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Forbiddance is an abjuration spell that denies an area to creatures of another alignment.

EffectEdit

Forbiddance prevents creatures whose alignments are different from yours from entering the area. Additionally, the spell seals the area against all planar travel into it, including dimension door, teleport, plane shifting, astral travel, ethereal travel, and all summoning spells. At your option, the abjuration can be locked by a password, in which case it can be entered only by those speaking the proper words (no saving throw allowed to those who don't speak the password, although SR applies). Otherwise, the effect on those entering the warded area is based on their alignment relative to yours.

Alignments identical

No effect. The creature may enter freely (albeit not by planar travel).

Alignments different with respect to either law/chaos or good/evil

The creature is hedged out and takes 3d6 points of damage. A successful Will save negates both effects, and SR applies.

Alignments different with respect to both law/chaos and good/evil

The creature is hedged out and takes 6d6 points of damage. A successful Will save negates both effects, and SR applies.

Once a saving throw is failed, an intruder cannot enter the forbidden area (future saving throws likewise fail). Intruders who enter by rolling successful saving throws feel uneasy and tense, despite their success.

Dispel magic does not dispel the forbiddance effect unless the dispeller's level is at least as high as your caster level.

Material ComponentsEdit

A sprinkling of holy water and rare incenses worth at least 1,500 gp per 60-foot cube. If a password lock is desired, this requires the burning of additional rare incenses worth at least 5,000 gp per 60-foot cube.

ReferencesEdit

• Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (August 2000). Player's Handbook 3rd edition. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1551-4.

• Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition, p. 62-66. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.