Comprehend Languages

Comprehend Languages is a 1st-level divination spell that bards, sorcerers, warlocks and wizards can learn.

SRD 5.1 (2014)

Comprehend Languages

Level
1
School
divination
Casting
an action
Range
self
Components
V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
Lasts
1 hour
Classes
Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.

This spell doesn’t decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane sigil, that isn’t part of a written language.

SRD 5.2.1 (2024)

Comprehend Languages

Level
1
School
divination
Casting
an action
Range
self
Components
V, S, M (a pinch of soot and salt)
Lasts
1 hour
Classes
Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any language that you hear or see signed. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text. This spell doesn’t decode symbols or secret messages.

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