Aura of Deception
Spell, High Magic, level 2
Disguises either the caster's appearance (not race) or apparent alignment, fooling Read Aura and Detect Good/Evil; not both at once.
From the book
The caster changes either their looks or their apparent alignment. In the first case face, hair and build can be greatly altered, though race (human, elf, dwarf and so on) stays the same. In the second, the caster's aura is disguised to fool Read Aura or Detect Good/Evil. The caster cannot have both versions running on themselves at once. The effect lasts 1 hour for each level of ability.
At a glance
- Duration
- 1 hour per level of ability
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Variable, as stated
- Limits
- Race cannot be changed; both versions cannot be cast on oneself
A scene
The Society of Magical Arts and Sciences in Tang admitted only Khitans, and the Atlantean wizard Cassia badly wanted a look at its library. So she spoke the spell before the mirror in her inn room and watched her face change. Her nose narrowed, her eyes changed shape, her hair darkened to black and her build thickened, until a stranger stared back at her, an ordinary Khitan scholar in middle age. Only her race stayed the same, and that was human enough. Nobody looked twice. She spent the whole afternoon among the scrolls.