THOUGHT STRAND

Enchantment cantrip

Casting Time: 1 action
Components: S
Duration: 8 hours
Range: Self

Putting a finger to your head, you pull a memory, an idea, or a message from your mind and transform it into a tangible string of glowing energy called a thought strand, which persists for the duration or until you cast this spell again. The thought strand appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you as a Tiny, weightless, semisolid object that can be held and carried like a ribbon. It is otherwise stationary.

If you cast this spell while concentrating on a spell or an ability that allows you to read or manipulate the thoughts of others (such as detect thoughts or modify memory), you can transform the thoughts or memories you read, rather than your own, into a thought strand. Alternatively, you can also cast a spell that creates an image (such as prestidigitation or silent image) while holding a thought strand to transform it into an illusory image (as appropriate to the spell).

Casting this spell while holding a thought strand allows you to instantly receive whatever memory, idea, or message the thought strand contains. Casting detect thoughts on the strand has the same effect.