Sending
- Level & School
- 3rd-level divination
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Unlimited
- Components
- V, S, M (a copper wire)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Classes
- Bard, Cleric, Wizard
You send a short message of 25 words or fewer to a creature you have met or a creature described to you by someone who has met it. The target hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message.
You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn't arrive. You know if the delivery fails.
Upon receiving your message, a creature can block your ability to reach it again with this spell for 8 hours. If you try to send another message during that time, you learn that you are blocked, and the spell fails.
- Level & School
- 3rd-level evocation
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Unlimited
- Components
- V, S, M (a short piece of fine copper wire)
- Duration
- 1 round
- Classes
- Bard, Cleric, Wizard
You send a short message of twenty-five words or less to a creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 to understand the meaning of your message.
You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn't arrive.
Sending 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
The 2024 version changes the school to divination, updates the duration to "Instantaneous," clarifies the target must be met or described, and adds that you know if delivery fails. It introduces an 8-hour blocking effect preventing repeated messaging, which was not present in 2014.