Questions tagged [divination]
For questions related to game mechanics that involve divining the future, scrying, or other forms of magical or divine information gathering.
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DnD 5e Scrying a target within the area of Nondetection
Nondetection can target "a willing creature or a place or an object no larger than 10 feet in any dimension"
Reading this to mean you can cast the spell on a 10 foot square space, what would ...
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Does a divination wizard using Portent get to bank the d20 they swap out?
Scenario: The wizard rolls a 17 and a 19 after their rest.
During combat, an ally rolls a natural 1, and the wizard swaps that for their 19. Does the wizard now get the natural 1 stored away for ...
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Does the pre-determined roll from Prescience get substituted before or after rolling
The Foresight School of the Divination arcane school for wizards has a replacement power that reads as follows (emphasis mine):
Prescience (Su): At the beginning of your turn, you may, as a free ...
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How to handle a warlock with Aspect of the Moon and Visions of Distant Realms?
I play a warlock in a campaign who has Aspect of the Moon and who is soon to take Visions of Distant Realms.
Aspect of the Moon.
You no longer need to sleep and can't be forced to sleep by any means....
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Please help assess the homebrew spell: Disrupt Causation
Please help me evaluate the following, proposed homebrew spell that I'm developing. I'd welcome input on the spell effects, the unintended consequences, the play balance issues, whether it's the ...
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Can the Talking Doll be used as a Divination solution?
While this stuffed doll is within 5 feet of you, you can spend a short
rest telling it to say up to six phrases, none of which can be more
than six words long, and set a condition under which the
doll ...
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Can you detect magic through an antimagic field?
It is clear to me that you cannot use detect magic while in an antimagic field, cannot detect a magic item that is in the field from the outside, (as both the item's magic is suppressed, and detect ...
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What do Detect Magic and Identify reveal about the target of a "basic" Wish? [duplicate]
Suppose I cast wish, duplicating the effect of sympathy, targeting a rock. If someone later casts detect magic, what school of magic would they detect on the rock (e.g. Conjuration or Enchantment)? If ...
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What happens when you target a dead creature with Scrying?
In 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, the spell Scrying is described, in part, as follows:
You can see and hear a particular creature you choose that is on the same plane of existence as you. The ...
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Locate Object used on a Wildshaped Druid
If the spell "Locate Object" is used on an distinctive item of clothing a druid is wearing, but the druid is currently wildshaped, what is the effect of the spell?
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Is the subject of a commune spell question the target of a divination spell?
In a previous question, I asked how the drow clergy of the Fane would be able to gather information on a cautious party that had infiltrated the city of Erelhei-Cinlu.
One of the answers suggested ...
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Twin the Divination Spell
Are you as a divine soul sorcerer able to Twinned Spell Divination, and get into contact with multiple gods, and ask twice the amount of questions?
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Are there any spells or items that allow viewing or visiting a past event?
Related: What Divination Spells, if-any, could allow you to learn sigils sequences....
This question is a proposed theory crafting extension of the previous question. Are there any spells, items or ...
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What can be done to make a transmutation seem real even to magical senses?
The core problem
For characters living in a world where high level and possibly epic casters (without the Epic Spellcasting feat) exist, passing for the creature they're polymorphed into is hard.
A ...
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Does casting detect magic reveal the school of a spell stored in a Glyph of Warding?
In D&D 5e, If one casts detect magic on a glyph of warding with a spell stored in it, does it only reveal Abjuration school, or do you get an undercurrent or hint at the school of the stored spell ...