Disguise Self
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 1st-level illusion
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Classes
- Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
You make yourself—including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other belongings on your person—look different until the spell ends. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear heavier or lighter. You must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs as you have. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you.
The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to your outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it would feel nothing.
To discern that you are disguised, a creature must take the Study action to inspect your appearance and succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 1st-level illusion
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Classes
- Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
You make yourself-including your clothing, armor, weapons, and other belongings on your person- look different until the spell ends or until you use your action to dismiss it. You can seem 1 foot shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion is up to you.
The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to your outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who touches it would feel nothing or would feel your head and hair. If you use this spell to appear thinner than you are, the hand of someone who reaches out to touch you would bump into you while it was seemingly still in midair.
To discern that you are disguised, a creature can use its action to inspect your appearance and must succeed on an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC.
Disguise Self 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Disguise Self popularity
How popular is Disguise Self? It is one of the most popular spells in the game, but is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may not be the most inspiring but may still be useful.
- Top 10% of all 5e spells
- Top 50% of all level 1 spells
- Top 50% picked level 1 Wizard spell
- Top 50% picked level 1 Sorcerer spell
- Top 50% picked level 1 Bard spell
Spells similar to Disguise Self
Invisibility 2nd-level illusion
It’s an illusion that modifies how others perceive you for up to an hour, making it a close tactical alternative for sneaking or avoiding social detection.
Players prefer Invisibility over Disguise Self
Alter Self 2nd-level transmutation
Both change your physical form for an hour and are used for roleplay, infiltration, or social tricks, though this one is a true bodily change rather than a pure illusion.
Players prefer Alter Self over Disguise Self
Minor Illusion Illusion cantrip
As a small, cheap illusion that can fake objects or sounds, it shares Disguise Self’s trick-oriented utility for deception and roleplaying.
Players prefer Minor Illusion over Disguise Self
Seeming 5th-level illusion
It directly alters how creatures appear to others to enable social manipulation and covers the same disguise concept but for many targets at once.
Players prefer Disguise Self over Seeming
Silent Image 1st-level illusion
This spell creates a convincing visual illusion and is often chosen for deceptive appearances and trickery in social or infiltration scenarios.
Players prefer Disguise Self over Silent Image