Divination

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'''Divination''' [[spell]]s enable [[spellcaster]]s to learn secrets long forgotten, to predict the future, to find hidden things, and to foil deceptive spells.

This is the [[Wizard#School Specialization|opposition/prohibited school]] for when you choose [[Necromancy]]. Divination's opposition school is [[Illusion]].

For a list of all spells which are of the school of Divination, see: [[:Category:Divination spells]].

== Gameplay Notes ==

The spells most useful in this school, which can seriously hurt an unprepared [[wizard]], are [[See Invisibility]] and [[True Seeing]], both staple ways of getting around NWN(2)'s poor hiding and invisibility engine.

There is the [[Power Word]] range of spells and [[Assay Resistance]] and [[Feeblemind]] for some hostile attacks.

Defensively, there is basically [[Premonition]], the highest of the [[Stoneskin]] spell range, although only castable on the caster, and also, for some reason, is overcome by adamantine-based weapons the same as Stoneskin. Although [[Shades]], a 9th level [[Illusion]] spell also grants [[Premonition]]'s protective features and more.

And there are several utility spells - [[Detect Undead]], [[True Strike]] and spells to increase Lore ([[Identify]]...) and other skills ([[Clairaudience/Clairvoyance]]...).

This is possibly the worst spell school to take for Spell Focus, due to its lack of spells which require a spell save.

== 3.5E Notes ==

This school is meant to be based on spying, crystal-ball like checking of places and detecting things, like magic, or secret doors. The school was, for NWN(2) turned into one with much less power, and a much more limited set of spells then any other (with a few additions made to fill the ranks). Even the [[Power Word]] range of spells were moved from [[Enchantment]] to Divination because of the lack of any real spells in this school!

There is no scrying or ways to check other areas in NWN2.

==Subschools==
*[[Scrying]]
[[Category:Schools of magic]]

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