Arcane Mark

Universal

Level: Sor/Wiz 0

Components: V, S

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Touch

Effect: One personal rune or mark, all of which must fit within 1 ft. square

Duration: Permanent

Saving Throw: None

Spell Resistance: No

This spell allows you to inscribe your personal rune or mark, which can be no taller than 6 inches in height and consist of no more than six characters. The writing can be visible or invisible. An arcane mark spell enables you to etch the rune upon stone, metal, or any softer substance without harm to the material upon which the mark is placed. If an invisible mark is made, a detect magic spell causes it to glow and be visible (though not necessarily understandable). See invisibility, true seeing, a gem of seeing, or a robe of eyes likewise allows their users to see an invisible arcane mark. A read magic spell reveals the words, if any. The mark cannot be dispelled, but it can be removed by the caster or by an erase spell. If cast on a living being, normal wear gradually causes the mark to fade in about a month.

Daze

Enchantment (Compulsion) [Mind-Affecting]

Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0

Components: V, S, M

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Close (25 ft.+5 ft./2 levels)

Target: One person

Duration: 1 round

Saving Throw: Will negates

Spell Resistance: Yes

This enchantment clouds the mind of a humanoid of Medium-size or smaller so that he takes no actions. Humanoids of 5 or more HD are not affected. The dazed subject is not stunned (so attackers get no special advantage against him), but he can’t move, cast spells, use mental abilities, etc.

Arcane Material Component: A pinch of wool or similar substance

Detect Magic

Universal

Level: Brd 0, Clr 0, Drd 0, Sor/Wiz 0

Components: V, S

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 60 ft.

Area: A quarter circle emanating from you to the extreme of the range

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute/level (D)

Saving Throw: None

Spell Resistance: No

You detect magical auras. The amount of information revealed depends on how long you study a particular area or subject:

1st Round: Presence or absence of magical auras.

2nd Round: Number of different magical auras and the strength of the strongest aura.

3rd Round: The strength and location of each aura. If the items or creatures bearing the auras are in line of sight, you can make Spellcraft skill checks to determine the school of magic involved in each. (Make one check per aura; DC 15+spell level, or 15+half caster level for a nonspell effect.)

Magical areas, multiple types of magic, or strong local magical emanations may confuse or conceal weaker auras.

Aura Strength: An aura’s magic power and strength depend on a spell’s functioning spell level or an item’s caster level.

If an aura falls into more than one category, detect magic indicates the stronger of the two.

Length Aura Lingers: How long the aura lingers depends on its original strength:

Note: Each round, you can turn to detect things in a new area. The spell can penetrate barriers, but 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 1 yard of wood or dirt blocks it. Outsiders and elementals are not magical in themselves, but if they are conjured, the conjuration spell registers.

Detect Poison

Divination

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

Components: V, S

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Close (25 ft.+5 ft./2 levels)

Target or Area: One creature, one object, or a 5-foot cube

Duration: Instantaneous

Saving Throw: None

Spell Resistance: No

You determine whether a creature, object, or area has been poisoned or is poisonous. You can determine the exact type of poison with a successful Wisdom check at DC 20. (A character with the Alchemy skill may additionally try an Alchemy check at DC 20.)

Note: The spell can penetrate barriers, but 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt blocks it.

Ghost Sound

Illusion (Figment)

Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0

Components: V, S, M

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Close (25 ft.+5 ft./2 levels)

Effect: Illusory sounds

Duration: 1 round/level (D)

Saving Throw: Will disbelief (if interacted with)

Spell Resistance: No

Ghost sound allows you to cause a volume of sound which arises, recedes, approaches, or remains at a fixed place. You choose what type of sound the spell creates when casting the spell and cannot thereafter change its basic character. The volume of sound created, however, depends on your level. You can produce as much noise as four normal humans per caster level (maximum, twenty humans). Thus, talking, singing, shouting, walking, marching, or running sounds can be created. The noise a ghost sound spell produces can be virtually any type of sound within the volume limit. A horde of rats running and squeaking is about the same volume as eight humans running and shouting. A roaring lion is equal to the noise from sixteen humans, while a roaring dire cat is equal to the noise from twenty humans.

Note that ghost sound can enhance the effectiveness of a silent image spell.

Arcane Material Component: A bit of wool or a small lump of wax.

Mending

Transmutation

Level: Brd 0, Clr 0, Drd 0, Sor/Wiz 0

Components: V, S

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 10 ft.

Target: One object of up to 1 pound

Duration: Instantaneous

Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless, object)

Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless, object)

Mending repairs small breaks or tears in objects (not warps). In metallic objects, it will weld a broken ring, a chain link, a medallion, or a slender dagger, providing but one break exists. Ceramic or wooden objects with multiple breaks can be invisibly rejoined to be as strong as new. A hole in a leather sack or wineskin is completely healed over by mending. The spell can repair a magic item, but the item’s magical abilities are not restored. (For restoring a broken magic item’s abilities, see the item creation feat entries in Chapter 5: Feats.) The spell cannot mend broken magic rods, staffs, or wands.

Open/Close

Transmutation

Level: Brd 0, Sor/Wiz 0

Components: V, S, F

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Close (25 ft.+5 ft./2 levels)

Target: A portal or object that can be opened or closed

Duration: Instantaneous

Saving Throw: Will negates (object)

Spell Resistance: Yes (object)

You can open or close (caster’s choice) a door, chest, box, window, bag, pouch, bottle, or other container. If anything resists this action (such as a bar on a door or a lock on a chest), the spell fails. In addition, the spell can only open and close things that are of normal weight. The lid of a big chest or an oversized door is beyond the spell’s capability.

Focus: A brass key.

Prestidigitation

Universal

Level: Brd 0, Magic 1, Sor/Wiz 0

Components: V, S

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 10 ft.

Target, Effect, or Area: See text

Duration: 1 hour

Saving Throw: See text

Spell Resistance: No

Prestidigitations are minor tricks that novice spellcasters use for practice. Once cast, the prestidigitation spell enables you to perform simple magical effects for 1 hour. The effects are minor and have severe limitations. Prestidigitations can slowly lift 1 pound of material. They can color, clean, or soil items in a 1-foot cube each round. They can chill, warm, or flavor 1 pound of nonliving material. They cannot inflict damage or affect the concentration of spellcasters. Prestidigitation can create small objects, but they look crude and artificial. The materials created by a prestidigitation spell are extremely fragile, and they cannot be used as tools, weapons, or spell components. Lastly, a prestidigitation lacks the power to duplicate any other spell effects. Any actual change to an object (beyond just moving, cleaning, or soiling it) persists only 1 hour.

Characters typically use prestidigitations to impress common folk, amuse children, and brighten dreary lives. Common tricks with prestidigitations include producing tinklings of ethereal music, brightening faded flowers, creating glowing balls that float over your hand, generating puffs of wind to flicker candles, spicing up aromas and flavors of bland food, and making little whirlwinds to sweep dust under rugs.

Read Magic

Universal

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

Components: V, S, F

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Personal

Target: You

Duration: 10 minutes/level

By means of read magic, you can read 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 warding with a successful Spellcraft check at DC 13 or a symbol with a successful Spellcraft check at DC 19.

Focus: A clear crystal or mineral prism.