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- Comprehend Languages
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- ttrpg-cli/spell/class/bard
- ttrpg-cli/spell/class/sorcerer
- ttrpg-cli/spell/class/warlock
- ttrpg-cli/spell/class/wizard
- ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/aberrant-dragonmark
- ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/boon-of-siberys/sorcerer-spell
- ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/fey-touched
- ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/magic-initiate/wizard-spells
- ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/mark-of-scribing
- ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/ritual-caster
- ttrpg-cli/spell/level/1st-level
- ttrpg-cli/spell/optfeature/pact-of-the-tome
- ttrpg-cli/spell/ritual
- ttrpg-cli/spell/school/divination
- ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/arcane-trickster
- ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/college-of-lore
- ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/diviner
- ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/drake-blooded
- ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/eldritch-knight
- ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/house-of-bishops
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classes: - Bard
- Bard (College of Lore)
- Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
- Rogue (Arcane Trickster)
- Sorcerer
- Warden (Drake-Blooded)
- Warlock
- Warmage (House of Bishops)
- Wizard
- Wizard (Diviner)
Comprehend Languages
1st-level, Divination (ritual)
- Casting time: 1 Action unless cast as a ritual
- Range: Self
- Components: V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
- Duration: 1 hour
For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any language that you hear or see signed. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text. This spell doesn’t decode symbols or secret messages.
Classes: Bard (College of Lore); Bard; Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Sorcerer; Warden (Drake-Blooded); Warlock; Warmage (House of Bishops); Wizard (Diviner); Wizard
Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 252. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)