Read Aura is the quiet workhorse cantrip of Chronologists, Navigators, customs regulators, and any spacer who has learned the hard way that “mysterious relic” often means “Rift-tainted hazard.” Focusing on a single object’s magical echo, the caster opens their mind to the way Rift-energy clings to tools, weapons, artifacts, and contraband.
Read Aura Cantrip 1
Source Player Core pg. 324
[two-actions]
Traditions Arcane Divine, Occult, Primal
Range 30-feet Targets 1 object
You focus on the target object, opening your mind to perceive magical auras. When the casting is complete, you know whether that item is magical. You or anyone you advise about the aura gains a +2 circumstance bonus to Identify Magic on the item. If the object is illusory, you detect this only if the effect's rank is lower than the rank of your read aura spell.
Heightened (3rd) You can target up to 10 objects.
Heightened (6th) You can target any number of objects.
Read Aura is the precision tool that complements Detect Magic’s broad ping: Detect Magic tells you “something in this cargo bay is wrong,” while Read Aura tells you exactly which crate, which gun, or which shard of Rift‑glass is carrying the problem—and gives your chronomancer or tech‑mystic a better shot at identifying it before it detonates your timeline.
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