Player's Handbook

Tongues

A 3rd-level wizard spell.

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At a glance

Level3
SchoolAlteration
Range0
ComponentsV / M
Duration1 rd./level
Casting time3
Area of effect30-ft. radius
Saving throwNone
ReversibleYes
SourcePHB p. 197

Description

This spell enables the wizard to speak and understand additional languages, whether they are racial tongues or regional dialects. This does not enable the caster to speak with animals. The spell enables the caster to be understood by all creatures of that type within hearing distance, usually 60 feet. This spell does not predispose the subject toward the caster in any way. The wizard can speak one additional tongue for every three of experience. The of the spell cancels the effect of the tongues spell or confuses verbal communication of any sort within the . The is a small clay model of a ziggurat, which shatters when the spell is pronounced.