Chiromancy
Spell, Astrology, level 3
By studying a subject's hands (or claws), the caster diagnoses whether the ailment is disease, psychosis, poison, parasites or magic.
From the book
Diagnoses what is wrong with one sick or afflicted individual or creature by reading its hands, or the claws of an animal or monster. The caster must study them for at least 1 minute before giving a verdict. The spell reveals the kind of affliction: disease, madness, poisoning, parasites or some form of magic. There is no save.
At a glance
- Casting time
- At least 1 minute of study before diagnosis
- Targets
- Any single individual or creature
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The prize leopard at the Acheron Zoo has stopped eating, and the keeper is certain someone has poisoned it. Sennefer the astrologer kneels by the bars and asks for the animal's forepaw, which two keepers hold out to him with great care. He studies the pads and the curve of the claws for a long minute, humming to himself, while the leopard glares. Not poison, he says at last, standing and dusting off his robe. Worms. Send for the physician, not the magistrate.