Theriomancy
Spell, Astrology, level 6
Identifies a creature's species, relative power and basic temperament after a minute of study; works on living and non-living creatures.
From the book
After at least a full minute of study, the caster learns the species of one animal or creature within 100 ft., how powerful it is (weak, average, strong, very strong and so on) and its basic nature (hostile, passive, meat-eating and the like). It works on non-living creatures as well as living ones.
At a glance
- Range
- 100 ft.
- Casting time
- At least 1 full minute of study
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
Something has been taking goats at the edge of the Ngani Swamp, and the villagers are too frightened to go and look. Laiana, an astrologer from Mu, stands on a stilted walkway and studies the hunched shape among the reeds, perhaps eighty feet away, for a full minute while the flies drone. The answer comes: a swamp troll, very strong, hungry and hostile. She lowers her eyes, walks back to the headman and tells him to move the goats, the children and the village, in that order.