These circles are invaluable for arcane academies and conjuration apprentices, where precision summoning must be balanced with survival.
Abjuration Circle
Wondrous Item, rare (requires placement on a solid surface)
Often installed in stone floors or etched into the practice chambers of arcane colleges, an Abjuration Circle is a stationary magical device designed for safe summoning. Used primarily by apprentices studying conjuration magic, it provides a protective means of containing extra planar creatures without endangering the summoner.
This item is fixed in place once installed, and cannot be moved without disrupting its enchantment.
Anchored Magic
The Abjuration Circle has 3 charges. While within 10 feet of the circle, a creature can use a Magic action to expend 1 charge, causing the circle to cast magic circle centered on itself. The effect:
- Always summons the inverted form of the spell, designed to trap creatures inside the circle.
- Requires no material components and does not consume a spell slot.
- Affects only one type of creature chosen at the time of activation (as normal with magic circle).
- Lasts for 1 hour, unless disrupted or dispelled.
A creature trapped within the circle may attempt to escape by making a DC 17 Charisma saving throw at the end of each of its turns. On a success, it slips free of the containment effect.
Recharge
The Abjuration Circle regains all expended charges daily at dawn.
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