Animal Scout

School enchantment (charm) [mind-affecting]; Level druid 3, ranger 2

CASTING

Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M (a small piece of food and a stick that you throw)

EFFECT

Range medium (100 ft. + 10 ft./level)
Target one Fine, Tiny or Small animal
Duration 10 minutes/level
Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance yes (harmless)

DESCRIPTION

You charm an animal into scouting for you. You must give the creature a simple task such as “Find out what is on the other side of that hill.” The animal does its best to accomplish what you ask, returning before the spell ends. If it cannot accomplish the task before the spell ends, it returns to give you a brief reason why. It does not attack others or knowingly put itself in danger and can only interpret what it sees based on its limited intelligence (see below). If you give it a task that forces it to go into an area that it knows or realizes is inherently dangerous, the spell automatically fails. A forest fire, for example, is inherently dangerous. A battlefield is too. An area where a wolf prowls occasionally is not. The animal does not travel farther than 2 miles from its home territory.

For the duration of the task, the animal scout gains +4 to its Intelligence.

It gains no new languages or additional ability to communicate, but you may gain higher quality information upon its return by using spells such as speak with animals.

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