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Dead Man's Map in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

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Dead Man's Map

4-level Divination

Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range/Area: Touch
Components: Verbal, Somatic, Material
Materials: At least a 6 inch square of skin or hide from a creature that has died within the past hour, which the spell consumes
Duration: Instantaneous

You touch the skin or hide of a slain creature and cause a map to form on its surface. The map details the geographic location of the most valuable object or hoard of objects known to the creature. The map is accurate to the creature's knowledge to a distance within 30 feet of the treasure, but does not show elevation, traps, or any markings to indicate what creatures or spells may protect the treasure. If the location of the object or hoard is on a different plane of existence as you, the spell fails.

Available for: Bard, Warlock, Wizard

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