Divination Sphere

When you divine, instead of concentrating on the effect, you may spend an additional spell point to create an immobile sensor within your Divination sphere range which lasts for 10 minutes per caster level or 1 hour per caster level if you spend an additional spell point. This sensor can be detected as though it were a scrying sensor (Perception DC 20 + caster level) and dispelled.

When you create a sensor, you may choose to either divine for creatures, detecting any creature which enters the sensor’s range, or divine with a (divine) effect which locates information in an area (such as the base Divination sphere effect, the Divine Undead alternate divination, or the Detect Spellcaster talent, but not the Ultravision alternate divination or the Augury talent).

The sensor constantly divines the area for the chosen information as though you were divining, and the sensor’s ability to divine is modified by any effects that alter your divine ability (such as the Limited Penetration or Shaped Divination drawbacks would affect the alarm’s ability to penetrate materials or require you to choose a direction in a cone or line when creating the alarm). The sensor does not pinpoint or reveal the location of something it divines, but otherwise reveals the presence, number, and power of each detected piece of chosen information (such as revealing the presence, number, and power of all fey with Detect Faetouched, but not their location).

Optionally, when creating a sensor, you may choose to set any combination of an audible alarm, a mental alarm, or a password.

• An audible alarm produces a gentle sound, centered on the sensor’s location, whenever the sensor detects something, such as a chime or bell. This sound can be heard within the sensor’s range, but can be muffled by walls and doors, reducing the range of the sound by 10 feet for each interposing door or wall. Silence effects can muffle this sound.
• A mental alarm alerts you with a mental “ping” whenever the sensor detects something and you are within 1 mile of the sensor. This ping can awaken you from sleep, but otherwise does not disturb concentration. Silence effects cannot muffle this ping.
• A password is a phrase chosen when creating a sensor with this talent. Any creature who speaks the password out loud when entering the sensor’s range is not detected by the sensor.

Pick any three alternate divinations which you do not currently possess. You gain access to those alternate divinations as if you possessed the requisite spheres. If the alternate divination has an additional prerequisite such as the Nature sphere’s Divine Elements, you pick which one you gain access to upon acquiring it. This talent may be taken multiple times. Each time you may pick three alternate divinations which you do not possess.

Divining takes 1 round instead of 1 minute to perform without a spell point.

You may grant your senses to a touched target instead of only yourself. You may also spend a spell point to grant a divine ability to a touched target. The touched target must concentrate to maintain the divine ability.

Your divine ability works out to long range instead of medium range.

As a standard action you may touch a small container of liquid and instill a sense inside it, or spend a spell point to instill a divine ability inside it. This liquid functions as a potion or oil.

If you do not have the ability to grant divine or sense effects to other creatures, the instilled liquid is only usable by you. An instilled liquid remains potent until you rest to regain spell points. If you have equipment on hand (such as an alchemy lab), the cost of bottles and water is considered negligible.

You may target food but not an already-magical item, such as a potion. All spell points must be spent and all variables of the sphere effect must be chosen at the time the instilled liquid is created. You cannot instill multiple effects in a single liquid, nor create multiple instilled liquids with a single action.

When you divine, the ability lasts 2 rounds after you stop concentrating.

^{Source: Baron’s Secluded Library}

You treat any creature that has failed a Will save against one of your ongoing divinations as uncertain for the purpose of being able to make Sense Motive checks against them (you can attempt a Sense Motive check to sense their goal, sense their emotion, or get a hunch as an immediate action each time that the disoriented creature attempts a language-dependent skill check or use a language-dependent skill talent). You may spend a spell point to attempt a Sense Motive check as a free action rather than an immediate action against a creature you have successfully divined in this way.

^{Source: Expanded Spheres: Baron's Lost Apocrypha}

As a standard action, you may make a single weapon attack in conjunction with using a [divine] or [sense] effect. This casting cannot be reduced below a standard action, and does not provoke attacks of opportunity, unless as usual if making a ranged attack. If the target is struck by the attack, it is also affected by the [divine] or [sense]. An unwilling target is allowed a Will save to negate [divine] or [sense] if a saving throw is not normally allowed. If using a scatter weapon, the [divine] or [sense] only applies to a single target, chosen at the time of attack.
In addition, when you successfully hit a target with a weapon attack made as a standard action, you may spend a spell point as an immediate action to divine the target. A divine effect cast using this talent must be one which gathers information about a creature, such as divining to gain information with the Divination sphere base sphere effect or (divine) talents such as Detect Spellcaster or Detect Thoughts.

