Level
5th
Casting Time
1 Minute
Ritual
Range/Area
Self
Components
V, S, M *
Duration
1 Minute
School
Divination
Attack/Save
None
Damage/Effect
Foreknowledge
You contact a deity or a divine proxy and ask up to three questions that can be answered with yes or no. You must ask your questions before the spell ends. You receive a correct answer for each question.
Divine beings aren’t necessarily omniscient, so you might receive “unclear” as an answer if a question pertains to information that lies beyond the deity’s knowledge. In a case where a one-word answer could be misleading or contrary to the deity’s interests, the DM might offer a short phrase as an answer instead.
If you cast the spell more than once before finishing a Long Rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get no answer.
* - (incense)
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Posted Mar 24, 2025Clerics are always asking their deities for guidance and answers. How about asking them "did you have a nice day?" instead? Ever hear of manners?
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Posted Mar 25, 2025If you've only got two questions you want to ask, it's not a bad opener.
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Posted Aug 14, 2025Note this doesn't have to be your chosen deity as a cleric or paladin. Feel free to ask any deity of your choice whatever questions you want whenever you want. Call up Asmodeus on a Tuesday morning just to annoy him because you're annoyed, he might even be amused (enough not to send devils to ruin your life immediately afterward).
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Posted Aug 23, 2025Sure, but it’s a deity or divine proxy. So after the first time you do this, you’ll be redirected to the Answering Service of the Nine Hells. (The hold music is Bohemian Rhapsody, but all the words are “Asmodeus”)
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Posted Aug 25, 2025I think "Rock Me Amadeus" with slightly modified lyrics would also be appropriate.