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Lie and cheat. Manipulate the truth.
Deception is a Charisma Skill.
The higher your Charisma Score, the more likely you will succeed on Deception Checks.
Proficiency
Characters who are proficient in Deception can add their Proficiency Bonus when making 
Ability checks.
The following backgrounds grant proficiency in Deception:
The following classes can choose to select Deception as a proficient skill at Level 1:
Warlocks who choose the 
Eldritch Invocation gain proficiency in Deception and Persuasion.
Characters who take the Actor feat gain 
Expertise (and Proficiency) in Deception and Performance.
Characters who take the Illithid power Illithid Expertise gain expertise (and proficiency) in Persuasion, Deception, or Intimidation checks.
Uses
- Used in dialogue.
Related Items
+1 to Skill Checks
+1d4 to All Skill Checks
Shapeshifter's Boon Ring while Shapeshifted or Disguised
Advantage on Skill Checks
Related Spells
- Grants Proficiency in all Skills of a chosen Ability.
- Grants Proficiency in all Charisma Skills.
- Grants a 
+1d4 bonus on all Skill Checks.
- Grants Advantage on all Charisma Checks against a target.
- Grants Advantage on all Charisma Checks against a Humanoid target.
- Grants Advantage on all Charisma Checks against a Beast target.
- Grants Advantage on all Charisma Checks.
- Grants Disadvantage on all Charisma Checks.