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* '''Effect:''' You can cast [[Spell list#Detect Magic|detect magic]] or [[Spell list#Voice for the Dead|voice for the dead]] three times each day in any combination without spending any mana.
 
* '''Effect:''' You can cast [[Spell list#Detect Magic|detect magic]] or [[Spell list#Voice for the Dead|voice for the dead]] three times each day in any combination without spending any mana.
 
* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Seer's Probe requires seven portions of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]], five portions of [[Materials#Tempest Jade|tempest jade]] and three ingots of [[Materials#Weltsilver|weltsilver]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.
 
* '''Materials:''' Crafting a Seer's Probe requires seven portions of [[Materials#Iridescent Gloaming|iridescent gloaming]], five portions of [[Materials#Tempest Jade|tempest jade]] and three ingots of [[Materials#Weltsilver|weltsilver]]. It takes one month to make one of these items.
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“I'm so cold, captain, .. I..I can't feel my legs.  I think I must be done for.”
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“Nonsense, lass.  The surgeons are working on you now, the best money can buy.  You'll be right as thronepence in no time.  But I need you to concentrate now, and tell me how many enemy warriors there were in the pass.  Hmm?  Can you do that for your old Captain?”
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“It's hard...hard to remember.  I can't see anything, Captain.  Why can't I see anything?”
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“You've got a bandage, girl.  Head wound.  Best to leave it on – doctor's orders.  Now, can you focus for me?  How many orcs were there?  How many orcs in the pass, Wiletta?”
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“Orcs?  Yes, the orcs.  There... there were too many.  Ambushed us, dozens.  Dozens and dozens.  Too many.  No time to fall back, tried to run...”
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“Good!  Good, girl, Wiletta.  Well done!”
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“Did I do well, sir?  I feel so strange, like I'm slipping away, like a great tide is pulling at me.  What's happening, Captain, I...I...”
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“Shhh, Wiletta, let go now.  Your work here is done, and your shares will be paid out to your next of kin...”
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He continued to mutter pleasantries to the girl's corpse until her croaking words began to fade away into silence, then stood up and brushed himself down.  He turned to his adjutant, “Dozens, eh?  Sounds like the main force - old “Broken-Teeth” must have taken the bait.  Signal the scouts to begin torching the grass at the opposite end of the valley, then form everybody up for a defence in depth.  They can't use full frontage on us here.  As long as the wind holds, we'll catch them between hammer and anvil!”
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Revision as of 16:02, 24 January 2013

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Description

A seer's probe is most often a delicate length of pale wood around a core of iridescent gloaming and weltsilver, carefully with tempest jade to ensure it remains flexible and light. Inlays are often suggestive of the runes of day or night, although Varushkan artisans prefer to decorate the wand with images of spiders or squirrels. In Highguard it is sometimes called an Archivist's Quill, and constructed to suggest a writing implement, while in Urizen it is often crafted to suggest a key, and given a variety of evocative names such as Lorekeeper's Sigil.

The wand is of most use to investigators and scholars, who enhance their personal abilities with additional use of two valuable divinatory spells. It is often held between the thumb and two forefingers, as if it were a conductor's baton. It is clearly not intended for violent use - although in a pinch it can be used to deliver an unexpectedly robust magical assault.

Rules

“I'm so cold, captain, .. I..I can't feel my legs. I think I must be done for.”

“Nonsense, lass. The surgeons are working on you now, the best money can buy. You'll be right as thronepence in no time. But I need you to concentrate now, and tell me how many enemy warriors there were in the pass. Hmm? Can you do that for your old Captain?”

“It's hard...hard to remember. I can't see anything, Captain. Why can't I see anything?”

“You've got a bandage, girl. Head wound. Best to leave it on – doctor's orders. Now, can you focus for me? How many orcs were there? How many orcs in the pass, Wiletta?”

“Orcs? Yes, the orcs. There... there were too many. Ambushed us, dozens. Dozens and dozens. Too many. No time to fall back, tried to run...”

“Good! Good, girl, Wiletta. Well done!”

“Did I do well, sir? I feel so strange, like I'm slipping away, like a great tide is pulling at me. What's happening, Captain, I...I...”

“Shhh, Wiletta, let go now. Your work here is done, and your shares will be paid out to your next of kin...”

He continued to mutter pleasantries to the girl's corpse until her croaking words began to fade away into silence, then stood up and brushed himself down. He turned to his adjutant, “Dozens, eh? Sounds like the main force - old “Broken-Teeth” must have taken the bait. Signal the scouts to begin torching the grass at the opposite end of the valley, then form everybody up for a defence in depth. They can't use full frontage on us here. As long as the wind holds, we'll catch them between hammer and anvil!”