Spiritcraft

Occult Lore

Author	Keith Baker, Adam Bank, Chris Jones, Scott Reeves, and Elton Robb
Publisher	Atlas-Games
Publish date	2002
OGL Section 15	occult-lore

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Skill: Spiritcraft (Wis; Trained Only)

This spell represents a deep knowledge of the nature of undead and other spirits. It is normally only available to gleaners, but may optionally be available to wizards with the necromancy specialty, or other individuals who have trained with gleaners. Spiritcraft can be used to gain additional information about undead auras sensed through the use of detect undead, and to attune to reliquaries or focal charms the gleaner has acquired as opposed to created.

Check: You can identify undead or perform the following special effects.

DC	Task
10	After using detect undead, identify the number of levels in an opposing gleaner’s spiritstone.
10 + target HD	After using detect undead, identify an target’s undead aura belonging to a type of crea ture the character has previously encountered. The provides the user with the identity of the creature, and gives a sense of the unusual abilities of the creature, such as Level Drain or incorporeality.
15 + target HD	After using detect undead, identify an target’s undead aura belonging to a type of crea ture the character has never encountered. The user will not receive a name, but will receive the type and subtype of the creature, along with a general sense of the special attacks and qualities that it possesses.
15 + target HD	Attune to a newly acquired reliquary target’s (gleaner only). One try per week. rank
30	Attune to a newly acquired focal charm (gleaner only). One try per week.

Retry: A failed Spiritcraft check based on detect undead can be retried if detect undead is used again. Attuning attempts can be retried once per week.