Empathy

Level 1 priest spell · Divination

Senses the basic needs and emotions of unshielded minds in a 10-ft.-wide, 30-ft. path; reversed, masks one creature's emotions.

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Useful — worth a slot when its situation comes up.

Sphere
Divination
Range
0
Components
V, S, M
Casting time
1 rd.
Duration
1 turn
Area of effect
10-ft. wide path, 30 ft. long
Saving throw
None

This spell allows the caster to sense the basic needs, drives, and/or emotions of any unshielded mind (hunger, thirst, fear, fatigue, pain, uncertainty, rage, hatred, curiosity, hostility, friendliness, love, and so on). The spell gives no result for creatures protected against detection, psionic creatures, or emotionless creatures (such as slimes, oozes, jellies, golems, skeletons, zombies, etc.).

The reverse of the spell, mask emotion, conceals the emotions of the protected creature for one turn.

The material component is the priest's holy symbol.

Notes: Very rare spell. (Updated from Polyhedron Newszine.)

Sources

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