (a pinch of sesame seeds)
Duration
1 hour
School
Transmutation
Level
5
Classes
Wizard

A passage appears at a point that you can see on a wooden, plaster, or stone surface (such as a wall, ceiling, or floor) within range and lasts for the duration. You choose the opening's dimensions: up to 5 feet wide, 8 feet tall, and 20 feet deep. The passage creates no instability in a structure surrounding it.

When the opening disappears, any creatures or objects still in the passage created by the spell are safely ejected to an unoccupied space nearest to the surface on which you cast the spell.

2024 version from the SRD 5.2. Most tables settle on one edition, so check which one yours uses.

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