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# Detect Life and Death

Level
  1
School
  Divination
Keywords
  Concentration
Range
  Self (10-meter radius)
Duration
  Up to 10 minutes
Mana Cost
  1

For the duration of the spell, you sense the presence of any living or undead creature within 10 meters of you. This sense provides a faint aura indicating direction and number but not identity or precise location. The spell’s effect is blocked by barriers of sufficient density:

- 1 decimeter of stone

- 1 centimeter of common metal

- 1 millimeter of lead

- 1 meter of wood or dirt

## Stunts

### Echo Pulse

Spend 1 additional mana to briefly extend the detection range to 30 meters for a single pulse.

### Vital Signature

You can distinguish between types of lifeforms (beast, humanoid, undead, plant) within the detection range.

### Unseen Tether

While concentrating, you may “mark” one sensed presence. You always know the direction to that creature for the duration.

### Pierce the Veil

You may spend three mana to detect creatures hidden behind magical illusions or invisibility within range.

### Aura Imprint

When the spell ends, you retain a faint memory of all detected presences, allowing you to track them for the next hour using the Perception or Survival skill.