Brief Candles: Book of Geomancy

Talent of Detecting Ley Lines

Range: Touch +150 feet + 150 / Rank, 1 mile at Rank 20
Duration: Immediate
Experience Multiple: 75
Resist: None
Effects: This Talent allows the Adept to detect the presence of ley lines. They must declare a bearing (which they do not need to be facing or pointing at), and will be successful if one or more ley lines is within range. The DM decides whether or not they can determine range and number, except in the case when the ley lines intersect within range, which will be obvious to the Adept.

Incantation of Earth Tremor

= Ritual of Creating a Crystal of Vision
Experience Multiple: 200
Base Chance: 75% + 1% / Rank
Cast Time: 1 hour
Effects: The Adept can create a crystal that acts as a viewing crystal. They perform the ritual over an available piece of crystal (the bigger the crystal, the better the image will ultimately be) in their possession. The Adept must burn 1 ounce of ambergris during the ritual at a cost of 1,000 Silver Pennies. The resulting crystal may be used once per day for 10 minutes + 1 minute per Rank (GMs should carefully time consultations).
They may then view visions (usually precognitive in nature) concocted by the GM. At Rank 6 and above, they may use the crystal to spy into an area to see what is going on there. The maximum distance from the character to the area being spied into is 5 miles (+ 15 / Rank). To do so, the Adept must remain in the same place and take no other action.
If a crystal ball is used to look at a location then the ball will only look at the location specified. It can not then be commanded to move around. It will enable the observation of events in that location for its duration and will then clear. Once started it will continue to look at that location for its entire duration.
If the user cannot form a clear mental image for the ball to focus on, or command it to focus on an unambiguously defined point in space, then it is the GM’s discretion as to what the ball will show. These are mystical devices, not telescopes or x-ray machines.
It is not possible to use detection talents (such as Detect Aura) through a crystal of vision.