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Record Count: 15

Analyze Foe View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Real Cost: 10 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Effect
Find Weakness 11- with All Attacks (30 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Comprehend Languages View
Clerical General Level 1
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Real Cost: 12 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: D&D 3e Core
Description
The caster is mystically aware of the meaning of languages.
Effect
Universal Translator 21-, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 6 Hours (+0) (30 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), Only to Activate, -3/4), Concentration (0 DCV; -1/2), Gestures (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Detect [Alignment] View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Sphere Divination Level 2
Stregari Divining Level 1
Real Cost: 10 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: D&D 3e Core
Description
Long Term Endurance Lost Paid When Spell Is Cast
Effect
Detect Moral/Ethical Alignment A Class Of Things 21- (Sight Group), Discriminatory, Analyze, Increased Arc Of Perception (240 Degrees), Rapid (x10) (30 Active Points); Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Caster takes 3 LTE loss; -1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Hour (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Detect Disease View
Paladin Investiture Level 1
Ranger Warden Level 1
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Sphere Divination Level 2
Stregari Divining Level 1
Real Cost: 7 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: AD&D 2e Supplement
Effect
Detect Disease A Class Of Things 14- (Unusual Group), Discriminatory, Analyze, Increased Arc Of Perception (240 Degrees), Range, Rapid (x10), Sense (30 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Requires an Alchemy or INT Roll (Variable RSR -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Detect Living View
Ranger Warden Level 1
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Sphere Divination Level 2
Stregari Divining Level 1
Real Cost: 7 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: AD&D 2e Supplement
Effect
Detect Living Creatures A Class Of Things 14- (no Sense Group), Discriminatory, Analyze, Increased Arc Of Perception (240 Degrees), Range, Rapid (x10), Sense (30 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Requires an Alchemy or INT Roll (Variable RSR -1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Detect Secret Doors View
Bardic Divination Level 1
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Domain Knowledge Level 1
Sphere Divination Level 2
Stregari Divining Level 1
Real Cost: 9 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: D&D 3e Core
Effect
Detect Secret Doors 23- (no Sense Group), Discriminatory, Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Rapid (x10): x10, Sense (30 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 5 Minutes (-3/4), Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (1/2 DCV; -1/2), Extra Time (Extra Phase, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Detect Undead View
Clerical General Level 1
Paladin Investiture Level 1
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Sphere Divination Level 2
Stregari Divining Level 1
Real Cost: 6 Active Points: 26
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: D&D 3e Core
Effect
N-Ray Perception (Sight Group), +1 to PER Roll, Discriminatory, Analyze, Increased Arc Of Perception (240 Degrees), Rapid (x10) (26 Active Points); Only to Detect Undead (-1), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 5 Minutes (-3/4), Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), Only to Activate Constant or Persistent Power, -3/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (-1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Nonpersistent (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Detect Value View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Real Cost: 7 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: AD&D 2e Supplement
Effect
Detect Value of Currency A Class Of Things 14- (no Sense Group), Discriminatory, Analyze, Increased Arc Of Perception (240 Degrees), Range, Rapid (x10), Sense (30 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Requires an Alchemy or INT Roll (Variable RSR -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Group Ghosteyes View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Real Cost: 12 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Effect
N-Ray Perception (Sight Group), +3 to PER Roll, Increased Arc Of Perception (240 Degrees), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 6 Hours (+0), Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1) (30 Active Points); Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -1/2), Concentration 1/2 DCV, throughout (-1/2), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Identify View
Bardic Divination Level 1
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Domain Magic Level 2
Stregari Divining Level 1
Real Cost: 7 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: D&D 3e Core
Effect
Detect Information About Magic Items 26- (Sight Group), Discriminatory, Analyze (30 Active Points); Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (0 DCV; -1), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 5 Minutes (-3/4), Gradual Effect (1 Minute; -1/2), Extra Time (Extra Phase, Only to Activate, Delayed Phase, -1/2), Incantations (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Minor Fate-dodging View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Stregari Divining Level 1
Real Cost: 8 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Effect
+6 with DCV (30 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Character May Take No Other Actions, Delayed Phase, -1), Incantations (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Rary's Aptitude Appropriater View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Real Cost: 9 Active Points: 25
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: AD&D 1e Supplement
Effect
Custom Skill, 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Day (+0), Variable SFX Any SFX (Multi-Skill; +1/2) (25 Active Points); Only To Imitate A Skill Another Character In Sight Has, Up To The Level They Have It (-1), Gestures (-1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4) 18-
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Rary's Empathic Perception View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Real Cost: 6 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: AD&D 1e Supplement
Keywords
Mind-Affecting
Effect
Telepathy 2d6 (Human class of minds), Invisible Power Effects (Mental Group; +1/2), Lingering up to 1 Minute (+3/4), Cumulative (x2 max.) (+3/4) (30 Active Points); 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Minute (-1 1/4), Empathy All Emotions (-1/2), Concentration 1/2 DCV, throughout (-1/2), Stops Working If Mentalist Is Stunned (-1/2), Receive Only (-1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll, RSR Skill is subject to Skill vs. Skill contests Magic Skill vs Spell Resistance; -1/4), Does Not Provide Mental Awareness (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

Richter's Improved Illusion Parsing View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Real Cost: 9 Active Points: 30
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: New Content
Keywords
Divining
Description
Painfully thin and physically unimpressive, nevertheless the Master Illusionist Richter was incredibly perceptive and shrewd.

This spell grants the caster the ability to peer through illusions for up to an hour (unless dispelled / encounters Anti-Magic).
Effect
+10 PER with all Sense Groups (30 Active Points); Only to See Through Illusions (-1), 1 Continuing Charge lasting 1 Hour (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4), Concentration 1/2 DCV (-1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4), Gestures (-1/4)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition

True Strike View
Wizardry Divination Level 1
Real Cost: 6 Active Points: 24
Provider: Killer Shrike Source: D&D 3e Core
Effect
+3 with All Combat (24 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Extra Time (Extra Phase, Delayed Phase, -1)
Edition
HERO System 5th Edition