Detect Life
Playtest 3.2 / 4th Ed Build Cost: N/A
Purchase: Granted by Healing Rank 1
Tagged: No
Duration: Instant
Skill Type: Spell
Prerequisites: Healing Rank 1
Skill List: Mage Basic Career
Skill Rules & Full Description
Spell Verbal: "I Draw Upon the Earth to ...Detect Life"
Cost: 0/1 Power Points • Duration: Instant
- This spell informs the caster of the state of a character’s health. Detect Life can be used to determine if a character is truly dead or just faking it, is Unconscious, Bleeding to Death, Mortally Wounded, at the Brink of Death, or Dead and can be used to determine whether a character is undead. This spell can also be used to determine how hurt a character is. The target character of the spell should state how many Body Points they have lost. This spell cannot reveal a Feign Death spell or if the character has any parasitic or symbiotic life forms in them.
- The Detect Life spell costs no Power Points if the caster is touching the character; the spell costs 1 Power Point if the caster tosses a spell packet at the character.
Granted by Rank Skill: Healing Rank 1
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Prerequisite & Progression Tree: Detect Life
Current Skill Skill Node General Requirement
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n_detect_life["Detect Life"]
class n_detect_life target;
click n_detect_life "/rules/skills/detect-life" "View Detect Life"
n_healing_rank_1["Healing Rank 1"]
class n_healing_rank_1 skillNode;
click n_healing_rank_1 "/rules/skills/healing-rank-1" "View Healing Rank 1"
n_power_points["3 Power Points"]
class n_power_points skillNode;
click n_power_points "/rules/skills/power-points" "View 3 Power Points"
n_healing_rank_1 --> n_detect_life
n_power_points --> n_healing_rank_1
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