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  • Detect Magic
    created: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.775-04:00
    modified: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.775-04:00
    published: 2026-03-09T12:15:33.775-04:00
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  • ttrpg-cli/compendium/src/5e/xphb
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/artificer
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/bard
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/cleric
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/druid
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/paladin
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/class/ranger
  • 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/artificer-initiate
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/boon-of-siberys/sorcerer-spell
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/drow-high-magic
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/fey-touched
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/magic-initiate/wizard-spells
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  • ttrpg-cli/spell/feat/ritual-caster
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/level/1st-level
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/optfeature/mystical-vision
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/optfeature/pact-of-the-tome
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  • ttrpg-cli/spell/race/firbolg
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/ritual
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  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/arcane-trickster
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/college-of-lore
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  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/drake-blooded
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/eldritch-knight
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/house-of-bishops
  • ttrpg-cli/spell/subclass/oath-of-the-watchers
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    classes:
  • Artificer
  • Bard
  • Bard (College of Lore)
  • Cleric
  • Druid
  • Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
  • Paladin
  • Paladin (Oath of the Watchers)
  • Ranger
  • Rogue (Arcane Trickster)
  • Sorcerer
  • Sorcerer (Divine Soul, Good)
  • Warden (Drake-Blooded)
  • Warlock
  • Warmage (House of Bishops)
  • Wizard
  • Wizard (Diviner)

Detect Magic

1st-level, Divination (ritual)

  • Casting time: 1 Action unless cast as a ritual
  • Range: Self (30-foot Sphere)
  • Components: V, S
  • Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

For the duration, you sense the presence of magical effects within 30 feet of yourself. If you sense such effects, you can take the Magic action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears the magic, and if an effect was created by a spell, you learn the spell’s “school of magic”.

The spell is blocked by 1 foot of stone, dirt, or wood; 1 inch of metal; or a thin sheet of lead.

Classes: Artificer; Bard (College of Lore); Bard; Cleric; Druid; Fighter (Eldritch Knight); Paladin (Oath of the Watchers); Paladin; Ranger; Rogue (Arcane Trickster); Sorcerer (Divine Soul, Good); Sorcerer; Warden (Drake-Blooded); Warlock; Warmage (House of Bishops); Wizard (Diviner); Wizard

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 262. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)