Detect Thoughts

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Spell

For the duration, you can read the thoughts of certain creatures.
You can focus your mind on any one target that you can see within 30 feet of you.
You initially learn the surface thoughts of the target—what is most on its mind in that moment.
If the creature you choose doesn't speak any language, the creature is unaffected.

You can attempt to probe deeper into the same creature's mind. If you probe deeper, the target must make a Contesting Roll vs the Psyche.
Target's Failure: You gain insight into its reasoning (if any), its emotional state, and something that looms large in its mind (such as something it worries over, loves, or hates).
Target's Success: The effect fails, and the target knows that you are probing into its mind.
Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as part of an interrogation.

You can also use this spell to detect the presence of thinking targets you can't see.
You can search for thoughts within 30 feet of you.
The spell can penetrate barriers, but 2 feet of rock, 2 inches of any metal other than lead, or a thin sheet of lead blocks you.
You can't detect a creature with an that doesn't speak any language.
Once you detect the presence of a creature in this way, you can read its thoughts for the rest of the duration as described above, even if you can't see it, but it must still be within range.

Whispering arcane words, you focus on your target. The world around you fades as invisible tendrils extend from your mind to theirs. Thoughts swirl like mist, revealing secrets hidden beneath the surface.

Spell Info:
Spell Sphere: Arcane
Spell Circle: Circle of Divination
Components:
Casting Time:

Parameters:
Range:
Duration: 1 minutes

Abilities:
Detect Thoughts: Probe Deeper

The spell, ability or effect can penetrate barriers, but it is blocked by 3 feet of wood or dirt, 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of metal, or a thin sheet of lead.