Zone of Truth

2nd-level, Enchantment

• Casting time: 1 Action
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: 10 minutes

You create a magical zone that guards against deception in a 15-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell’s area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there makes a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can’t speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether a creature succeeds or fails on this save.

An affected creature is aware of the spell and can avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive yet must be truthful.

Classes: Bard (College of Lore); Bard; Cleric; Paladin (Oath of Devotion); Paladin

Source: Player’s Handbook (2024) p. 343. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)