Insight

Insight is a Wisdom-based Skill.

The higher a creature's Wisdom Score, the more likely they are to succeed on Insight Checks to detect lies and read people's body language.

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Read people and situations. Detect lies.

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— In-game skill description

Proficiency

Characters who are proficient in Insight can add their Proficiency Bonus when making  Ability Checks.

The following backgrounds grant proficiency in Insight:

•  Acolyte
•  Guild Artisan

The following classes can choose to select Insight as a proficient skill at Level 1:

•  Bard
•  Cleric
•  Druid
•  Fighter
•  Monk
•  Paladin
•  Ranger
•  Rogue
•  Sorcerer
•  Wizard

Uses

• Used in dialogue, predominantly as passive checks.

Ways to boost or penalize

Raising or lowering Wisdom will also boost/penalize the Wisdom modifier (and therefore Insight) by 1 every even number, up or down.

Equipment and items

Name	Bonus or Penalty	Notes
Cloth of Authority	+1
Elixir of Halfling Luck	Advantage	All ability checks
Elixir of Human Versatility	Proficiency	All skills
Faltering Will	Disadvantage	All Wisdom ability checks
Ring of Truthfulness	+1
Shapeshifter's Boon Ring	+1d4	All ability checks while shapeshifted/disguised
Spoiled Treacle Tart	Disadvantage	All Intelligence/Wisdom ability checks
Resonance Stone	Disadvantage	All mental ability checks

Actions and spells

Name	Bonus or Penalty	Notes
Ascendant Bite	-1 (target) +1 (user)	All ability checks
Astral Knowledge: Wisdom	Proficiency
Bardic Inspiration  Combat Inspiration	+1d6 +1d8 +1d10	Next ability check
Bend Luck: Ability Check Bonus	+1d4	All ability checks
Bestow Curse: Wisdom Disadvantage	Disadvantage	All Wisdom ability checks
Bolstering Magic: Boon	+1d4	All ability checks
Contagion: Blinding Sickness	Disadvantage	All Wisdom ability checks
Cosmic Omen: Ability Check	+1d6	All ability checks
Cutting Words	-1d6	All ability checks
Guidance	+1d4	All ability checks
Hex (Wisdom)	Disadvantage	All Wisdom ability checks
Improved Bardic Inspiration	+1d12	Next ability check
Knowledge of the Ages: Wisdom	Proficiency
Owl's Wisdom	Advantage	All Wisdom ability checks
Psychic Rend	Disadvantage	All Intelligence/Wisdom ability checks
Vampire Bite	-1 (target) +1 (user)	All ability checks

Other sources

Name	Bonus or Penalty	Notes
Aura of Possibility	+10	All ability checks
Bliss Spores	+1d6	All ability checks
Blood-draw Sickness	-1	All ability checks
Dark One's Own Luck	+1d10	All ability checks once per short rest
Forbidden Knowledge	+1	All Wisdom ability checks
Hands Off, Petal	Disadvantage	All Wisdom ability checks
Jack of All Trades	Proficiency bonus/2	All skills not proficient in
Whispers of Madness	Disadvantage	All Wisdom ability checks