Divination
340 XP
MP Cost: 30 per 5 targets
Threshold: 2
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: Three hours
Range: Evil eye
Target: 5 or more people
Duration: One week or until discharged
Saving Throw: None (harmless)
Prerequisites: Arcana 8 ranks, astrological prediction, animal ally
By reading the entrails of a goat or other animal, the sorcerer can foretell the future for a group of people. The subjects of this spell each get an insight bonus to one die roll made in the next week, as long as it is related to the prophecy or warning made by the sorcerer. For example, five warriors have their fortune told using soothsay. One uses his insight bonus when making an attack roll; another uses his when making a saving throw; a third uses it when making a Jump check, and the last two die before they invoke the bonus. The size of the bonus depends on the animal sacrificed.
| Sacrifice | Insight Bonus |
|---|---|
| Animal | +1 |
| Sacred animal | +2 |
| Ordinary person | +3 |
| Virgin sacrifice | +4 |
| Ritually prepared virgin sacrifice | +5 |
| Perfect offering | +6 |
| Ritual perfect offering | +7 |
Feats like Ritual Sacrifice and Blood Eagle can be used when casting soothsay, to increase the bonus.
Material Components: The sacrifice.