You may spend a spell point to divine whether a particular action will bring good or bad results for you in the immediate future.

The base chance for receiving a meaningful reply is 70% + 1% per caster level, to a maximum of 90%; this roll is made secretly.

A question may be so straightforward that a successful result is automatic, or so vague as to have no chance of success. If the augury succeeds, you get one of four results:

• Weal (if the action will probably bring good results).
• Woe (for bad results).
• Weal and woe (for both).
• Nothing (for actions that do not have especially good or bad results).

If the check fails, you get the “nothing” result. A caster who gets the “nothing” result has no way to tell whether it was the consequence of a failed or successful augury.

The augury can see into the future up to one hour per caster level, so anything that might happen after that does not affect the result. Thus, the result might not take into account the long-term consequences of a contemplated action. All auguries cast by the same person, in the same day about the same topic, use the same die result as the first casting.

You may spend a spell point to divine for things expressly designed to be hidden. This includes secret doors, hidden caches, and secret compartments. Not only does this detect the presence of such secrets, but it also gives you knowledge of their trigger mechanisms. This only detects doors, passages, and openings specifically designed to avoid detection.

You may spend a spell point to divine the spellcasting capabilities of a creature you can see within range, utilizing the chart below. Targeted individuals who only have extraordinary and supernatural abilities show up as having no spellcasting aura, whereas those who have spherecasting, spells, or spell-like abilities show an aura depending on the highest effective spell level of an ability they can use. As always, treat a spherecaster’s caster level divided by 2 as their effective spell level. You may also attempt a Spellcraft check to discover the caster’s casting tradition, even if they have not produced any magical effects for you to observe.

Multiclass core spellcasting classes only reveal as the highest aura between the two. Spherecasters with varying caster levels depending on spheres show auras according to their current highest sphere casting ability. If you are participating in a setting with other forms of magic or spellcasting systems, they are detected as appropriate.

You may divine the emotions of creatures you can see within range (Will negates), and you gain a circumstance bonus to Sense Motive checks equal to 1/2 your caster level vs. creatures you have thus successfully divined. You do not know the motivation or source behind why a creature is feeling the emotion. If you spend an additional spell point, you divine not only the emotions of those within range, but also the surface thoughts (Will negates).

You may divine the presence of any diseases, poisons, or radiation within range. You determine whether any creature, object, or area has been poisoned, is poisonous, carries any sort of disease or infestation, or possesses any abilities which can inflict the sickened or nauseated conditions. You can determine the exact type of poison with a DC 20 Wisdom check. A character with the Craft (alchemy) skill may try a DC 20 Craft (alchemy) check if the Wisdom check fails, or may try the Craft (alchemy) check prior to the Wisdom check. If there is a disease present, you know what disease it is and its effects. You gain an insight bonus on Heal checks equal to half your caster level to treat a disease you divine with this sphere effect.

^{Source: Baron’s Secluded Library}

You divine the skill and understanding of creatures you can see within range, allowing you to use Assess Proficiency on them even if they do not take an action and even if you have not observed them for three rounds (Will negates). You gain a circumstance bonus to skill checks made to assess proficiency or to identify feats, talents, and class features equal to 1/2 your caster level vs. creatures you have thus successfully divined.

You may divine for a glimpse of the future, giving yourself insight into the happenings of that day. At any time during that day, you may add an insight bonus equal to 1d4 + 1 per 5 caster levels to one attack roll, skill check, saving throw, ability check, initiative roll, or combat maneuver roll you are about to make.

As an immediate action, you may instead grant this benefit to an ally who can both see and hear you. You may take this talent multiple times, to a maximum of 5 times. You can only have one use of this ability waiting to be used at a time per time you have taken this talent. Every time you divine for the future, you regain all your uses of this ability for that day.

You may spend a spell point to divine for information. This grants you the ability to reroll a failed Knowledge check (or to attempt a Knowledge check untrained), with an insight bonus equal to 1/2 your caster level. You may only divine for information once per Knowledge check.

^{Source: Baron's Hallowed Archive}

You can determine whether or not two or more creatures have any sort of relationship. The amount of information gleaned depends on how long you study a particular area or set of subjects.

1st round: Whether or not the subjects share any sort of interpersonal relationship (be it a friendship, romance, or blood relation).

2nd round: Number of related subjects and their general relationships to one another. The types of relationship divined by this talent are generally divided between blood, friendship, professional, familial, and romantic, although other terminology may be utilized based on setting at GM discretion. For example, divining a couple would reveal a romantic relationship while divining a parent and their biological child would reveal both a blood and familial relationship.

