Divination

Divination

(Arcane school)

Specialist

Diviner

Subschools

Scrying

Focused arcane

Foresight

schools

Scryer

Thassilonian sin

Not applicable

Spell list

Divination spells

Source: Core Rulebook, pg(s). 210

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For another meaning of "divination", please see divination (spell).

Divination is one of the eight schools of magic practiced on Golarion. It deals with the uncovering of mysteries, fortune-telling, and the perceiving of places and people at a distance. Wizards who specialize in this form of magic are known as diviners.

On Golarion

See also: Category:Diviners

Diviners are often found in the company of leaders and the military, as their magics allow them to glean information about enemies and discover the presence of spies, assassins, or plots against them. Pharasma, the goddess of fate and prophecy, is the patron of diviners.

With the advent of the Age of Lost Omens over a century ago, the reputation of diviners and soothsayers has been diminished. One of the strongest and most-dearly held prophesies held by humans of the Inner Sea region was that the god Aroden would return in 4606 AR and usher in the Age of Glory. With his death and the breaking of the prophecy, all such long-term prognostications on Golarion have ceased to come true.

Divination is the most recently recognized school of magic. Xin, founder of Thassilon, deemed divination useful to all wizards but not essential to master, so it therefore was the only school not associated with a sin in the practice of Thassilonian sin magic by its runelords.

Notable diviners

See also: Category:Diviners

• Kreighton Shaine, Master of Scrolls in the Pathfinder Society
• Elias Tammerhawk, speaker of the Order of Ciphers in Riddleport
• Lord Villastir, noble of Queen Telandia Edasseril's court in Kyonin

Scrying

Scrying is a specialized form of divination magic that creates an invisible sensor that relays information back to the caster about a specific location, object, or person. This sensor generally has the same sensory acuity as the caster. It can be blocked by lead sheeting and various forms of defensive magic.