Sense Desires

You activate one of the effects below. Until the spell ends, you can activate either effect as a Magic action on your later turns.

Sense Desires. You sense the presence of desires of creatures within 30 feet of yourself that belong to creatures with an intelligence of 3 or higher. You have a broad sense of categories of desire including everyday ones such as food, drink, rest and lust. You have a sense of the intensity of the desires, but not deep specifics. 

The spell is blocked by 1 foot of stone, dirt, or wood; 1 inch of metal; or a thin sheet of lead. It does not work on creatures without a mind such as most constructs.

Understand Desires. Target one creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself or one creature within 30 feet of yourself that you detected with the Sense Desires option. You learn what desires motivate them both in general and in this moment most on the target’s mind right now. These desires are conveyed to you in the sensory mediums that most reflect how the creature conceptualises them, so for instance a creature that desires a specific meal would allow you to see, taste and perhaps smell the dish in question, while a creature which desires to hear a particular song would allow you to hear it.