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Old 08-10-2021, 03:03 PM   #17
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Default Re: Is there a spell to see through illusions?

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Originally Posted by The Benj View Post
If you're going into Advantages, you can just take See Invisible with True Sight. Cursed Lich is looking for spells, I think.
Two things
1. True Sight is an elixir not an advantage
2. "Gives subject the power to see auras, as per the Aura spell" (M216)

"Illusions and created beings have no aura, so a successful casting of this spell distinguishes them from real persons." - Aura Spell (M101)

However, Aure would be no use against most of Utgard-Loki's illusions.

Aura would show the "cat" as a living creature but not that it was in reality Jörmungandr (Midgard Serpent). It wouldn't show that the drinking horn was connected to the ocean or that Skrımir was in reality Utgard-Loki with an illusion cast on himself.

Aura might show that the "Skrımir" Thor's hammer was hitting was nearby mountains (though there is a version of the story where "Skrımir" picked up mountains nearby to keep Thor from bashing in his head.

Not too sure what Aura would do with Logi (personification of fire), Hugi (personification of thought) or the old woman (personification of Old Age)
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