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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6403252" data-attributes="member: 1165">Merchants usually sell stuff in public. Any character with a little knowledge of magic would insist on bringing friends, and not going into a room where there's just the merchant and maybe the merchant's cronies. You don't need Spellcraft to know that a spell has been cast.Also, magic leaves &quot;residues&quot;, so you can cast Detect Magic even after a spell has been cast. It's in a rarely-consulted part of the rules.Of course, spells like Charm Person last a long time. If someone starts acting oddly, you could cast Detect Magic, and unless that spell has been hidden somehow (I'm not sure of a way to do so in the core rules beyond also casting Misdirection on the victim) the detector can figure out not just that a spell has been cast on the victim, but what school. People rarely use Enchantment spells as buffs on themselves, so they'd be suspicious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 6403252, member: 1165"] Merchants usually sell stuff in public. Any character with a little knowledge of magic would insist on bringing friends, and not going into a room where there's just the merchant and maybe the merchant's cronies. You don't need Spellcraft to know that a spell has been cast. Also, magic leaves "residues", so you can cast Detect Magic even after a spell has been cast. It's in a rarely-consulted part of the rules. Of course, spells like Charm Person last a long time. If someone starts acting oddly, you could cast Detect Magic, and unless that spell has been hidden somehow (I'm not sure of a way to do so in the core rules beyond also casting Misdirection on the victim) the detector can figure out not just that a spell has been cast on the victim, but what school. People rarely use Enchantment spells as buffs on themselves, so they'd be suspicious. [/QUOTE]

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