1st Level Conjuration (Ritual)
1 ActionCasting Time
1 action
Range
30 feet
Components
V, S, M (A drop of mercury.)
Duration
1 hour
Draconic
“Vokrathix”
Elvish
“Tulta”
The caster kneels and places a drop of mercury on a flat surface — a stone, a table, or even bare earth. They then begin tracing a perfect circle around the mercury with a thin wand or finger, chanting a rhythmic incantation of levitation and binding. The mercury trembles, then rises into the air, flattening and expanding like a silver mirror. Over the course of the ritual, the caster layers geometric patterns — concentric circles, intersecting lines, arcane formulae — onto the forming disk with precise hand movements. The disk solidifies from the center outward, becoming a translucent, faintly glowing platform that hovers at waist height. The final gestures bind the disk to the caster's will, so it follows faithfully like a loyal hound. Some casters inscribe their personal sigil on the disk's surface; others let it remain a smooth, featureless circle of force.
This spell creates a circular, horizontal plane of force, 3 feet in diameter and 1 inch thick, that floats 3 feet above the ground in an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within range. The disk remains for the duration, and can hold up to 500 pounds. If more weight is placed on it, the spell ends, and everything on the disk falls to the ground. The disk is immobile while you are within 20 feet of it. If you move more than 20 feet away from it, the disk follows you so that it remains within 20 feet of you. If can move across uneven terrain, up or down stairs, slopes and the like, but it can't cross an elevation change of 10 feet or more. For example, the disk can't move across a 10-foot-deep pit, nor could it leave such a pit if it was created at the bottom. If you move more than 100 feet away from the disk (typically because it can't move around an obstacle to follow you), the spell ends.