Tongues (One)

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Tongues[SRD5 OGL][1] [2] (Spell)
Level: 3rd-level
Class List: Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
School: Divination
Casting Time: 1 action
Range:  Touch
Components: V, M (a small clay model of a ziggurat)
Duration: 1 hour
Scales: False

This spell grants the creature[3] you touch the ability to understand any spoken language it hears. Moreover, when the target speaks, any creature that knows at least one language and can hear the target understands what it says.


Sources and Notes[edit]

  1. Wizards RPG Team (6 May 2015). SRD-OGL v5.1. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL.
  2. class tags — WotC RPG Team (5 October 2023). UA 2023 Bastions and Cantrips. (Dungeons and Dragons One D&D) Wizards of the Coast.
  3. Rule Tip: You're a Creature: A creature is anything that belongs to one of the creature types listed in the introduction of the Monster Manual (5e). Player characters — including your character — are all creatures, and most of them are humanoids, one of the game’s types. — UA 2020 Subclasses Part 3
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Facts about "Tongues (One)"
Author"Varied" +
Canontrue +
Cast Time1 action +
ComponentV + and M +
Level3 +
NameTongues +
OneDnD Playtesttrue +
Publication"Varied" +
RangeTouch +
SchoolDivination +
SortTextTongues (One) One +
Spell ListBard +, Cleric +, Sorcerer +, Warlock + and Wizard +
Unearthed Arcanatrue +