Rary's Telepathic Bond
2024 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level divination
- Casting Time
- Action or Ritual
- Range
- 30 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (two eggs)
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Classes
- Bard, Wizard
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2024)
You forge a telepathic link among up to eight willing creatures of your choice within range, psychically linking each creature to all the others for the duration. Creatures that can't communicate in any languages aren't affected by this spell.
Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they share a language. The communication is possible over any distance, though it can't extend to other planes of existence.
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 5th-level divination
- Casting Time
- Action or Ritual
- Range
- 30 feet
- Components
- V, S, M (pieces of eggshell from two different kinds of creatures)
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Classes
- Bard, Wizard
- Source
- Player's Handbook (2014)
You forge a telepathic link among up to eight willing creatures of your choice within range, psychically linking each creature to all the others for the duration. Creatures with Intelligence scores of 2 or less aren't affected by this spell.
Until the spell ends, the targets can communicate telepathically through the bond whether or not they have a common language. The communication is possible over any distance, though it can't extend to other planes of existence.
Rary's Telepathic Bond 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Rary's Telepathic Bond popularity
How popular is Rary's Telepathic Bond? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, and is chosen less than other options when available. This spell may fill a specific niche for a spellbook.
- Top 50% picked level 5 Wizard spell
- Bottom 50% of all level 5 spells
- Bottom 50% of all 5e spells
- Bottom 50% picked level 5 Bard spell
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As a bard-and-wizard divination centered on mental contact and information gathering, it overlaps thematically despite being primarily investigative rather than communicative.
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Message Transmutation cantrip
The spells share a focus on discreet magical communication, but Message has a much shorter range and lasts only briefly.
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Sending 3rd-level divination
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Players prefer Sending over Rary's Telepathic Bond
Tongues 3rd-level divination
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Players prefer Tongues over Rary's Telepathic Bond
Dream 5th-level illusion
Dream supports remote psychic conversation and is available to bards and wizards, though it targets an individual and requires a special sleep-based exchange.
Players prefer Rary's Telepathic Bond over Dream
Telepathy 8th-level divination
It is the closest match, providing long-distance mental communication for an extended duration, though at a higher level and for fewer listed casters.
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