Divination [Mind-Affecting]
Casting Time: 1 standard time
Range: 60 ft
Target: Cone-shaped emanation
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute/Power point (D)
Saving Throw: Will negates; see text
Spell Resistance: No
Minimum Power Points: 3
You detect surface thoughts. The amount of information revealed depends on
how long you study a particular area or subject.
1st Round: Presence or absence of thoughts (from conscious creatures
with Intelligence scores of 1 or higher).
2nd Round: Number of thinking minds and the Intelligence score of each.
If the highest Intelligence is 26 or higher (and at least 10 points higher than
your own Intelligence score), you are stunned for 1 round and the spell ends.
This spell does not let you determine the location of the thinking minds if
you can't see the creatures whose thoughts you are detecting.
3rd Round: : Surface thoughts of any mind in the area. A target's Will
save prevents you from reading its thoughts, and you must cast telepathic
probe again to have another chance. Creatures of animal intelligence (Int
1 or 2) have simple, instinctual thoughts that you can pick up.
Each round, you can turn to detect 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 3 feet
of wood or dirt blocks it.
Heightened: Each additional Power point increases the duration
by 1 minute and the range by 5 ft. You must expend 1 Power point to cast this
spell before you can heighten it or enhance it with metamagic feats.
At 7 Power points, you can automatically detect the presence or absence of thoughts,
can tell the number of thinking minds by concentrating for 1 round, and can
tell the surface thoughts of each thinking mind by concentrating for 2 rounds.
At 11 Power points, you can automatically tell the number of thinking minds
by concentrating for 1 round, and can tell the surface thoughts of each thinking
mind by concentrating for for 1 round.