Locate animals or plants

Detect animals or plants, also known as locate animals or plants, was a divination spell that allowed the caster to discover the direction, distance, and approximate number of one type of animal or plant desired.

Effects
The caster picked a direction and one type of animal or plant, and then concentrated for a short time to discover if the desired plant or animal was within the range of the spell. For the older versions of this spell, the area of scrutiny was a 20 ft (6.1 m) wide corridor that extended out 100 yd (91 m) and more depending on caster level. The newer version divined in a cone-shaped area that extended out 400 ft (123 m) and more. If the caster concentrated long enough, details about the condition of the specimens found could be gleaned. The caster could then pick a new direction to examine, provided the spell did not expire.

This spell could penetrate barriers, but 1 ft (30 cm) of stone, 1 in (2.5cm) of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 ft (1 m) of wood or dirt blocked it.

The oldest version of this spell was actually two spells. Druids first learned to locate animals, and then advanced to locating plants.

Components
Verbal and somatic components, as well as the priest's holy symbol or divine focus were required to cast this spell. The newest version of this spell did not require a divine focus to cast.