Domain:
Level: Bard: 2; Skald: 2; Inquisitor: 2; Medium: 1; Mesmerist: 1; Occultist: 1; Psychic: 1; Sorcerer: 2; Wizard: 2; Arcanist: 2; Spiritualist: 1
Components: V
Casting time: 1 standard action
Range: close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Duration: 1 round
Saving Throws: none
Spell Resistance: yes
Target: one humanoid creature
Description: Read surface thoughts to learn information about a subject.
You are able to read a person's surface thoughts and take cues from the person's appearance, body language, and manner of speech to infer a great deal of information about the person, even if that person is in disguise (including polymorph effects). When casting the spell, attempt a DC 20 Sense Motive check with a bonus equal to your caster level. A successful skill check reveals to you one of the following pieces of information of your choice, plus one additional piece of information for every 5 points by which your check result exceeds 20: age, alignment, class, feats, gender, native language, place of origin, race or ethnicity, racial traits, religion, sexual orientation, or training in a Craft, Perform, or Profession skill. For items marked with a cross (†), if the target has more than one of these features, each one you discover counts as a piece of information.
There's a 70% chance that all information you receive is correct. This roll is made secretly. Otherwise, on a roll of 71–80, you receive one false piece of information, on a roll of 81–90 you receive two, and on a roll of 91–100 you receive three. You can't get more false information than the total number of pieces of information you discover.