3rd round: Precise relationship between subjects in the area. In the above examples, this divination would clarify that the couple are committed lovers and that the family is parent and child. A target’s Will save prevents you from determining its exact relationship with another creature, and only one subject needs to succeed at this save to prevent you from determining its relationship with another creature. (So, for instance, if two brothers are in the area and one succeeds at his Will save, you could tell that they are siblings, but could not distinguish whether they are full- or half-siblings.)

Although this talent can discern blood relations and personal relationships between people, it cannot divine legal associations and would have no way of determining constructs such as marriage, parental rights, or the legitimacy of children.

You may divine the presence of valuable items within range. Items exude an aura depending on their gold piece value and collections of material (such as piles of gold coins, a bushel of exotic fruit, or chests full of gemstones) radiate their auras as a single aura. You gain an insight bonus on Appraise checks equal to half your caster level to discern the value of objects you divine with this sphere effect. Utilize the following chart when determining value:

You may spend a spell point to divine the location of a creature or object within range. This may be a specific creature or object or a kind of creature or object, but either way you must have a clear mental image of the creature or object to divine for it (thus, you could not divine broadly for traps, creatures of a broad creature type, etc.). If divining for a kind of creature or object, you only locate the closest item of that kind. This method of using divine is not blocked by wood or stone, but is still blocked by lead.

You may perform psychometry on a target object you touch gaining information about its history or previous owners, including its creator. In addition to the information you acquire below, you gain a circumstance bonus to Appraise checks with that object equal to 1/2 your caster level for as long as you continue to divine the object. For every 1 minute you divine the object you gain one additional piece of information found in the following order: Last owner’s race, last owner’s gender, last owner’s age, last owner’s alignment, how the last owner lost or gained the object. Upon learning this last piece of information, you may spend a spell point, if you do you begin to learn information on the owner before the last at the same rate in the same order. Should object reading be interrupted for 2 or more consecutive rounds, you must start again at the beginning unless you spend 1 spell point per past owner.

You may spend a spell point and target a creature you can see within range; instead of gaining information, you instead flood all of its senses (and temporarily granting senses that it does not normally have) to overload it with information. The target cannot take any actions, not even walking, and is considered flat-footed. When first casting Sensory Overload and at the end of each round that you continue to concentrate on the effect, the targeted creature takes your caster level in nonlethal damage (Fortitude negates), and may attempt to end Sensory Overload with a Will save. Creatures that are mindless are particularly vulnerable to this effect and take a -2 penalty on their saves.

You may spend a spell point to divine, transferring your point of view to any point within range. You may see and hear from this location. This method of using divine is not blocked by wood or stone, but is still blocked by lead. However, the locale must be known—a place familiar to you, or an obvious one such as a distance and direction. Once you have selected the locale, the sensor does not move, but you can rotate it in all directions to view the area as desired, in all ways as if you were standing where your sensor is located. This ability creates a scrying sensor, which can be detected (Perception DC 20 + caster level) and dispelled.

You may spend a spell point to see, hear, smell, feel, and even taste a torrent of past scenes and pieces of conversations related to anything in a settlement you are currently in. At the end of each of your turns for the duration of this divination, attempt a single Diplomacy check to gather information as though you had spent 1d4 hours talking to local people, without having to use an action to do so. Multiple Diplomacy checks made to gather information on the same topic always grants the same information as the first check. You can use your Perception bonus in place of your Diplomacy bonus if you so wish, but with a -5 penalty.

Note: Settlements range in population size from fewer than 20 (thorp) to greater than 25,000 (metropolis). In order to maintain the balance of this talent, it is suggested that when working with particularly large settlements that GMs restrict the use of the talent to districts of the settlement.

You may spend a spell point to grant yourself greater perception. You can no longer be flanked, except by a creature with 4 more rogue levels than your caster level.

You may spend a spell point to grant yourself blindsense to a range of close. You must close your eyes to use this ability. For the purpose of this ability, opening or closing your eyes is a free action you may take once per round. You may spend an additional spell point to upgrade this ability to blindsight.

You may spend a spell point to detect the scryings of others. Any attempt to scry or divine on a location or creature within close range of you (unless you purposefully lower this defense) becomes impossible unless the caster succeeds in a magic skill check against you. In addition, you sense if any creature within range is using the divine ability or a divination spell, as well as the location of any sensors in the area (such as with the Viewing talent or the clairaudience/clairvoyance spell). You become aware of any attempt to scry on you, such as with a divination (scrying) school spell or the Scrying advanced Divination talent. If these spells and effects originate within your sense’s area, you immediately know their location. Otherwise, if you match or exceed the other caster in an opposed magic skill check, you gain a visual image of the diviner and know their direction and distance from you. You may suppress or resume this sense as a free action.

