Beast Sense

A
Utility

Beast Sense is a Utility spell. Utility spells solve problems outside of combat or provide unique situational advantages.

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 spell that lets you see through a willing beast's senses, gaining its special senses for sharper
insight

Beast Sense is a Information spell. Information spells provide ways to transmit, perceive, detect, or reveal hidden or unknown information.

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2024 Rules
Level & School
2nd-level divination
Casting Time
Action or Ritual
Range
Touch
Components
S
Duration
Concentration, 1 hour
Classes
Druid, Ranger
Source
Player's Handbook (2024)

You touch a willing Beast. For the duration, you can perceive through the Beast's senses as well as your own. When perceiving through the Beast's senses, you benefit from any special senses it has.

2014 Rules
Level & School
2nd-level divination
Casting Time
Action or Ritual
Range
Touch
Components
S
Duration
Concentration, 1 hour
Classes
Druid, Ranger
Source
Player's Handbook (2014)

You touch a willing beast. For the duration of the spell, you can use your action to see through the beast's eyes and hear what it hears, and continue to do so until you use your action to return to your normal senses. While perceiving through the beast's senses, you gain the benefits of any special senses possessed by that creature, though you are blinded and deafened to your own surroundings.

Beast Sense 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version no longer requires an action to switch into or out of the beast’s senses, and you don’t become blinded or deafened to your own surroundings while using it. Instead, you can perceive through the beast’s senses at the same time as your own.

How popular is Beast Sense in 5e?

Beast Sense is the #56 most popular level 2 spell (of 96) and the #10 most picked level 2 Druid spell (of 32).

Among level 2 spells, Beast Sense ranks just below Arcane Vigor and just above Arcane Lock in popularity.

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