For the duration, you can read the thoughts of multiple creatures. When you cast the spell, choose any eight creatures that you can see within 500 feet of you. If a creature you choose has an Intelligence of 3 or lower or doesn't speak any language, the creature is unaffected.
You initially learn the surface thoughts of the creatures--what is most on their minds in that moment. As an action, you can attempt to probe deeper into a single creature's mind. If you probe deeper, the target must make a Wisdom saving throw. If it fails, you gain insight into its reasoning (if any), its emotional state, and something that looms large in its mind (such as something it worries over, loves, or hates). If it succeeds, the spell ends for that creature.
Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as part of an interrogation.
Once per round, if you do not perform a detailed study of one creature’s mind, you can attempt to implant a suggestion in the mind of any one of the affected creatures as an action. The creature makes a Wisdom saving throw to resist the suggestion. Success on this saving throw does not negate the other effects of this spell for that creature, but does make it aware that it's mind is being read, and the creature can use its action on its turn to make an Intelligence check contested by your Intelligence check. If it succeeds, the spell ends for that creature.
* - (the body of an arachnid that still has all 8 legs)
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