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Spell Description:

Arcane power is charged by the caster and released to detect nearby magic and traps.

Spell Construction:

Arcane - Detect Spell

Spell Research And History:

What is the Detect Spell and how is it used? The Detect Spell is an interesting study within the Empire as it is a very useful spell which has even more useful variations built on top of each other. While the fundamentals of the spell remain the same, the usage of the spell is what changes drastically. In essence the spell uses a release of Arcane magic in a small condensed wave outwards from the caster. This allows the senses to perform a mental trace of the room or area around the caster, the more magic energy used in the spell the more area is mentally traced. Using an Arcane projection tool or raw magical power can show the traced image to allies. This is used to record maps, layout, and the flow of the location. The Detect Spell and its variants are so overused that unless an adventurer travels to a new world people don’t even place anything within magical traps or hidden compartments. Since anything can be stolen and the majority of people have magical power in the Empire, the greatest most secretive place to hide things is in the form of a plain box. People can’t sense what is inside unless the item is magically imbued, so things like money will stay hidden from magical thieves.

The Detect Spell will highlight anything in range that contains magic or the essence of magic power. Residual magic power can be detected but will only show a faint glow. This is used in many different ways like mapping out and exploring a dungeon, finding traps and treasure, finding people or entities, detecting hidden objects, or even detecting a person's power level.

Spell Damage:

Detect Spell: A Wave of magic power rushes around the caster allowing them to make a mental note of the area. [Arcane] [Support] [Single Target]

Detect Magic Spell: A slow moving Wave of magic power slowly pushes around the caster highlighting all magical things nearby in a blueish magical glow. This will pick up any objects that currently have or are made up of at least 65% magical energy. [Arcane] [Support] [Single Target]

Detect Trap Spell: A rapid burst of Waves of magic power which pings all nearby traps by highlighting them in a reddish magical glow. This will pick up any objects that currently have or are made up of at least 65% magical energy. [Arcane] [Support] [Single Target]

Detect People Spell: A rapid Wave of magic power which pings all nearby magically gifted people by highlighting them in a whiteish magical glow. This spell can’t determine the level of power but can show who has magic. [Arcane] [Support] [Single Target]

Detect Entities Spell: A slow moving Wave of magic power highlights any and all entities like ghosts and spirits and makes them seen to all of those around. This spell is also used to detect and allow others to see invisible, cloaked, camouflaged, or hidden spell users. [Arcane] [Support] [Single Target]

Detect Magic Power Spell: This is a magical sense type of spell which allows the caster to somewhat detect the magic power of a target. It can detect the base level of the magic power within the target if they are weaker than the caster, or possibly up to 10x stronger than the caster. This can sense if the target is far stronger than the caster. [Arcane] [Support] [Single Target]

Detect Power Spell: This is an energy sense type of spell which allows the caster to somewhat detect the raw energy of a target. It can detect the base level of the energy as it can see the flow of power. This spell is used mainly for construction for magical golems, power sources, and other non-magical means. Few can use this spell as it has no real combat purposes, it is useful in following power and seeing the flow of power. Can be linked with the Detect Magical Power Spell to see the flow of magic. [Arcane] [Support] [Single Target]

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