DIVINATION

Divination (ritual) Level 4

STANDARD

Casting Time 1 action
Range Self
Components V, S, M
Duration Instantaneous

Your magic and an offering put you in contact with a god or a god’s servants. You ask a single question concerning a specific goal, event, or activity to occur within 7 days. The DM offers a truthful reply. The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen.

The spell doesn’t take into account any possible circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional spells or the loss or gain of a companion.

If you cast the spell two or more times before finishing your next long rest, there is a cumulative 25 percent chance for each casting after the first that you get a random reading. The DM makes this roll in secret.

Components. Incense and a sacrificial offering appropriate to your religion, together worth at least 25 gp, which the spell consumes.

SPELL VARIANT #1

Casting Time 1 action
Range Self
Components V, S, M
Duration Instantaneous

Your magic and an offering put you in contact with a demigod. The offering can be anything valuable or precious, it is up to the DM to evaluate if the offerings are appropriate in the eyes of the demigod. If the demigod accepts the offerings, they disappear and are sent into the demigod’s home plane.

You ask a single question concerning a specific goal, event, or activity to occur within 7 days. The DM offers a truthful reply. The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen.The spell doesn’t take into account any possible circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional spells or the loss or gain of a companion.

Components. Ritual Incense, offerings worth at least 100 gp.

SPELL VARIANT #2

Casting Time 1 action
Range Self
Components V, S, M
Duration Instantaneous

Your magic and an offering put you in contact with a lesser god. The offering must be something related to the lesser god’s sphere of influences, it is up to the DM to evaluate if the offerings are appropriate in the eyes of the lesser god. If the lesser god accepts the offerings, they disappear and are sent into the lesser god’s home plane.

You ask a single question concerning a specific goal, event, or activity to occur within 14 days. The DM offers a truthful reply. The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen. The spell doesn’t take into account any possible circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional spells or the loss or gain of a companion.

Components. Ritual Incense, offerings worth at least 500 gp.

SPELL VARIANT #3

Casting Time 1 action
Range Self
Components V, S, M
Duration Instantaneous

Your magic and an offering put you in contact with an intermediate god. The offering must be something related to the intermediate god’s sphere of influences, it is up to the DM to evaluate if the offerings are appropriate in the eyes of the intermediate god. If the intermediate god accepts the offerings, they disappear and are sent into the intermediate’s home plane.

You ask up to two questions concerning a specific goal, event, or activity to occur within 21 days. The DM offers a truthful reply. The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen. The spell doesn’t take into account any possible circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional spells or the loss or gain of a companion. In addition, every week, the intermediate god leaves tips in the form of visual omens, dreams, puzzles to help and the petitioner in its quest.

Components. Ritual Incense, offerings worth at least 1,000 gp.

SPELL VARIANT #4

Casting Time 1 action
Range Self
Components V, S, M
Duration Instantaneous

Your magic and an offering put you in contact with a greater god. The offering must be something related to the greater god’s sphere of influences, it is up to the DM to evaluate if the offerings are appropriate in the eyes of the greater god. The greater god, may also requires the petitioner to accomplish a task during the duration of the divination.

If such is the case, then the greater god will find a proper and cryptic way to communicate with the petitioner. If the greater god accepts the offerings, they disappear and are sent into the intermediate’s home plane. You ask up to two questions concerning a specific goal, event, or activity to occur within 28 days. The DM offers a truthful reply.

The reply might be a short phrase, a cryptic rhyme, or an omen. However, if the greater god has a direct interest in the issue, it may provide a clear answer to drive the petitioner to accomplish the god’s hidden goals. The spell doesn’t take into account any possible circumstances that might change the outcome, such as the casting of additional spells or the loss or gain of a companion.

In addition, every week, the greater god leaves tips in the form of visual omens, dreams, puzzles to help and the petitioner in its quest. The last week, when the petitioner is about to uncover the meaning of the divination, the greater god will appear in the form of an animal, a stranger or whatever may be appropriate, to help the petitioner.

Components. Ritual Incense, offerings worth at least 2,000 gp.