Spawn Heritage (Wizard Spell)

On Athas, the elves of the coast traffic in spell components and mystic powders. Tentacles of the silt spawn are used for both; however, differ­ent types of silt spawn are needed for different spells and powders. This spell reveals the type of silt horror the spawn will become.
The spell requires a bit of dried hide from an adult silt horror. The spell will only reveal if the silt spawn is of the same type as this bit of dried flesh. The more types of dried silt horror hide the caster is holding, the more types of silt spawn can be identified.
Although the silt spawn is a delicacy among the giants of the Silt Sea, the tentacles are not, being hard and rubbery with a bitter flavor. The giants trade the tentacles to the elves.
Notes: Common among the elves on the coast of the Silt Sea of Athas (the Dark Sun setting); otherwise, rare in that setting and virtually unknown elsewhere.
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