Hindsight
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 9th-level divination
- Casting Time
- 10 minute
- Range
- 500 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (a tiny hourglass worth 500+ GP, which the spell consumes)
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 hour
- Classes
- Wizard
- Source
- Arcana Unleashed
You peer backward through the fabric of time. You see visions of events that occurred within range throughout the past 10 years, racing by at approximately 1 day per second. Throughout the spell's duration, you can freely slow down, pause, rewind, or fast-forward through these visions.
Hindsight 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Hindsight is a new spell for the 2024 edition.
Spells similar to Hindsight
Arcane Eye 4th-level divination
Both create a long-duration means of visually investigating a distant area while requiring concentration.
Scrying 5th-level divination
Both are high-value divinations that let a wizard observe information remotely over an extended period.
Legend Lore 5th-level divination
Like Hindsight, it is a powerful wizard divination meant to reveal significant information about past events or subjects.
Divination 4th-level divination
This spell also uses divination to uncover important knowledge, making it a comparable information-gathering choice.
Speak with Dead 3rd-level necromancy
It provides access to historical information that would otherwise be unavailable, albeit by questioning a corpse instead of viewing visions.
Clairvoyance 3rd-level divination
It similarly provides sustained remote observation through a divination effect, though it views the present rather than the past.