Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere spell icon: a shimmering, unbreakable sphere
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Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere (Resilient Sphere) 5e spell

4th-level evocation (concentration) · called Resilient Sphere in the SRD 5.1 · 2024 version below

Casting time
1 action
Range
30 feet
Components
V, S, M (A hemispherical piece of clear crystal and a matching hemispherical piece of gum arabic)
Duration
Concentration, Up to 1 minute
School
Evocation
Level
4
Saving throw
Dexterity

A sphere of shimmering force encloses a creature or object of Large size or smaller within range. An unwilling creature must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is enclosed for the duration.

Nothing—not physical objects, energy, or other spell effects—can pass through the barrier, in or out, though a creature in the sphere can breathe there. The sphere is immune to all damage, and a creature or object inside can't be damaged by attacks or effects originating from outside, nor can a creature inside the sphere damage anything outside it.

The sphere is weightless and just large enough to contain the creature or object inside. An enclosed creature can use its action to push against the sphere's walls and thus roll the sphere at up to half the creature's speed. Similarly, the globe can be picked up and moved by other creatures.

A disintegrate spell targeting the globe destroys it without harming anything inside it.

Classes that can cast Resilient Sphere

ClassFirst availableSpellcasting ability
Wizard spells7th character levelIntelligence

Resilient Sphere 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:

Casting time
Action
Range
30 feet
Components
V, S, M (a glass sphere)
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute
School
Abjuration
Level
4
Classes
Wizard
Tags
concentration

A shimmering sphere encloses a Large or smaller creature or object within range. An unwilling creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be enclosed for the duration.

Nothing—not physical objects, energy, or other spell effects—can pass through the barrier, in or out, though a creature in the sphere can breathe there. The sphere is immune to all damage, and a creature or object inside can't be damaged by attacks or effects originating from outside, nor can a creature inside the sphere damage anything outside it.

The sphere is weightless and just large enough to contain the creature or object inside. An enclosed creature can take an action to push against the sphere's walls and thus roll the sphere at up to half the creature's Speed. Similarly, the globe can be picked up and moved by other creatures.

A Disintegrate spell targeting the globe destroys it without harming anything inside.

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

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