You may spend a spell point to gain a sense granting an insight bonus to monster lore equal to 1/2 your caster level (minimum 1). You may attempt monster lore checks untrained.

You may spend a spell point to gain a sense that warns you of impending danger. You are not flat-footed during the surprise round or the first round of combat before you act, and gain a +1 dodge bonus to AC, and a +2 bonus to Reflex saves and initiative checks. These bonuses increase by 1 for every 10 caster levels possessed.

Normal: You are flat-footed until you have acted once in the initiative order.

You may spend a spell point to gain a sense that adds your caster level to Perception checks made to notice invisible or ethereal creatures. If you succeed at this check, the creature’s outline becomes visible to you. This negates both the usual penalties you would suffer attacking an invisible creature, and the bonuses the creature would normally gain against you. This continues until you lose line of sight to the creature, in which case you must succeed at a new Perception check to see them.

You may spend a spell point to understand all spoken and written words, regardless of language. You may spend an additional spell point to also be understood by any creature with a language. You do not learn the creature’s language, but instead every creature hears you speak in whatever language is most comfortable for it.

While this sense is active, you may understand languages even if you lack the senses to normally interpret them. For example, a blind character can use this sense to “read” written language by touching it or a deaf character can use it to read the lips of any creature they can perceive.

You may spend a spell point as a standard action to gain a special sense that grants you a +1 bonus on Knowledge (nature) and Survival checks. This bonus increases by +1 every 5 caster levels. You may dismiss this sense at any time as an immediate action to reroll any failed Survival check avoiding natural hazards or getting lost, gaining a bonus to the roll equal to that granted by Nature Sense. This stacks with any class features with the same name.

You may spend a spell point to gain a special sense granting a +1 insight bonus to attack rolls. This bonus increases by +1 every 10 caster levels. In addition, you may dismiss this sense before making an attack or combat maneuver to instead gain an insight bonus of 10 + 1/2 your caster level to the roll as a free action.

You may spend a spell point and target a creature within close range, allowing you to borrow the target’s vision as though it were your own. An unwilling creature may attempt a Will saving throw to negate this effect. At any time during this effect, as long as the target is within long range, you may concentrate on this effect as a move action and perceive that creature’s surroundings as if you were standing where that creature was, granting you the ability to see, smell, hear and otherwise perceive things as though you were the target. A target is not made aware when you perceive the target’s surroundings using their senses.

You may spend a spell point to gain scent. You may spend an additional spell point to upgrade this ability to keen scent (which functions both inside and outside of water).

You may spend a spell point to gain a free Perception check to notice traps and hazards when you are within 10 ft of them, be they mechanical (trip wires, dart throwers, etc.) magical (rune spells, sigils, etc.) or natural (quick sand, pit falls, etc.). This does not give you insight into disabling such traps or hazards.

You may spend 2 spell points to grant yourself the ability to sense magic, as if using your basic divine ability as a constant ability, but only to a distance of close.

You may spend 1 spell point and select a kind of creature, material, or other effect that you could divine for or that you could distinguish using divine (for example, if you possess Divine Alignment, you could select all creatures of a specific alignment). You automatically detect the presence of entities of the specified kind within the range of your divine. This does not tell you the exact location of such entities, just whether or not any are within the area. You may change the type of creature, material, or effect whose presence you are sensing with this talent as a full-round action.

You may spend 2 spell points, instead of 1, to grant a special sense to two touched creatures. The maximum number of targets increase by +1 per 5 caster levels. As long as the targets remain within long range of each other, the first target shares perception with the second, and vice versa. This grants the targets the ability to see, smell, hear, etc. whatever the other targets do. This sense, while not requiring line of sight, is blocked by dense materials just like the divine ability. Once created, each character is considered to be under a unique sense effect.

You may spend a spell point to gain a sense that reduces the distance-based DC adjustment for Perception checks by an amount equal to your caster level. (For example, if the DC would normally increase by 10 due to being 100 feet away and you have caster level of 3, the DC increase would only be by 7.) While this sense is active, you also reduce environmental and range increment-based penalties to your ranged attack rolls by an amount equal to half your caster level. This can only ever reduce penalties, and can never grant a bonus.

You may spend a spell point to gain the tremorsense ability with a range of close. You gain sensitivity to vibrations in the ground allowing you to automatically pinpoint the location of anything that is in contact with the ground; or if underwater, you can instead pinpoint the location of creatures moving through the water.

