Alice the wizard casts globe of invulnerability at 9th level. Eve the enemy wizard casts antimagic field and walks to within 20 feet of Alice, causing the 10-foot spheres of the two spells to overlap.
What happens in the overlapping area? Which of the two spells, if any, is in effect in the overlapping area? Does anything different happen if Eve walks within 10 feet of Alice, bringing her inside the barrier of Alice's globe of invulnerability?
The relevant text from the two spells is:
Globe of invulnerability:
the area within the barrier is excluded from the areas affected by such spells
(Note: because the globe of invulnerability spell was cast at 9th level, in this case "such spells" refers to any spell of 8th level or lower cast from outside the barrier.)
Antimagic field:
The area of another spell or magical effect, such as fireball, can't extend into the sphere. If the sphere overlaps an area of magic, the part of the area that is covered by the sphere is suppressed.
Best Answer
Antimagic Field will prevail
We can look at this from two points of view, both from the rules and from a purely RP perspective. Let's check the rules first.
The description of Antimagic Field states that
and that
However, the Globe of Invulnerability can be dispelled or suppressed, as it specifies that only what is inside it is protected, and not the globe itself. Therefore it stands to reason that when the two spells meet, Antimagic Field will suppress the Globe of Invulnerability itself, which will allow the field to affect creatures or objects within the globe.
If we look at it from a RP point of view, we can once again turn to Antimagic Field's description, which says of the area of the field:
We could then say that this area lacks the required property to sustain a spell, which would suppress the globe. This isn't a case of a spell being stronger than another, such as light spells vs darkness spells. This is an instance of a spell removing the necessary energy for another spell to sustain itself, thereby making it fail.