abjuration, magical
- Casting Time: 10 minutes; Material, Somatic, and Verbal
- Range: touch
- Target: 1 container or a 10-foot cube
- Duration: indefinite (D); see text
While casting this spell, you also cast a spell of a Level 2 or lower to be stored in the glyph. The stored spell must take 3 actions or fewer to cast, have a hostile effect, and target one creature or have an area. You can set the glyph with a password, a trigger stimulus, or both. Any creature that opens the target container or enters the target area without speaking the password or matching the trigger stimulus activates the glyph, releasing the harmful spell within.
Once a spell is stored in the glyph, the glyph gains all the tags of that spell in addition to the abjuration tag. If the spell can target one or more creatures, it only targets the creature that set off the glyph. If the spell has an area, that area is centered on the creature that set off the glyph. Glyph of Warding’s duration ends when the glyph is triggered.
The glyph counts as a trap with the magical tag and uses your Spell DC for the Perception check to notice it. A Thievery check to disable it is 7 higher than your Spell DC. Glyph of Warding requires a creature to be proficient with either skill in order to succeed. You can dismiss Glyph of Warding with a Verbal Casting action. You can have a number of active Glyphs of Warding spells equal to your Proficiency Score. Only an Erase spell can attempt to dispel Glyph of Warding. If another source of dispelling attempts it, or the Erase spell fails, the glyph remains intact. Glyph of Warding is on all Spell Lists.
Heighten (+1): For each Spell Slot of the Heightened Spell Levels (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), increase the highest Spell Level of the second spell by 1.
Level 4 Spell Slot. You can store up to a Level 3 Spell.
Level 5 Spell Slot. You can store up to a Level 4 Spell.
Level 6 Spell Slot. You can store up to a Level 5 Spell.
Level 7 Spell Slot. You can store up to a Level 6 Spell.
Level 8 Spell Slot. You can store up to a Level 7 Spell.
Level 9 Spell Slot. You can store up to a Level 8 Spell.
Level 10 Spell Slot. You can store up to a Level 9 Spell.