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Ancestral Bond in Dungeons & Dragons 5e
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Ancestral Bond
5-level Divination
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range/Area: Touch
Components: Verbal, Somatic, Material
Materials: the bone of a humanoid, which the spell may consume
Duration: Instantaneous
Attack/Save: WIS save
You touch the corpse of a humanoid, and visions of its descendants come to you, as ephemeral spirits scour the world. You learn how many living relatives the humanoid left behind, and if they have any living descendants.
In addition, you can select one of the descendants whose existence you can feel through the spell. By destroying the corpse to amplify the power of the magic, you can attempt to determine their location. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, you learn their exact location, no matter where they are. No matter the result of the saving throw, the creature is unaware of you attempting to divine their location.
In addition, you can select one of the descendants whose existence you can feel through the spell. By destroying the corpse to amplify the power of the magic, you can attempt to determine their location. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, you learn their exact location, no matter where they are. No matter the result of the saving throw, the creature is unaware of you attempting to divine their location.
Available for: Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
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