# Encode Thoughts > [!info] Spell Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Level** | Cantrip | > | **School** | [[Enchantment]] | > | **Casting Time** | 1 Action | > | **Range** | Self | > | **Components** | S | > | **Duration** | 8 Hours | > | **Classes** | Wizard | --- ## Description 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. 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.) --- ## At Higher Levels This spell does not scale with character level.