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Comprehend Languages
(Alteration)
Reversible
Level: 1
Range: Touch
Components:V,S,M
Duration: 5 rds./level
Casting Time: 1 round
Area of Effect: 1 speaking creature or written text
Saving Throw: None
When this spell is cast, the magic-user is able to understand the spoken
words of a creature or read an otherwise incomprehensible written message
(such as writing in another language). In either case. the magic-user must
touch the creature or the writing.
Note that the ability to read does not necessarily impart understanding of
the material, nor does the spell enable the caster to speak or write an unknown
language. Written material can be read at the rate of one page or equivalent per
round. Magical writing cannot be read, other than to know it is magical, but
the spell is often useful when deciphering treasure maps.
This spell can be foiled by certain warding magic (the 3rd level Secret Page and Illusionary Script spells), and it does not reveal messages concealed in otherwise
normal text. The material components of this spell are a pinch of soot
and a few grains of salt. The reverse of this spell, Confuse Languages, cancels
a Comprehend Languages spell or renders a writing or a creature's speech
incomprehensible, for the same duration as above.
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