You may spend a spell point to gain a sense that grants you a bonus equal to 1/2 your caster level (minimum 1) to all Will saves, Perception checks, or magic skill checks made to disbelieve an illusion.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere, caster level 1st.

Like alternate divinations, this advanced talent grants additional divinations depending upon what other spheres you know. Unlike alternate divinations, however, this advanced talent grants new sense abilities instead of divine abilities.

Creation: Material Sense: You may spend 2 spell points to gain material sense, automatically detecting the presence of a single material you could create or alter within close range as if you could see it (the material is chosen when you cast this sense). A character can use material sense to distinguish color or visual contrast so long as the distinct components are perceptible if one can only see the specific materials sensed (for example, a character who selects ink with material sense could read documents written in ink but could not see goldfoil illuminations). However, the character is not subject to gaze attacks, blinding, or visual effects when perceiving a target with only this sense. A character can detect creatures who have the material as part of their body but does need line of effect to detect objects made of the material. Material Sense can be foiled by illusions with the Manipulate Aura talent.

Dark: See in Darkness: You may spend 2 spell points to gain the see in darkness ability. The creature can see perfectly in all darkness, including magical darkness that otherwise might obstruct darkvision.

Death: Spirit Sense: You may spend a spell point to gain the spirit sense ability, which allows you to know when immortal or deathless beings are nearby. You automatically sense the presence of undead; fey; outsiders; and astral, ethereal, or incorporeal creatures within close range, as if you could see them. A character cannot use spirit sense to distinguish color or visual contrast and is not subject to gaze attacks, blinding, or visual effects when perceiving a target with only this sense. A character cannot perceive noncreature nonliving material using spirit sense but does need line of effect to detect creatures. Spirit sense can be foiled by illusions with the Manipulate Aura talent.

Life: Lifesense: You may spend 2 spell points to gain lifesense, automatically detecting the life force of beings within close range as if you could see them. A character cannot use lifesense to distinguish color or visual contrast and is not subject to gaze attacks, blinding, or visual effects when perceiving a target with only this sense. A character cannot perceive nonliving material or nonliving creatures (such as constructs or undead) using lifesense, but does need line of effect to detect creatures. Lifesense can be foiled by illusions with the Manipulate Aura talent.

Mind: Thoughtsense: You may spend a spell point to gain the thoughtsense ability. You automatically detect and locate conscious creatures within close range who you could target with your Mind sphere abilities as if you could see them.

If you spend an additional spell point, you may detect and locate all types of conscious creatures, not just those that you could affect with mind-affecting effects. Nondetection, Unplottable, and similar effects block thoughtsense.

Thoughtsense can distinguish between sentient (Intelligence 3 or greater) and nonsentient (Intelligence 1–2) creatures, but otherwise provides no information about the creatures it detects. Creatures lacking an Intelligence score, or with a score less than 1, cannot be detected or located with thoughtsense unless you have selected that creature’s type with the Recondite Stimuli talent. A character cannot use thoughtsense to distinguish color or visual contrast and is not subject to gaze attacks, blinding, or visual effects when perceiving a target with only this sense. A character cannot perceive nonliving material using thoughtsense, but does need line of effect to detect creatures. Thoughtsense can be foiled by illusions with the Implausible Deniability feat.

Telekinesis: Touchsight: You may spend 2 spell points to gain the touchsight ability. You gain the ability to “feel” your surroundings even when your sight would otherwise be obscured by your physical environment. Your touchsight field emanates from you out to close range. You ignore invisibility, darkness, and concealment, though you must have line of effect to a creature or an object to discern it. You automatically detect and pinpoint all creatures within close range as if you could see them. In many circumstances, comparing your regular senses to what you learn with touchsight is enough to tell you the difference between visible, invisible, hiding, and concealed creatures. A character cannot use touchsight to distinguish color or visual contrast and is not subject to gaze attacks, blinding, or visual effects when perceiving a target with only this sense. Touchsight can be foiled by illusions with the Illusionary Touch talent.

Weather: Storm Vision: You may spend a spell point to gain a special sense granting the ability to negate any concealment, miss chance, and penalties to Perception directly caused by weather such as rain or fog (be they magical or natural).

^{Source: Baron’s Secluded Library}

Prerequisites: Divination Sphere, Time Sphere

Whenever you divine a target for some manner of quality, you know if that quality has changed within the last hour per caster level (for example, if you use Divine Life, you can tell if a creature acquired an injury or disease within this timeframe). If you observe the target for at least 3 rounds, you learn the exact moment or moments that their statuses changed within the timeframe.

