Elementalist Spell Specification

Class: Charmer

5. Thought Reading

BTS: 70+(ST Mod)% (Wp)

ULT: 125 hours

Materials: none

Actions: press fingers to forehead

Effect of Throw:

9 to 18 Insanity

19 to 21 Broadcast own thoughts to all within (3 to 1) times Radius

22 to 25 No Effect

³ 26 ST Mod 2(T-30)%

Duration: t hrs    - t(t-1)/2

Radius:    60r ft    -r(r-1)/2

Range: (to cast on others):    d ft    -4+d(d-1)/2

Notes:

  1. Spell must be Cast on a Target living mind (which may be Caster's or another Being's).  Target may save against the Spell at BTS/2 if he wishes.
  2. Effect of Spell is to allow Target for Duration to read the thoughts of any located living mind within Radius of Target on which he lightly concentrates and which fails its st.  He does not need to know their language, as it is the concepts that are read
  3. Target may locate minds by observing a Being which he assumes has a mind, by Magical Locate Spells or Effects, or by the Locate Mind effect included in Thought Reading.
  4. Heavy concentration is required to scan for minds using the Locate Mind effect included in Thought Reading. It takes 10 sec to scan for one mind within the Radius (ratio BTS if less time taken, e.g. if a mind enters Radius during scan).  Only living minds can be located. If more than one is within the Radius, that with the lowest st has to save against being located first.  If a mind is located using the Locate Mind effect, no further st is required to read its thoughts.  If a mind is located otherwise than by using the Locate Mind effect, a st is required to read its thoughts.
  5. If a st < 100% is required, the mind is aware of having to make the save, but not the nature of the Spell (experienced Charmers may recognise its nature). If a st ³100% is required, the DM makes it secretly without alerting the mind.
  6. If the Target locates a mind (either by the Locate Mind effect or by being able to read its thoughts), light concentration is required to maintain the location and thought reading effect (except when using heavy concentration to scan for further minds, which does not lose previous locations). He is aware of its exact location relative to him, and can target it with Charmer Spells. He may also be able to target it with other Spells, Ranged Weapons, etc., depending on their respective limitations. For example, Thought Reading can be cast through walls, but Magic Missile cannot.
  7. A mind which fails its st is not aware whether his mind has been located or thoughts are being read (though he knows what he rolled for a st made by him).
  8. Although the Spell allows the thoughts of multiple minds to be read simultaneously, the effect is like several people talking at once in the same room, and Target may have difficulty following the thoughts of more than one, even though he can lightly concentrate on them all.
  9. Repeat attempts can be made to locate or read the same mind (if a st was made by it or light concentration dropped on it), but n sts previously made against the same Casting of Thought Reading give BTS -10n(n+1)/2%.