✨ Detect Evil and Good
Spells
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Description

For the duration, you know if there is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead within 30 feet of you, as well as where the creature is located. Similarly, you know if there is a place or object within 30 feet of you that has been magically consecrated or desecrated.

The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.

Properties

Casting_time
1 action
Classes
  • Cleric
  • Paladin
Components
  • V
  • S
Concentration
Yes
Duration
Up to 10 minutes
Level
1
Range
Self
Ritual
No
School
Divination
Subclasses
Lore
Updated_at
2026-04-01T20:35:39.217Z
Raw JSON data
{
  "area_of_effect": {
    "size": 30,
    "type": "sphere"
  },
  "casting_time": "1 action",
  "classes": [
    {
      "index": "cleric",
      "name": "Cleric",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/cleric"
    },
    {
      "index": "paladin",
      "name": "Paladin",
      "url": "/api/2014/classes/paladin"
    }
  ],
  "components": [
    "V",
    "S"
  ],
  "concentration": true,
  "desc": [
    "For the duration, you know if there is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead within 30 feet of you, as well as where the creature is located. Similarly, you know if there is a place or object within 30 feet of you that has been magically consecrated or desecrated.",
    "The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt."
  ],
  "duration": "Up to 10 minutes",
  "higher_level": [],
  "index": "detect-evil-and-good",
  "level": 1,
  "name": "Detect Evil and Good",
  "range": "Self",
  "ritual": false,
  "school": {
    "index": "divination",
    "name": "Divination",
    "url": "/api/2014/magic-schools/divination"
  },
  "subclasses": [
    {
      "index": "lore",
      "name": "Lore",
      "url": "/api/2014/subclasses/lore"
    }
  ],
  "updated_at": "2026-04-01T20:35:39.217Z",
  "url": "/api/2014/spells/detect-evil-and-good"
}