Divination

  • Level & School
    4th-level divination
  • Casting Time
    Action or Ritual
  • Range
    Self
  • Components
    V, S, M (incense worth 25+ GP, which the spell consumes)
  • Duration
    Instantaneous
  • Classes
    Cleric, Druid, Wizard

This spell puts you in contact with a god or a god's servants. You ask one question about a specific goal, event, or activity to occur within 7 days. The DM offers a truthful reply, which might be a short phrase or cryptic rhyme. The spell doesn't account for circumstances that might change the answer, such as the casting of other spells.

If you cast the spell more than once before finishing a Long Rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get no answer.

Divination 5e 2024 vs. 2014 edition differences

The 2024 version allows casting as an action or ritual, includes druids and wizards, and clarifies the question scope. It states a 25% chance of no answer if cast multiple times before a long rest, whereas the 2014 version states a 25% chance of a random (potentially truthful or cryptic) answer.