Comprehend Languages

Comprehend Languages

1st-rank - Wizard Spell: Divination

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: Self

Duration: 1 hour

Components: V, S, M

Materials: A pinch of soot and salt

Auditory Sensory Effects: None

Visual Sensory Effects: Tiny

Olfactory Sensory Effects: None

Casting Perception Mod +4

Effect Perception Mod +1

For the duration, you understand the literal meaning of any spoken language that you hear. You also understand any written language that you see, but you must be touching the surface on which the words are written. It takes about 1 minute to read one page of text.
As the spell is cast, the caster's eyes take on a slight white glow which persists for 1 round before fading. Observers will not notice the glow unless closely watching the eyes.
This spell doesn't decode secret messages in a text or a glyph, such as an arcane mark, that isn't part of a written language.

At higher ranks: