Detect Thoughts

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Tier: 2
Activation: (Spell) Magic check, (Concentration on further turns to maintain), Medium Range, Mind-affecting Dependent, Sight Dependant
Ranked: No
Requires Magic 1+ to purchase, School of Divination The longer you have this spell active, the more details you learn. The abilities gained upon each Turn are listed below.

You detect the presence or absence of thoughts from conscious creatures that have an Intellect of at least 1. (This level is not Sight Dependant)
You detect the number and Intellect of each creature within range. If a creature is 2+ Intellect higher then you when you read their mind, you lose Concentration and are Staggered for the remainder of your Turn. You are not required to detect everyone's mind. You can only discover the location of the minds if you can see them.
You may make a Magic vs Discipline check against a single mind, failure breaks your Concentration. If you succeed, you can read the surface thoughts of the creature. The creature knows a creature is attempting to read their thoughts. d may be spent for the target to read one of the caster's surface thoughts.
Further rounds may be spent continuing to read the target's thoughts (another roll is required, as above) or reading the thoughts of a different creature (as above).

This spell can penetrate solid objects but 3ft of dirt or wood, 1ft of stone, 1 inch of any metal, a thin sheet of lead or any forcefield or magical barrier blocks it.