Foresight

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Support

Foresight is a Support spell. Support spells strengthen, protect, or buff allies.

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 spell that grants a creature glimpses of the immediate future, sharpening its rolls and making foes miss more often.

2024 Rules
Level & School
9th-level divination
Casting Time
1 minute
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (a hummingbird feather)
Duration
8 hours
Classes
Bard, Druid, Warlock, Wizard

You touch a willing creature and bestow a limited ability to see into the immediate future. For the duration, the target has Advantage on D20 Tests, and other creatures have Disadvantage on attack rolls against it. The spell ends early if you cast it again.

2014 Rules
Level & School
9th-level divination
Casting Time
1 minute
Range
Touch
Components
V, S, M (a hummingbird feather)
Duration
8 hours
Classes
Bard, Druid, Warlock, Wizard

You touch a willing creature and bestow a limited ability to see into the immediate future. For the duration, the target can't be surprised and has advantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. Additionally, other creatures have disadvantage on attack rolls against the target for the duration.

This spell immediately ends if you cast it again before its duration ends.

Foresight 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

It no longer explicitly says the target can’t be surprised. The benefit is now phrased as Advantage on D20 Tests instead of separately covering attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws, which is the same broad benefit in play.

Spells similar to Foresight

  • Holy Aura 8th-level abjuration

    A high-level, long-duration protective buff that both helps the recipient and interferes with enemy attacks in a similar defensive way.

  • Mind Blank 8th-level abjuration

    Provides a high-tier, long-duration defensive benefit aimed at keeping a creature safe from potent threats, matching Foresight's role as an elite protective option.

  • Aid 2nd-level abjuration

    Grants a long, nonconcentration benefit to allies that improves their survivability over hours, echoing Foresight's extended support role.

  • Bless 1st-level enchantment

    A low-level party buff that modifies d20 rolls to help allies succeed, making it a mechanical predecessor to the broader advantages Foresight grants.

  • Enhance Ability 2nd-level transmutation

    Gives advantage on specific kinds of d20 tests for an extended time, which is a narrower but conceptually similar way to improve a target's rolls.