Telepathy

A
Utility

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

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 spell that shares
vital information

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

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 through a telepathic bond with a trusted ally across any distance on the same plane.

2024 Rules
Level & School
8th-level divination
Casting Time
Action
Range
Unlimited
Components
V, S, M (a pair of linked silver rings)
Duration
24 hours
Classes
Wizard

You create a telepathic link between yourself and a willing creature with which you are familiar. The creature can be anywhere on the same plan of existence as you. The spell ends if you or the target are no longer on the same plane.

Until the spell ends, you and the target can instantly share words, images, sounds, and other sensory messages with each other through the link, and the target recognizes you as the creature it is communicating with. The spell enables a creature to understand the meaning of your words and any sensory messages you send it.

2014 Rules
Level & School
8th-level evocation
Casting Time
Action
Range
Unlimited
Components
V, S, M (a pair of linked silver rings)
Duration
24 hours
Classes
Wizard

You create a telepathic link between yourself and a willing creature with which you are familiar. The creature can be anywhere on the same plane of existence as you. The spell ends if you or the target are no longer on the same plane.

Until the spell ends, you and the target can instantaneously share words, images, sounds, and other sensory messages with one another through the link, and the target recognizes you as the creature it is communicating with. The spell enables a creature with an Intelligence score of at least 1 to understand the meaning of your words and take in the scope of any sensory messages you send to it.

Telepathy 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences

The only real change is that the 2024 version no longer limits comprehension to creatures with Intelligence 1 or higher. Now any affected creature can understand your words and the sensory messages you send, instead of needing at least Int 1.

Spells similar to Telepathy

  • Rary's Telepathic Bond 5th-level divination

    It creates a sustained mental link among creatures for long-duration shared communication and is on the same spell list as the target.

  • Sending 3rd-level divination

    This spell also transmits a message across any distance, focusing on reliable remote communication between casters and recipients.

  • Dream 5th-level illusion

    Dream lets a caster send complex sensory and social messages to a target over long periods, making it a narrative-focused communication option.

  • Clairvoyance 3rd-level divination

    Clairvoyance provides remote sensing and information-gathering at long range, offering a different but related way to learn and perceive from afar.

  • Arcane Eye 4th-level divination

    Arcane Eye creates a persistent, long-range divination sensory link that the caster uses to observe remote locations for extended durations.