Detect Poison (PHB)

Detect Poison (Divination)

Sphere: Divination

Range: 0

Duration: 1 turn + 1 rd/level

Area of Effect: Special

Components: V, S, M

Casting Time: 4

Saving Throw: None

This spell enables the priest to determine if an object has been poisoned or is poisonous. One object, or one 5-foot cubic mass, can be checked per round. The priest has a 5% chance per level of determining the exact type of poison.

The material component is a strip of specially blessed vellum, which turns black if poison is present.

Source: Cook, D. (1989). Players Handbook. Cambridge, UK: TSR.