Discern Next of Kin
Discern Next of Kin
You can scan the thoughts of one individual and learn the names and locations of the target’s living relatives, as well as the attitude of the target toward those relatives (and vice versa). You learn about one relative per round you concentrate on the target. For example, you might learn the target’s father’s name, that the father lives on a nearby farm, and that the target and his father don’t get along. Since this spell reads the target’s mind, you can learn only what the target knows or believes.
Each round, you may concentrate on a different target.
Target: one creature
Divination [mind-affecting]
Will negates
SR: Yes
V, S, F (a coin)
1 standard action, concentration, up to 1 minute/level, 60 ft.
Each round, you may concentrate on a different target.
Target: one creature
The Discern Next of Kin spell is used in the Bramble Church to determine who are the parents of firstborn Bunbun. Because there is very little sex education, sometimes this is the only way to determine who the father is, and thus which Bunbun the mother must marry.
The Poor Man
Mercutio, the Orphan Maker
Material Components
A coin (silver for Richian, copper for Poorian).
Related School
Divination [mind-affecting]
Effect Duration
Concentration, up to 1 minute/level
Effect Casting Time
1 standard action
Range
60 ft.