Divination

Figuring things out.

Ability Score(s): Intuition

Usage: Divination serves as a way for individuals to gather information from beyond, sometimes through strange and eccentric means. Examples of Divination and uses are described below.

The result of a Divination check must be higher than 20 in order to yield an accurate result.

Alectromancy: This involves placing an adult cock in a ritual circle functioning as an Ouija board. The cock will wander, pecking letters to spell out sentences as a spirit possesses its actions. On checks, higher rolls yield longer conversations (the result halved is the amount of minutes the cock will remain active with the spirit within it).

Anthropomancy: An outlawed practice among most civilized cultures, this involves divining answers through the use of a freshly slain target - most of the time a sacrificial animal or prisoner.

Aspidomancy: Individuals sitting within a circle, chanting in order to yield a mass revelation among them. At least three individuals must be within the circle chanting.

Astrology: The practice of studying the movements of the stars and planets, discerning answers from their patterns.

Austromancy: Divining results from the push and pull of the clouds and winds.

Axinomancy: A practice of placing an agate stone on a red-hot axe. This is typically done to determine if an individual has committed a violent crime.

Belomancy: A group of archers tie messages to an arrow and shoot them as far as possible. The arrow which travels the farthest is the one whose advice will be taken.

Ceraunoscopy: The act of divining messages through thunder and lightning, typically used by those who believe in thunder gods.

Chiromancy: This is the act of palm reading, determining factors such as the future and a person's condition through reading the creases of their palms.

Cleromancy: The act of divination through determining a result and casting a standard 6-sided die. If the result is landed upon, the result is true. If not, it's false.

Crystalomancy: Divination through studying crystals and clear objects in order to "see within their very being". This act is synonymous and combined with crystal balls.

Dririmancy: Bleeding an individual and using their dripping blood as a means to get readings on future events. This is outlawed in most lands.

Gastromancy: An important individual is monitored for a day, and their stomach's sounds and when they become hungry or if their stomach becomes upset determine positive or negative futures.

Gyromancy: An individual is spun in circles by two others who move them by their hands, in which they are eventually let go. If they can remain standing for over 30 seconds the future is seemingly positive. If they collapse before 30 seconds, the future is negative.

Hydromancy: The practice of reading water which has been disturbed intentionally to produce ripples, and using these ripples as a basis for a conclusion.

Libanomancy: Smoke is produced through burning incense and spread within a room. Those within the room watch the smoke's shapes it attempts to make to make determinations.

Lithomancy: Similar to crystalomancy, lithomancy involves the use of precious gemstones and shining a light upon them to view the refracting light.

Lunomancy: Divination done through the use of the moon, discerning the features and shows cast upon an individual's face by the moonlight.

Necromancy: Divination through the use of communication with the dead. It is usually accompanied by use of necromantic magic in order to gain access to speaking with the dead.

Numerology: A name or word is converted into numbers through the use of a numerical table, and then the number is gauged by a second name or word converted into a number. Whichever word is the greater number is "triumphant" and usually, the first word being triumphant indicates something good happening.

In order to convert names or words into numbers, use the following chart:

(The hyphen is in case a name contains a hyphen, for example; Rudolf Brod-Vanstein)

Each letter converted together is added until a single digit is reached. For example, the name "Sam" is S (1), A (1), M (4). 1 + 1 + 4 = 6 and James is J (1), A (1), M (4), E (5), S (1). 1 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 1 = 12. 1 + 2 = 3. Therefore, the name Sam = 6, and James = 3.

Omphalomancy: Used in some cultures during a child's birth in order to try and scry upon their future, this involves examining the knots in the umbilical cord. This is especially practiced among nobles, and is sometimes used to see who the next in line for succession is.

Oneiromancy: The practice of discerning an individual's thoughts and inner machinations of their mind through their dreams.

Ornithomancy: Often used by sailors, this is the determining of good tides through the flight patterns of birds.

Oomancy: Reading the shape and nature of eggs for divination.

Pyromancy: The reading of fire and how its flames eat a target. A quick burn is good, a slow burn is bad.

Sortilege: Divination through mindless, sporadic drawings.