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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 264376" data-attributes="member: 545">That is a good point.  But for some reason the text of the spell has a vague notion of scrying as a means of detection that seems rather confusing, at least to me:In the case of scrying that scans an area that the creature is in, such as arcane eye, the spell works but the creature simply isn’t detected.The nagging thing about that second sentence is that it mentions 'information gathering' at all.  If your interpretation is right, then the second sentence should read:This spell protects against all mind-affecting and divination spells or effects.Mentioning 'information gathering' seems to imply the author meant something a bit more specific and narrow than a global all-encompassing  protection.The author chose the phrase 'information gathering by divination spells' when he could have used 'all divination spells' with less effort.  Rather he bends over backwards to not use or imply the word 'all' in this situation.In conclusion, I believe that(1) 'information gathering' != 'all'(2) to understand what 'information gathering' means we must look at the first sentence.</blockquote>