Word Search

When there is no time for a thorough search for answers, a targeted approach often must suffice.  You press your hands on both sides of the parchment used as the material component for the spell, and the glowing symbols for 'hunter' and 'scholar' each appear on the back of the hand that was pressing on that symbol.  While you are maintaining concentration on this spell, you can use an action on each of your turns to do one of two abilities:

• Touch the hand marked 'hunter' to a corner of a bookshelf, book pile, table covered in scrolls, or similar object and think of a word, phrase, or sentence.  Starting from the point you touched and progressing from top to bottom, left to right, front to back, outside to inside, or the reverse of any of those your hand searches for the next book, scroll, or parchment that contains the specified word(s) in a language you can understand, and it indicates when it has found one.  You can repeat this action on your next turn starting from this spot and find the next object containing the specified word(s).  You do not have to search for the same word(s).  If the specified word(s) do not appear anywhere further along in the search area, your hand will indicate so.
• Touch the hand marked 'scholar' to a book, scroll, parchment, or similar object with writing on it and think of a word, phrase, or sentence.  Starting from the point or page you are on, the document will page or scroll to the next mention in a language you can understand of the specified word(s) and your hand will indicate when it finds the specified word(s).  You can repeat this action on your next turn starting from this spot and find the next mention of the specified word(s).  You do not have to search for the same word(s).  If the specified word(s) do not occur in the remainder of the document, your hand will indicate so.

At Higher Levels.  When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the duration of the spell is increased by ten minutes per spell level above 2nd.