Find the Path

A
Utility

Find the Path is a Utility spell. Utility spells solve problems outside of combat or provide unique situational advantages.

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 spell that reveals the direct route to a familiar destination, showing distance, direction, and
travel guidance

Find the Path is a Information spell. Information spells provide ways to transmit, perceive, detect, or reveal hidden or unknown information.

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 along the way.

2024 Rules
Level & School
6th-level divination
Casting Time
1 minute
Range
Self
Components
V, S, M (a set of divination tools-such as cards or runes-worth 100+ GP)
Duration
Concentration, up to 1 day
Classes
Bard, Cleric, Druid

You magically sense the most direct physical route to a location you name. You must be familiar with the location, and the spell fails if you name a destination on another plane of existence, a moving destination (such as a mobile fortress), or an unspecific destination (such as “a green dragon's lair”).

For the duration, as long as you are on the same plane of existence as the destination, you know how far it is and in what direction it lies. Whenever you face a choice of paths along the way there, you know which path is the most direct.

2014 Rules
Level & School
6th-level divination
Casting Time
1 minute
Range
Self
Components
V, S, M (a set of divinatory tools- such as bones, ivory sticks, cards, teeth, or carved runes-worth 100 gp and an object from the location you wish to find)
Duration
Concentration, 1 day
Classes
Bard, Cleric, Druid

This spell allows you to find the shortest, most direct physical route to a specific fixed location that you are familiar with on the same plane of existence. If you name a destination on another plane of existence, a destination that moves (such as a mobile fortress), or a destination that isn't specific (such as "a green dragon's lair"), the spell fails.

For the duration, as long as you are on the same plane of existence as the destination, you know how far it is and in what direction it lies. While you are traveling there, whenever you are presented with a choice of paths along the way, you automatically determine which path is the shortest and most direct route (but not necessarily the safest route) to the destination.

Find the Path 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

Effectively the same spell. The 2024 version is reworded but functions identically.

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