Watching Ward

Ability Type: Spell, Difficulty 17
Provided By: Basic Mentalic Tracking

Spell Type: Astral, Mentalics
Form: Static
Function: Utility
Power Cost: Minimal to 3
Duration: Maintainable

A simple but useful Mentalic enchantment – Watching Ward silently guards a fixed area and informs its caster whenever it detects any mind or spirit within that area. When it senses a target, Watching Ward can provide its caster with their distance, direction and approximate Intelligence (1-5, 6-10, 11-15, etc.), and informs him whether they are physical beings or non-manifest Spirits. In cases where the caster has a Mentalic Impression (or Spiritual Impression, in the case of spirits) of the being in question he is also informed of their exact identity.

Creation Range: 2m (Minimal), or 3m x Power
Affected Volume: Sphere with radius of 4m (Minimal), or 6m x Power
Information Provided: Distance, direction and rough Intelligence of minds or spirits detected