Warp Sense
2014 Rules
- Level & School
- 2nd-level divination
- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S, M (a razorvine leaf)
- Duration
- Concentration, 1 minute
- Classes
- Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
- Source
- Sigil and the Outlands
For the duration, you sense the presence of portals, even inactive ones, within 30 feet of yourself.
If you detect a portal in this way, you can use your action to study it. Make a DC 15 ability check using your spellcasting ability. On a successful check, you learn the destination plane of the portal and what portal key it requires, then the spell ends. On a failed check, you learn nothing and can't study that portal again using this spell until you cast it again.
The spell can penetrate most barriers but is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
Warp Sense 5.5e 2024 vs. 5e 2014 edition differences
Warp Sense is currently only available in the 2014 edition.
Warp Sense popularity
How popular is Warp Sense? It is a seldom seen spell in the game, and it is almost never chosen when available. This spell is one that few spellcasters would ever acquire.
- Bottom 25% of all 5e spells
- Bottom 10% picked level 2 Warlock spell
- Bottom 10% picked level 2 Wizard spell
- Bottom 10% of all level 2 spells
- Bottom 10% picked level 2 Sorcerer spell
Read about how this popularity data is calculated.
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Arcane Eye 4th-level divination
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Players prefer Arcane Eye over Warp Sense
Detect Thoughts 2nd-level divination
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Players prefer Detect Thoughts over Warp Sense
Detect Magic 1st-level divination
Like Warp Sense, it detects magical phenomena within a 30-foot radius through limited barriers and requires concentration.
Players prefer Detect Magic over Warp Sense
See Invisibility 2nd-level divination
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Players prefer See Invisibility over Warp Sense
Locate Object 2nd-level divination
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Players prefer Locate Object over Warp Sense
Clairvoyance 3rd-level divination
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Players prefer Clairvoyance over Warp Sense