Detect Vile Spawn
Playtest 3.2 / 4th EdSkill Rules & Full Description
This skill allows the character to sense if another character is Vile Spawn, such as undead, demons, etc., or a higher power, such as Hierarchs, Dragons, or Forestals, by looking at them. This skill can only be stopped by the Cloak Undead skill. If used against a character who is currently possessed, this skill will reveal this fact and the nature of the possessing character. When used against a Vile Spawn it will reveal whether the target is lesser or greater.
This skill requires the use of the character’s focus and a verbal, which must be at least 5 syllables, not including the skill’s name, and must contain some reasonably recognizable version of the name of the skill.
Canonical Source: Playtest 3.2 (Page 38)
Prerequisite & Progression Tree: Detect Vile Spawn
Current Skill Skill Node General Requirement
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n_detect_vile_spawn["Detect Vile Spawn"]
class n_detect_vile_spawn target;
click n_detect_vile_spawn "/rules/skills/detect-vile-spawn" "View Detect Vile Spawn"
n_cleric["Cleric ~ or ~ Paladin"]
class n_cleric skillNode;
click n_cleric "/rules/skills/cleric" "View Cleric ~ or ~ Paladin"
n_plot_approval(["Plot Approval"])
class n_plot_approval reqNode;
n_destroy_lesser_vile_spawn["Destroy Lesser Vile Spawn"]
class n_destroy_lesser_vile_spawn skillNode;
click n_destroy_lesser_vile_spawn "/rules/skills/destroy-lesser-vile-spawn" "View Destroy Lesser Vile Spawn"
n_turn_lesser_vile_spawn["Turn Lesser Vile Spawn"]
class n_turn_lesser_vile_spawn skillNode;
click n_turn_lesser_vile_spawn "/rules/skills/turn-lesser-vile-spawn" "View Turn Lesser Vile Spawn"
n_cleric --> n_detect_vile_spawn
n_plot_approval --> n_cleric
n_detect_vile_spawn --> n_destroy_lesser_vile_spawn
n_detect_vile_spawn --> n_turn_lesser_vile_spawn
Tip: Click any skill node in the tree to navigate directly to its rules page.