Guidance

Guidance is a cantrip (Divination). This cantrip allows spellcasters to grant a temporary bonus to a creature's Ability Checks.

Description

The target gains +1d4 bonus to Ability checks.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Details

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Concentration

Technical details

UID

Target_Guidance

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsConcentration, IsMelee, IsSpell

Condition: Guidance

 Guidance

Duration: 10 turns

• Gains a +1d4 bonus to Ability checks.

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 1: Cleric, and Druid
• Class level 2: Circle of Stars
• Class level 3: Warlock (via Pact of the Tome), and Arcane Archer

Granted by features:

•  Magic Initiate: Cleric
•  Magic Initiate: Druid

Granted by items:

• Silver Pendant

Other ways to learn:

• There are no scrolls available for wizards to scribe to their spellbooks.

Notes

• This is a staple cantrip, and can be used as often as needed to buff the recipient's odds of success with most any skill.
  • Those who cannot cast this cantrip natively (e.g. Rogues) may consider using the Silver Pendant to do so.
• The incantation for Guidance is Maior et Fortior, Latin for "bigger and stronger".

External links

• Guidance on the Forgotten Realms Wiki