Disguise Self

See also:  Seeming, a more powerful version of this spell.

Disguise Self is a level 1 illusion spell. This spell allows spellcasters to temporarily change their appearance. While active, gain access to the action  Dispel Disguise to end the effect.

Description

Magically change all aspects of your appearance.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Level 1 Spell Slot

Details

 Range: Self

 Ritual

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

Technical details

UID

Shout_DisguiseSelf

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsLinkedSpellContainer, IsSpell

Variants

•  Disguise Self: Femme Dragonborn
•  Disguise Self: Masc Dragonborn
•  Disguise Self: Femme Drow
•  Disguise Self: Masc Drow
•  Disguise Self: Femme Strong Drow
•  Disguise Self: Masc Strong Drow
•  Disguise Self: Femme Dwarf
•  Disguise Self: Masc Dwarf
•  Disguise Self: Femme Elf
•  Disguise Self: Masc Elf
•  Disguise Self: Femme Strong Elf
•  Disguise Self: Masc Strong Elf
•  Disguise Self: Femme Githyanki
•  Disguise Self: Masc Githyanki
•  Disguise Self: Femme Gnome
•  Disguise Self: Masc Gnome
•  Disguise Self: Femme Half-Elf
•  Disguise Self: Masc Half-Elf
•  Disguise Self: Femme Strong Half-Elf
•  Disguise Self: Masc Strong Half-Elf
•  Disguise Self: Femme Half-Orc
•  Disguise Self: Masc Half-Orc
•  Disguise Self: Femme Halfling
•  Disguise Self: Masc Halfling
•  Disguise Self: Femme Human
•  Disguise Self: Masc Human
•  Disguise Self: Femme Strong Human
•  Disguise Self: Masc Strong Human
•  Disguise Self: Femme Tiefling
•  Disguise Self: Masc Tiefling
•  Disguise Self: Femme Strong Tiefling
•  Disguise Self: Masc Strong Tiefling

Condition: Disguise Self

 Disguise Self

Duration: Until Long rest

• Appearance is entirely changed.

Polymorphed

How to learn

Classes:

• Class level 1: Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard, Trickery Domain (Domain Spell), and Draconic Bloodline (Gold/Fire Ancestry)
• Class level 3: Arcane Trickster, Eldritch Knight, and Gloom Stalker

Granted by features:

•  Magic Initiate: Bard
•  Magic Initiate: Sorcerer
•  Magic Initiate: Wizard
• Ritual Caster

Granted by items:

• Mask of the Shapeshifter

Other ways to learn:

• Granted to Warlocks who choose the Eldritch Invocation  Mask of Many Faces at level 2+
• Wizards can scribe a Scroll of Disguise Self to their spellbooks.

Notes

• The version granted by Mask of the Shapeshifter and Eldritch Invocation  Mask of Many Faces is called  Shapeshift and does not cost any spell slots.
• If used prior to equipping or interacting, Disguise Self allows characters to bypass race restrictions on items (e.g. Silver Sword of the Astral Plane and Dwarven Thrower) and use race-specific dialogue in NPC interactions.
• Since the spell changes Creature Size, it can be used to fit through some entrances with size requirements.
• It allows using  Speak with Dead on creatures the caster has personally killed.
• Apart from size, this spell does not grant other aspects or racial features of the assumed form. For example, a Halfling disguised as a Wood Elf still only has 7.5 m movement speed.
• As of Patch 5, it is possible to escape each prison once per character making use of this spell. As long as the appearance changes after being jailed (committing a crime while disguised, then dispelling the effect while in jail, or vice versa), having the  Fugitive condition does not cause guards to spot the offending character. Dispelling the effect before the Fugitive Condition ends allows guards to recognize the character. If trying to escape the same prison more than once using this method, guards spot the character no matter what they look like.
• Disguise Self disables effects which require the Brand of the Absolute to trigger, such as Gloves of Power.
• As of Patch 5, Hotfix 17, it is possible to give the caster racial equipment bonuses for longer than intended by using the Mask of the Shapeshifter, taking the mask off, and long resting without removing the disguise. On waking up, the disguise is gone, but the racial bonuses on the equipment still affect the character. This only works for racial equipment bonuses, not racial dialogue options.

External links

• Disguise self on the Forgotten Realms Wiki