Detect Thoughts

Level

Level 2 · Divination

Cost

Action + 2nd-level spell slot

Range

Self

Concentration

Yes

Ritual

Yes: can be cast without a spell slot outside combat

Components

Verbal, Somatic

Focus your mind to read the thoughts of certain creatures while talking to them.

Who can get it

From the game's class, subclass and race progression tables (the level is the class or character level it first becomes available at), feat choices, equipment boosts and scrolls.

Classes 2

• Bard · can pick, from level 3
• Sorcerer · can pick, from level 3

Subclasses 13

• Abjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• Bladesinging (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• Circle of the Spores (Druid) · always known, from level 3
• Conjuration (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• Divination (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• Enchantment (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• Evocation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• Illusion (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• Necromancy (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• The Great Old One (Warlock) · can pick, from level 3
• Transmutation (Wizard) · can pick, from level 3
• Arcane Trickster (Rogue) · can pick, from level 7
• Eldritch Knight (Fighter) · can pick, from level 8

Equipment 3

• Hammer of the Just · always known
• Mask of Soul Perception · always known
• Uncovered Mysteries · always known

Scrolls and items 1

• Scroll of Detect Thoughts · casts it, can copy into a spellbook