Read Magic

Divination

Level: Brd 0, Clr 0, Drd 0, Pal 1, Rgr 1, Sor/Wiz 0

Components: V, S, F

Casting Time: 1 standard action

Range: Personal

Target: You

Duration: 10 min./level

By means of *read magic,*you can decipher magical inscriptions on objects—books, scrolls, weapons, and the like—that would otherwise be unintelligible. This deciphering does not normally invoke the magic contained in the writing, although it may do so in the case of a cursed scroll. Furthermore, once the spell is cast and you have read the magical inscription, you are thereafter able to read that particular writing without recourse to the use of *read magic.*You can read at the rate of one page (250 words) per minute. The spell allows you to identify a glyph of wardingwith a DC 13 Spellcraft check, a greater glyph of wardingwith a DC 16 Spellcraft check, or any symbolspell with a Spellcraft check (DC 10 + spell level).

Read magiccan be made permanent with a permanencyspell.

*Focus:*A clear crystal or mineral prism.