Scrying (Cha)

The Sphere of Scrying includes spells that open one's eyes to things beyond one's mundane senses.

Focus: A crystal orb, a chalice, spectacles or glasses

Level 1

Anticipate Peril

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Scene

Target: 1 creature

You grant the target brief foresight. The target gains a +1 status bonus to its next initiative roll, after which the spell ends.

Heightened: For every 2 levels you heighten this spell by, you increase the bonus to the target's next initiative roll by +1.

Brain Drain

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: 1 creature

Defence: Willpower

You probe the target's mind to glean knowledge. Make a Scrying spell attack roll against the target's Willpower. If you succeed, you deals 1d8 psychic damage, and you can sort through the target's memories to attempt a single check to Recall Knowledge. Choose a skill that has the Recall Knowledge action, and use the target's skill modifier for the check.

Heightened: For every 1 level you heighten this spell by, you increase the psychic damage by 1d8 points.

Detect Poison

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: 1 creature or object

You detect whether a creature is venomous or poisonous, or if an object is poison or has been poisoned. You do not ascertain whether the target is poisonous in multiple ways, nor do you learn the type or types of poison. Certain substances, like lead and alcohol, are poisons and so mask other poisons.

Discern Secrets

Range: Self

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Target: Self

You heighten your senses to detect things out of the ordinary. You gain a +1 bonus to all Recall Knowledge, Seek or Sense Motive actions you make. You maintain these bonuses for each round you Concentrate.

Object Memory

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

Target: 1 weapon or tool

By touching an object, you draw forth the experience of those who created and used it. If you touch a weapon, you gain a +2 bonus to the skill associated with wielding that weapon, and you become proficient with that weapon. If you touch a tool, you gain a +2 bonus to skill checks associated with that tool. This spell has no benefit for activities that take longer than a minute to complete.

Level 2

Comprehend Languages

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Hour

Target: 1 Creature

The target can understand the meaning of a single language it is hearing or reading when you cast the spell. This doesn't let it understand codes, language couched in metaphor, and the like (subject to GM discretion). If the target can hear multiple languages and knows that, it can choose which language to understand; otherwise, choose one of the languages randomly.

Variable Spell: The spell can be cast at the following levels.

2nd: the spell functions as above

3rd: the target can also speak the language

5th: you can target up to 10 creatures with this spell, and they can also speak the language

See Invisibility

Range: Self

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Scene

You can see invisible creatures and objects. They appear to you as translucent shapes, and they are concealed to you.

Spirit Sense

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Scene

Area: Close-range emanation

You open your mind to the metaphysical, enabling you to sense nearby spirits. Even if you aren't Searching, you get a check to find haunts and spirits in the area. You gain a +1 status bonus to the following checks regarding haunts or spirits:

Perception checks to Search,
Occult Lore attempts to Recall Knowledge
skill checks to determine the reason for their existence,
All defences against abilities used by haunts and spirits

Status

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Day

Target: 1 Willing Creature

As long as you and the target are on the same plane of existence and both alive, you remain aware of its present state. You know the target's direction from you, distance from you, and any conditions affecting it.

Heightened: For every level you heighten this spell by, you increase the number of targets by 1

Vision of Weakness

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: Instantaneous

Target: 1 Creature

You focus your gaze on a creature and gain a flash of supernatural insight into its nature. If the creature has any vulnerabilties, you learn them, as well as which of its defences is lowest. You also learn an inherent understanding of its movements and gain a +2 status bonus to your next attack roll (or skill check made as part of an attack action) against that foe before the end of your turn. The target is then temporarily immune to this spell for 1 day.

Level 3

Clairaudience

Range: 1 kilometre

Rote Casting: 1 minute

Duration: 1 Scene

You create an invisible floating ear at a location within range (even if it's outside your line of sight or line of effect). It can't move, but you can hear through the ear as if using your normal auditory senses.

Discern Lies

Range: Self

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Scene

You gain a sixth sense regarding lies and half-truths. For the rest of the scene, you gain a +4 bonus to your Composure Defences to resist lie checks, as well as a +4 bonus to saves against Illusion spells.

Glimpse the Truth

Range: Close-range Burst

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Round

Target: All creatures in close range

Defence: Willpower

You gain a momentary insight into how things truly are. You can make a Scry spell attack check against all creatures within Close range.

Success: You can see through all illusions and transformations affecting the creature. An invisible creature appears like a ghostly outline, a creature using a disguise spell seems to be wearing its disguise as a mask, a veiling creature has its true form superimposed on its veiled form, and so forth. This does not dispel the ongoing effect, it merely informs you of its presence. Failure: You get a vague sense of the number of creatures wearing illusions, disguises and veils in the area, but you have no idea which creatures are veiling, or what they actually are.Critical Failure: The target becomes temporarily immune to castings of this spell by you for the next 24 hours.

Locate

Range: 1 kilometre

Rote Casting: 10 Minutes

Duration: Concentration

Target: 1 specific object or type of object

You learn the direction to the target (if you picked a specific object) or the nearest target (if you picked a type of object.

If the target is a specific object, you must have observed the target directly.

If the target is a general object, you need to have an accurate mental image of the type of object.

This spell's range is stopped by both lead and running water.

Precautionary Measures

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 3 Actions

Duration: 1 Scene

Target: 1 willing creature

You give your target a sixth sense regarding potential threats. Any time the target makes an Initiative Check during the following scene, they may elect to gain Fortune on that roll. Should they do so, this spell ends, and the target becomes immune to additional castings of this spell until they next take a long rest.

Read Minds

Range: Close

Rote Casting: 3 Actions

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 Minute

Target: 1 Creature

Defence: Resolve

You attempt to read the target's mind. Make a Scry spell attack check against the target's Resolve defence.

Success: You perceive the surface thoughts of the target. You can use a Concentrate action to make another Scry spell attack in the following round, up to the duration of the spell. Failure: The target resists the spell, and becomes immune to further castings of this spell by you for the next 1 hour.Critical Failure: The target perceives your surface thoughts for 1 round.

Level 4

Air Walk

Range: Touch

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Scene

Target: 1 Willing Creature

Level 5

Form of Air

Range: Self

Rote Casting: 1 Action

Duration: 1 Minute

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