Dark Omen
Spell, Black Magic, level 1
Asks one yes/no question about whether an action will benefit the party, answered by an omen from the lower planes (a crow or serpent is favorable, a dove unfavorable).
From the book
Foretells whether a course of action will help the party, or any individual, that undertakes it. The caster asks a single yes-or-no question and receives a sign, good or bad, from one of the lower planes.
A good sign might be a crow, buzzard, bat or serpent appearing; a bad one might be a dove, sparrow, butterfly or fish. The Game Judge may choose an omen that is harder to read.
At a glance
- Effect
- One yes/no question answered by omen
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The warriors of Zimba are painted and ready to march on the copper mines when the witchdoctor Tafadzwa raises his staff and asks the lower planes whether the raid will go well for them. Everyone looks up at the sky, waiting. For a long moment nothing comes. Then a small gray dove flutters down out of the evening and settles on the war-chief's shield, cooing softly. The war-chief stares at it. Tafadzwa says nothing at all, and slowly, man by man, the warriors begin to unpaint their faces.