Black Cairn

Level 2 priest spell · Divination

Staring at a cairn of stones shows the priest where a corpse lies within a mile per level.

Situation: Know

Niche — narrow: the situation it serves seldom comes up.

Sphere
Cosmos
Range
1 mi./level radius
Components
V, S, M
Casting time
1 hr.
Duration
Special
Area of effect
Special
Saving throw
None

After this spell is cast, the priest knows the location of a corpse (animal or otherwise). The priest must first find stones, each one bigger than a fist. He stacks them in a small pile, or cairn, and sits and stares at the blackness of the stones until he receives a vision of the corpse's location. If the caster has an item belonging to the corpse, the casting time is reduced by half. Templars and druids can cast this spell, elemental and para-elemental clerics cannot.

Notes: Uncommon for templars and druids in the Dark Sun setting.

Sources

  • Priest's Spell Compendium Vol 1
This spell on the AD&D 2nd Edition Wiki