Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: V, M
Duration: 1 hour
This spell grants the creature you touch the ability to understand any spoken language it hears. Moreover, when the target speaks, any creature that knows at least one language and can hear the target understands what it says.
Material Component:
a small clay model of a ziggurat
Verbal Component:
Medeis Intelligo Lingula
Verbal Component (Alternative):
Words misunderstood, I can't contemplate, by this spell, these words translate.
Classes: Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard, Rogue
Tags: Communication, Social
Source: Player's Handbook [5th Edition] (page 283)
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Other Planes and Effects
Below is information about this spell as it relates to other planes and area of effects (i.e. underwater). Some of the information is pulled official D&D sources (such as books and the twitter feeds of D&D officials), but other information is derived from forums and online discussions. As always, it is up to the DM to decide how they wish to handle spell effects.
Underwater - Verbal Component
Official rules have been verified by Jeremy Crawford - "No rule prohibits verbal components from working underwater. Keep in mind that if you're talking, you're not holding your breath." Hence, while submerged underwater and holding its breath, a creature can cast a spell that requires a verbal component. After casting the spell, if the creature can't breathe underwater, it immediately runs out of breath. The creature can survive for a number of rounds equal to its Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 round).
