Comprehend Languages

Level: 1 ; Manna Cost: 1 ; Components: V, S
School: Divination
Casting Time: 1 standard action ; Duration: 10 min./level (100 rounds/level)
Range: Personal ; Targets: You
Saving Throw: None ; Spell Resistance: No

You can understand the spoken words of creatures or read otherwise incomprehensible written messages. In either case, you must initially touch the creature or the writing. The ability to read does not necessarily impart insight into the material, merely its literal meaning. The spell enables you to understand or read an unknown language, not speak or write it. (See the Lvl 3 spell 'Tongues' for speaking and writing a language).

Written material can be read at the rate of one page (250 words) per minute. Magical writing cannot be read, though the spell reveals that it is magical. This spell can be foiled by certain warding magic (such as the secret page and illusory script spells). It does not decipher codes or reveal messages concealed in otherwise normal text. Comprehend languages can be made permanent with a permanency spell.

Requires a short spoken incantation and you must touch the target creature or writing to cast the spell.

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