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.
Comprehend Languages appears in System Reference Document 5.1. Text from the SRD 5.1 by Wizards of the Coast, CC BY 4.0.
Utility 1st · Divination
Comprehend Languages
Cast
1 action
Range
Self
Duration
1 hour
Save
None
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.
As a ritual. Cast without a spell slot by adding 10 minutes to the casting time.
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Utility 1st · Divination
Comprehend Languages
Cast
1 action
Range
Self
Duration
1 hour
Save
None
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.
As a ritual. Cast without a spell slot by adding 10 minutes to the casting time.
# Comprehend Languages
*1st-level Divination (ritual)*
- **Casting time:** 1 act
- **Range:** Self
- **Components:** V, S, M (A pinch of soot and salt.)
- **Duration:** 1 hr
- **Role:** Utility
- **Source:** System Reference Document 5.1
## Card summary
**Target.** Self
**Effect.** Understand heard speech and seen writing; must touch the written surface
**Extras.** About 1 minute per page. Does not decode secret messages or glyphs outside written language
## Description
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.
