Kreighton's Perusal

System: Pathfinder | SRD

Level: Arcanist: 1; Bard: 1; Cleric: 1; Magus: 1; Oracle: 1; Skald: 1; Sorcerer: 1; Warpriest: 1; Wizard: 1

School: divination

Casting time: 1 standard action

Components: V, S

Range: touch

Target: book touched

Duration: instantaneous

Saving throw: Will negates (harmless, object)

Spell resistance: yes (harmless, object)

You gain a brief but incomplete understanding of one book’s contents, equivalent to having skimmed its pages for 1 hour. This insight is not sufficient to translate unknown languages, decipher codes, or memorize text, but it does allow the caster to learn what topics the book discusses— invaluable to a Pathfinder who must make a snap decision when performing research or deciding whether or not to abscond with a volume. In addition, you instantly benefit from any bonuses or effects the book would normally grant to anyone who reads it for 1 hour (such as the bonuses gained from reading volumes of the Pathfinder Chronicles; see pages 26–27).

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