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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 2379690" data-attributes="member: 16814">Yep, exactly like divinations.&nbsp; Of course, there is no divination that can predict the future with any sort of reliability.&nbsp; None.&nbsp; Sure there is weal or woe, but it can be incorrect if the state action is not performed.&nbsp; Commune and Contact Other Plane are not known for reliably indicating future events.&nbsp; Even prophecy is vague and hard to use as an accurate predictor.&nbsp; So sure, contigency can be used as such, but there would be a 5% chance per round that it gets a false hit.&nbsp; Or 1%.&nbsp; Or .05%.&nbsp; Whatever.&nbsp; But it is more likely to trip off of a false positive than a real threat.&nbsp; Of course, knowing that combat will occur because your contigency went off makes it that much more likely to happen anyway.My underlying point is that it is a powerful spell.&nbsp; The magic that powers it has some reasonable limitations, though.&nbsp; I would not allow it any perceptive abilities that limited wish could not produce.&nbsp; Why limited wish, a spell one level higher?&nbsp; Because it can not communicate any information about the threat except triggering the effect tied to it.&nbsp; Since it does not provide any additional information, and it only responds to the effect stated, I see no reason why it cannot have near omniscense.&nbsp; Within the bounds of magic already established, that is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 2379690, member: 16814"] Yep, exactly like divinations. Of course, there is no divination that can predict the future with any sort of reliability. None. Sure there is weal or woe, but it can be incorrect if the state action is not performed. Commune and Contact Other Plane are not known for reliably indicating future events. Even prophecy is vague and hard to use as an accurate predictor. So sure, contigency can be used as such, but there would be a 5% chance per round that it gets a false hit. Or 1%. Or .05%. Whatever. But it is more likely to trip off of a false positive than a real threat. Of course, [I]knowing[/I] that combat will occur because your contigency went off makes it that much more likely to happen anyway. My underlying point is that it is a powerful spell. The magic that powers it has some reasonable limitations, though. I would not allow it any perceptive abilities that limited wish could not produce. Why limited wish, a spell one level higher? Because it can not communicate any information about the threat except triggering the effect tied to it. Since it does not provide any additional information, and it only responds to the effect stated, I see no reason why it cannot have near omniscense. Within the bounds of magic already established, that is. [/QUOTE]

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