Time Pool
Divination
Level Cle 5, Dru 5, Sor/Wiz 5
Components V, S, M
Casting Time 1 round
Range Touch
Target A reflective surface
Duration 1 round/level
This spell allows the caster to cause a mirror, a pool of water, or any reflective surface to reveal a specific event from the past. The image provides a clear picture with normal sounds, as if the caster were present at the scene. The image continues for the duration of the spell. Time Pool will not reveal images from other planes of existence.
The spell’s success is not automatic. The caster must know the general nature of the event he wishes to view ("Show me the murder of King Thamak."). The caster’s base chance of viewing the desired scene is 50%, modified as follows, to a maximum of 90%:
Add 5% times the caster’s appropriate ability modifier.
Add 20% if the caster has successfully used Time Pool to observe the same event before.
Only one of the following may apply:
Add 20% if the event is one in which the caster participated.
Add 10% is the caster is well informed about the event.
Add 5% if the caster is slightly informed about the event.
The caster cannot communicate or otherwise interact with the image. Spells cannot be cast into the Time Pool.
Material Components: a suitable reflective surface and a pinch of powdered quartz. (25gp)This spell was originally from the 2e Tome of Magic