SRD:Detect Chaos

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Detect Chaos

Divination
Level:	Cleric 1
Components:	V, S, DF
Casting time:	1 standard action
Range:	60 ft.
Area:	Cone-shaped emanation
Duration:	Concentration, up to 10 min./ level (D)
Saving Throw:	None
Spell Resistance:	No

You can sense the presence of chaos. The amount of information revealed depends on how long you study a particular area or subject.

1st Round: Presence or absence of chaos.

2nd Round: Number of chaotos auras (creatures, objects, or spells) in the area and the power of the most potent chaos aura present.

If you are of lawful alignment, and the strongest chaos aura’s power is overwhelming (see below), and the HD or level of the aura’s source is at least twice your character level, you are stunned for 1 round and the spell ends.

3rd Round: The power and location of each aura. If an aura is outside your line of sight, then you discern its direction but not its exact location.

Aura Power: An chaos aura’s power depends on the type of chaos creature or object that you’re detecting and its HD, caster level, or (in the case of a cleric) class level; see the accompanying table. If an aura falls into more than one strength category, the spell indicates the stronger of the two.

	———————— Aura Power ————————
Creature/Object	Faint	Moderate	Strong	Overwhelming
Chaotic creature1(HD)	10 or lower	11–25	26–50	51 or higher
Undead (HD)	2 or lower	3–8	9–20	21 or higher
Chaotic outsider (HD)	1 or lower	2–4	5–10	11 or higher
Cleric of an chaos deity 2(class levels)	1	2–4	5–10	11 or higher
Chaotic magic item or spell (caster level)	2nd or lower	3rd–8th	9th–20th	21st or higher
1 Except for undead and outsiders, which have their own entries on the table. 2 Some characters who are not clerics may radiate an aura of equivalent power. The class description will indicate whether this applies.

Lingering Aura: A chaos aura lingers after its original source dissipates (in the case of a spell) or is destroyed (in the case of a creature or magic item). If detect chaos is cast and directed at such a location, the spell indicates an aura strength of dim (even weaker than a faint aura). How long the aura lingers at this dim level depends on its original power:

Original Strength	Duration of Lingering Aura
Faint	1d6 rounds
Moderate	1d6 minutes
Strong	1d6x10 minutes
Overwhelming	1d6 days

Animals, traps, poisons, and other potential perils are not chaos, and as such this spell does not detect them.

Each round, you can turn to detect chaos 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.

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