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Insight

Insight

Ability: Wisdom

Insight measures your ability to determine the true intentions of a creature, such as when searching out a lie or predicting someone's next move. It involves reading body language, speech habits, and changes in mannerisms.

Example Uses

  • Discern a person's mood and intentions
  • Determine if someone is lying
  • Predict someone's likely course of action
  • Read between the lines of what someone is saying
  • Sense whether someone is under magical influence

When to Use Insight

The GM might call for a Wisdom (Insight) check when you attempt to:

  • Determine whether someone is telling the truth
  • Read the emotional state of another person
  • Predict how someone will react to your words or actions
  • Sense if someone is hiding something important
  • Detect whether someone is acting under compulsion

Difficulty Examples

  • DC 10: Noticing obvious emotional states or poorly told lies
  • DC 15: Reading subtle emotions or catching a rehearsed lie
  • DC 20: Detecting well-hidden motivations or expert deception
  • DC 25: Seeing through magical compulsion or perfect acting