If you spend an additional spell point, the period of time you can evaluate increases from one hour to one day per caster level. At caster level 10th, it improves to 1 year per caster level.

^{Source: Baron’s Secluded Library}

Prerequisites: Divination Sphere (Divine Future)

Whenever a creature rolls one of your divine future dice, they gain temporary hit points equal to the result until the end of their next turn. In addition, they may add the result to the next damage roll they make before the start of their next turn.

Great diviners often learn a number of wide-reaching but imprecise tools which can map entire regions and battlefields, grant precise directions, and learn about the terrain.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere, caster level 5th.

You gain a number of new (divine) abilities. The abilities granted by this talent are improved if you possess certain alternate divinations. These additional options are noted as expanded options. If you possess the Divination sphere Greater Divine talent, the range of the sphere effects granted by this advanced talent increase by 1 step (1 mile to 10 miles per caster level, 10 miles to 100 miles per caster level).

^{Source: Arcforge Players Compendium}

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Detect Spellcaster (divine)).

When you scan creatures with Detect Spellcaster, you may divine whether any targets in the area draw magical power from otherworldly forces, be they gods, beliefs, planes, or specific cosmic patrons. For each target in the area, you identify the names of any forces granting the character power and may attempt appropriate Knowledge checks to identify them (typically Knowledge (religion) or Knowledge (planes)). If you are using the Distinct Magic Types variant rule, you also know the precise types of magic the target is capable of using.

Author's Note: In games that use Oaths, this can be used to detect a creature's Oath Boons as if they were class features.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Dowsing (divine), Greater Divine [range]), caster level 15th.

You may spend 3 spell points to divine the location of any one creature or object. To find a creature, you must have seen the creature or have some item that once belonged to it. To find an object, you must have touched it at least once.

Discern Location has no maximum range and circumvents normal means of protection from scrying or other means of nondetection. Indeed, nothing short of a mind blank spell, the Unplottable advanced Protection talent, or the direct intervention of a deity keeps you from learning the exact location of the targeted individual or object. You learn the name of the creature or object’s location (place, name, business name, building name, or the like), community, county (or similar political division), country, continent, and the plane of existence where the target lies.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Discern Individual (sense)), caster level 1st.

You may divine the presence of individual auras. When divining in a location, you sense which creatures have recently been in that area. This does not reveal any information about those creatures other than the strength of their aura, but each aura possesses a unique signature; if you sense the same creature more than once, you can easily connect that they are the same creature.

It is also possible for someone to adopt an alias, as the same aura is detected multiple places, but may be more difficult to identify as the same person. If you possess a secret identity, such as with the vigilante class or in another way with GM approval, your secret identity and primary identity will detect as different people.

Vigilantes, Fugitives, and Divine Identity: While it is very easy to identify lower level creatures individually, their auras do not last very long, which is why many petty thieves can go undetected, even in settlements that have access to this ability. However, thieves of great skill or renown can quickly become easy to spot, becoming celebrities in their own right as their deeds are easily identified, even if they themselves are difficult to capture.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Read Omens (advanced, divine)), caster level 10th.

You may spend 3 spell points to divine for knowledge, delving the universe for the answer to a specific question. Delving in this manner is not an exact practice, and the only answers you may receive are ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘unclear’, or ‘unknown’. You have a 50% chance + 1% per caster level of gaining a true answer. A failed roll produces an ‘unknown’ answer, while a roll of 90% or higher produces a lie. If you use this ability to ask the same question twice, the same answer repeats.

Note: GMs are fully encouraged to use their own numbers and methods for determining when true, untrue, or unknown answers are gained. A caster divining knowledge could be asking friendly gods, bargaining with the Fates, reading the tablets of life, or using any number of alternate methods for gaining knowledge. As such, the specifics of this ability can vary widely between campaigns—friendly gods may always answer truthfully, while Fates may require specific bargains to be made in exchange for knowledge. It is always possible that the source of information being asked simply does not know the answers to certain questions.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere, caster level 10th.

You may spend an additional spell point to increase the range of a sense from close range to medium range, or medium range to long range. This advanced talent may be taken up-to two times, increasing the range by two steps instead of one.

Prerequisites: Divination Sphere (Viewing)

You may create a scrying sensor which floats directly above you at any height within range and moves with you. You can see and hear from this location at the same time that you can see and hear from your normal location. When viewing through this scrying sensor, you do not take penalties to Perception checks for distance.

