Free Spirit

Free Spirit
Skill: alteration/true knowledge 22
Backlash: 19
Difficulty: 12
Effect Value: 34
Bonus Number to: range
Range: 25 (100 kilometers)
Duration: 18 (1 hour)
Cast time: 18 (1 hour)
Manipulation: control, duration, range
A mage casts this spell to detach a part of her
spirit, so that it can roam free and gain information. Only the mage may benefit
from this spell, since she becomes part of the pattern woven into the spell.
While her spirit roams free, the mage must maintain the link between her body
and her spirit form. If the mage's concentration is ever broken, the spirit form
dissipates, and returns to the body. This spell may be cast by a mage with a Spirit
17 or less. Mages with a higher Spirit cannot completely detach
their spirits with this spell. During the hour required to cast this spell, the
mage must be alone, and remain undisturbed. She composes her mind and relaxes
her body so the spirit may roam free. During the spell, the mage may direct her
spirit form at the rate of a kilometer per round, to any point within the range
of the spell. Places protected against entities, living forces, or true
knowledge bar the spirit form from entering. The spirit form can move through
ordinary walls, over water, through fire, any normal physical barrier. Through
the link, the mage can use all information gathering skills based on Perception,
Mind, Charisma, or Spirit. The spirit cannot cast spells; doing so
would break the concentration on the free spirit spell, snapping the
spirit back to its host. Only beings that can detect magic can sense the
spirit; it is undetectable to all other senses. The spirit cannot interact with
any being that cannot sense magic.