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<blockquote data-quote="snickersnax" data-source="post: 7246151" data-attributes="member: 6888204"><p>"Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as part of an interrogation."</p><p></p><p>This seems really important to me, because it suggests that questions and conversation can be designed to lead the person's surface thoughts to reveal the information you are seeking. In which case, the person would be <u>unaware of the probe</u> and the information would be available without a deeper probe. The deep probe is only necessary for uncovering motive or emotional state.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My understanding of Detect Thoughts is that the target of the spell is only aware of it if the caster attempts a deep probe</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"Insight. Your Wisdom (Insight) check decides whether you can determine the true intentions of a creature, such as when searching out a lie or predicting someone’s next move. Doing so involves gleaning clues from body language, speech habits, and changes in mannerisms." </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how insight checks are even close to the information that detect thoughts can give. Where are there rules that insight gives "specific details of information"?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So I think it comes down to how the Detect Thoughts spells works. My reading of the spell doesn't have the poker player knowing that his mind is being read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snickersnax, post: 7246151, member: 6888204"] "Questions verbally directed at the target creature naturally shape the course of its thoughts, so this spell is particularly effective as part of an interrogation." This seems really important to me, because it suggests that questions and conversation can be designed to lead the person's surface thoughts to reveal the information you are seeking. In which case, the person would be [U]unaware of the probe[/U] and the information would be available without a deeper probe. The deep probe is only necessary for uncovering motive or emotional state. My understanding of Detect Thoughts is that the target of the spell is only aware of it if the caster attempts a deep probe "Insight. Your Wisdom (Insight) check decides whether you can determine the true intentions of a creature, such as when searching out a lie or predicting someone’s next move. Doing so involves gleaning clues from body language, speech habits, and changes in mannerisms." I'm not sure how insight checks are even close to the information that detect thoughts can give. Where are there rules that insight gives "specific details of information"? So I think it comes down to how the Detect Thoughts spells works. My reading of the spell doesn't have the poker player knowing that his mind is being read. [/QUOTE]
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