^{Source: Card Casting 3: Volatile Variance}

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Prying Sight (sense)), caster level 5th.

The duration of the Prying Sight talent increases from 1 hour per caster level to 1 day per caster level and you may concentrate on a target under the effects of prying sight no matter how far away they are, as long as they are on the same plane as you.

While concentrating as a move action on a target under the effects of prying sight, you may target another creature within close range of the target as a free action and transfer this sphere effect to the creature, treating that creature as the new target of this effect. The duration of this effect is shared between targets, and successfully transferring this effect to a new target ends this effect on the previous target. An unwilling target may attempt a Will saving throw to negate this effect, and a creature who succeeds at their saving throw cannot be targeted in this way again for 24 hours. Unlike other sphere effects, an unwilling target is not made aware when they succeed at a saving throw against this effect.

If you spend two additional spell points when casting prying sight, you no longer transfer the effects of prying sight to a new target, and instead copy the effect onto the new target, treating both targets as being under the effects of the same prying sight. There is no limit to the number of creatures you may copy the effects of prying sight onto, but the duration of the effect is still shared between targets, and ends for all affected targets when the effect’s duration expires. However, copying prying sight onto new targets treats each copy as a separate sphere effect. If a copy of prying sight ends early or is dispelled for one target, it does not end for all affected targets.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Greater Divine [range], Scrying (advanced), Viewing (divine)), caster level 15th.

When using the Scrying advanced talent, you may spend an additional spell point to decrease the action needed to concentrate on the effect by 1 step (normally a full-round action to a standard). In addition, you may move your sensor without following a target with a speed of 150 feet once each round as a free action.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere, caster level 5th.

You may spend a spell point to hear your name or another specific phrase of your choice whenever it is mentioned. When you activate this sense, designate a word, phrase, or name. If a creature within 1 mile per caster level of you uses that word, phrase, or name to refer to you or an action in relation to you (such as attacking your base or intent to find something that belongs to you), you immediately hear the rest of the sentence in which they used the word, phrase, or name. You may dismiss this sense to learn the speaker’s name, appearance, and location.

^{Source: Arcforge Players Compendium}

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Detect Scrying (sense)).

For the purpose of your Detect Scrying talent, any cameras, recording devices, radar scans, artificial eyes, or other means of remotely observing an area by technological means are considered magical sensors. You may attempt a magic skill check against creatures trying to observe you as normal, using the observer’s gizmo penetration modifier, or CR as their effective MSB.

^{Source: Arcforge Players Compendium}

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Greater Divine [range], Viewing (divine)), caster level 10th.

You may use the Viewing talent to look into other planes, with the viewing sensor appearing in a location corresponding to your location in your current plane. If you possess the Cartographer’s Divination, Eyes Of The Cabal, or Sense Observation talents, these talents now work across planes. Other talents may also be improved in this way at GM discretion.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere, caster level 1st.

When using Divination sphere talents or abilities, any divine or sense abilities normally blocked by dense substances, can now penetrate 15 feet of wood or dirt, 5 feet of stone, 6 inches of common metal, or a half inch of lead. You may take this advanced talent a second time increasing the thickness you can penetrate to 30 feet of wood or dirt, 10 feet of stone, 1 foot of common metal, or an inch of lead.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Hear Name (advanced)), caster level 10th.

The range of Hear Name improves to unlimited and can even function across planes. In addition, you no longer need to dismiss this sense to learn the speaker’s name, appearance, and location.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere, caster level 5th.

You may spend 2 spell points to divine for knowledge of the future. You gain useful advice in reply to one question regarding a specific goal, event, or activity to occur within 1 week. This advice could be a useful phrase or a cryptic omen or rhyme. If you do not act on the information, the conditions may change so that the information is no longer useful. The base chance for a correct divination is 70% + 1% per caster level, to a maximum of 90%. If the die roll fails, you receive no information and know the attempt failed, unless specific magic yielding false information is at work. Multiple divinations about the same topic by the same caster use the same dice result as the first attempt and yield the same answer each time.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Viewing (divine)), caster level 5th.

You may spend 1 spell point to cast one magic sphere effect through your viewing viewpoint, using it as your location for the purpose of determining line of sight, line of effect, and range. If an ability requires a successful melee or ranged touch attack, use your normal bonuses for these attacks. You must pay for the spell point cost of the magic sphere effect as normal. Casting a magic sphere effect in this way immediately ends the viewing or scrying effect you are using - the scrying effect remains until the spell you cast is resolved, after which it ends.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Greater Divine [range], Viewing (divine)), caster level 10th.

