Sending 5e spell

3rd-level evocation · 2024 version below

Casting time: 1 action
Range: Unlimited
Components: V, S, M (A short piece of fine copper wire)
Duration: 1 round
School: Evocation
Level: 3

You send a short message of twenty-five words or less to a creature with which you are familiar. The creature hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables creatures with Intelligence scores of at least 1 to understand the meaning of your message.

You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn't arrive.

Classes that can cast Sending

Class	First available	Spellcasting ability
Bard spells	5th character level	Charisma
Cleric spells	5th character level	Wisdom
Wizard spells	5th character level	Intelligence

Sending in the 2024 rules

The 2024 Player’s Handbook revised many spells, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new text. What changed from the 2014 version above:

Its school changed from Evocation to Divination.
Duration: 1 round → Instantaneous.

Casting time: Action
Range: Unlimited
Components: V, S, M (a copper wire)
Duration: Instantaneous
School: Divination
Level: 3
Classes: Bard, Cleric, Wizard

You send a short message of 25 words or fewer to a creature you have met or a creature described to you by someone who has met it. The target hears the message in its mind, recognizes you as the sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message.

You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance that the message doesn't arrive. You know if the delivery fails.

Upon receiving your message, a creature can block your ability to reach it again with this spell for 8 hours. If you try to send another message during that time, you learn that you are blocked, and the spell fails.

2024 version from the SRD 5.2. Most tables settle on one edition, so check which one yours uses.

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