Undetectable alignment was an abjuration spell that shielded the subject's alignment from detection.[2] It was also the name of the reverse of the divination spell know alignment.[6][7]
Effects
This spell could be cast on a creature or an object within close range. This spell rendered the subject's alignment hidden and unknowable from all methods of divination for one day.[2][6][7]
When cast in reverse, the know alignment spell was a divination that allowed the caster to examine the aura of a person or object and get a reading on the alignment of the target. Creatures and objects with intelligence or a will had a chance to resist this spell, but if that failed, the caster could learn the non-neutral alignments (lawful vs. chaotic, good vs. evil) in one minute of quiet concentration. If the caster was able to remain still and concentrate for a full two minutes, then even the subtler alignments could be completely determined.[6][7]
Components
Only verbal and somatic components were required to cast this spell.[2][6][7]
History
Know alignment/undetectable alignment was created by prolific Netherese arcanist Trebbe in −2237 DR under the name Trebbe's scry alignment, his last spell invention before his accidental death within the same year.[1][12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 22, 24. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Template:Cite book/Player's Handbook, 3.5 Edition
- ↑ Template:Cite book/Dungeon Master's Guide, 3.5 Edition
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 46. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (March 2006). Power of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 72. ISBN 0-7869-3910-9.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 David "Zeb" Cook (August 1989). Player's Handbook (2nd edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 143. ISBN 0-88038-716-5.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 David "Zeb" Cook (April 1995). Player's Handbook 2nd edition (revised). (TSR, Inc.), p. 185. ISBN 0-7869-0329-5.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Andria Hayday (April 1992). Arabian Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 152. ISBN 978-1560763581.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 121–122. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.
- ↑ Mark Middleton et al. (1999). Priest's Spell Compendium Volume Two. (TSR, Inc), p. 436. ISBN 9780786914210.
- ↑ Gary Gygax, David Cook, and François Marcela-Froideval (1985). Oriental Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 63. ISBN 0-8803-8099-3.
- ↑ slade, Jim Butler (October 1996). “The Winds of Netheril”. In Jim Butler ed. Netheril: Empire of Magic (TSR, Inc.), pp. 26, 87. ISBN 0-7869-0437-2.