You may spend 2 spell points and 1 hour to observe a creature or object as if using the Viewing talent, but over any distance. If targeting a creature, the target is allowed a Will save to resist being viewed, which is subject to the following modifiers depending on your knowledge and connection to the desired creature. Creatures or objects on a different plane receive an extra +5 bonus to their Will save. If viewing an object, the object may attempt a save (if intelligent), or any creature holding the object, or that could be considered to ‘possess’ the object is allowed to attempt this save on its behalf. If no such creature is available, assume a default Will save of 15.

^You must have some sort of connection (see below) to a creature of which you have no knowledge

If the save fails, you can see and hear the subject and its surroundings (approximately 10 feet in all directions of the subject) as if you were present. If the saving throw succeeds, you cannot scry on the target again for 24 hours. If the subject moves, the sensor follows at a speed of up to 150 feet.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Detect Scrying (sense)).

You may spend 1 spell point to detect any awareness of your presence. You know when any creatures are aware of your presence or when they are looking at you or a representation of you. If you have familiar knowledge of a subject, you know when that creature is thinking of you. You know the number of creatures that are observing you and what senses each creature is using to observe you (including indirect means such as scrying or cameras). This does not discern the identity of these beings, just the knowledge that you are being observed. This effect applies only to creatures which are on the same plane as you. If you sense that a creature senses you, you are considered to have secondhand knowledge of that creature for the purpose of scrying on it.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere, caster level 1st.

Whenever you would divine for magic auras, you can detect the lingering aura for up to 1 day per caster level you possess, regardless of the aura’s original strength. The effects of this talent also benefit Alternate Divinations that have a strength or duration of a lingering aura (such as Divine Shapechanger or Divine Alignment).

^{Source: Baron’s Secluded Library}

Prerequisites: Divination Sphere (divine treasure), Fate sphere

Any creature you divine radiates an aura as if it were treasure observed with divine treasure. The monetary value of a creature is equal to that of the Soul Gem that would be created from its soul using the Create Soul Gem talent. This effect also reveals the names of any other creatures, gods, or locations which may have a claim on the creature’s soul as well as any subordinates that are magical bonded to the creature (such as familiars, animal companions, and Conjuration Sphere companions).

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Hear Name (advanced)); Divination sphere (Greater Divine [range], Viewing (divine), Scrying (advanced)) or Warp sphere (Distant Teleport, Unseeing Teleport, True Teleport); caster level 10th.

Whenever you learn the name, appearance and location of a creature through Hear Name or Power Of The Name, you may spend a spell point to use Scrying to spy on the creature or try to teleport to their location as an immediate action. This is restricted by the normal range limitations for these abilities and costs spell points as normal in addition to the one spent to use this talent.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (See Hazard (sense)), caster level 1st.

You may spend a spell point to gain a special sense that lets you add 1/2 your caster level to Perception checks made to locate traps and to Disable Device checks (minimum +1). In addition, you may disable magic traps as a rogue.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Ghost Sight (sense), Unhooded Sight (sense)), caster level 10th.

You may spend 2 spell points to gain the ability to perceive all things as they actually are for 1 minute per caster level using either sight, sound, touch, or taste/odor. If you choose sight, you see through normal and magical darkness, notice secret doors hidden by magic, see the exact locations of creatures or objects under blur or displacement effects, see invisible creatures or objects normally, see through illusions, and see the true form of polymorphed, changed, or transmuted things.

Further, you can focus your vision to see into the Ethereal Plane (but not into extradimensional spaces). If you choose sound, you can hear through soundless environments and magical silence, hear the exact locations of creatures or objects under blur or displacement effects, hear creatures or objects rendered inaudible by illusions, and automatically discern when a sound is illusory. If you choose touch or taste/odor (the latter two being a single sense), you discern when such sensations are illusory and can sense through such illusions. The range of true perception conferred is 120 feet.

This ability does not grant the ability to perceive through solid objects and does not negate concealment, including that caused by fog and the like. True Perception does not help the viewer see through mundane disguises, spot creatures who are simply hiding, or notice secret doors hidden by mundane means. In addition, these senses do not work in conjunction with other viewing magic, such as Scrying or Viewing Divination talents.

True Perception now replaces the older True Seeing talent.

Prerequisites: Divination sphere (Ghost Sight (sense)), caster level 10th.

You may spend 3 spell points to gain a special sense that grants the ability to see into and through solid matter within close range, with the viewer seeing as if he were looking at something in normal light even if there is no illumination. Unobscured Vision, despite the name, can be blocked by dense materials as if it were a divine talent or ability.