Detect Magic
Spell, Sorcery, level 1
The caster can see whether magic is present close by for a short time.
From the book
The sorcerer's version of the familiar detection: for 1 minute the caster can see whether magic is present anywhere within 10 ft. of him. No save applies, and the reach and duration stay the same whatever his level.
At a glance
- Range
- 10 ft.
- Duration
- 1 minute
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
In a back room off the illicit market of Tartessos, a dealer lays out nine daggers on a blanket and swears that every one of them is enchanted. The sorcerer Quintus does not argue. He steps close, murmurs a formula he learned as a boy, and for a minute the space around him is laid bare to his eye: the flicker of a lamp, the dust, the grain of the wood. Eight of the blades are plain steel. The ninth hums with a thin, steady light. Quintus picks it up and asks the dealer, very politely, for his real price.