You extend your awareness toward the collective mood of a group. Choose one creature within range that is part of a group of at least five members. You gain fleeting impressions of the group’s shared emotional state, along with flashes of the recent event or circumstance that caused it. These impressions manifest as fragmented memories, sensations, or images that convey the essence of what happened.
This spell only reveals events that stirred the group into heightened states of lament or jubilation. Moments of shared grief, triumph, revelry, or despair. Minor or everyday experiences leave no mark strong enough for the spell to detect.
At the DM’s discretion, this spell provides:
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The general nature of the event (ambush, battle, ritual, celebration, etc.)
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The identity of one or two key figures involved (names, roles, or descriptions)
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One notable detail about what transpired (the enemy type, the ritual’s style, the reason for celebration, etc.)
The clarity of the information depends on the size of the group within range: larger groups provide more vivid and complete impressions.
Examples
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Merchant Caravan: You sense crossbows in the dark and a fleeing banner — you learn they were attacked by human bandits of the Broken Spear company, three guards were wounded, and the brigands were driven off.
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Squad of Soldiers: The clash of steel and blare of horns fill your vision — you learn they fought hobgoblin raiders, that Sergeants Marek and Torren were killed, and the tide turned with a cavalry charge.
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Group of Cultists: You glimpse blood on stone and a circle of runes collapsing — you learn they worked a Netherese ritual, sacrificed a goat to summon a shadow-spawn, and a rival cultist sabotaged the rite.
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