Divination
Divination is the effect type that reveals hidden information — what is, what has been, what may come. Unlike other effects, divination doesn't change the world; it reads the world. The operation produces information rather than action.
Its strength is breadth and discretion. A divination operation can answer questions no other source can, and the operation typically leaves no trace on the world being read. Its weakness is interpretation — divination output is often ambiguous, conditional, or actively misleading, and a sorcerer who reads divination wrong can act on conclusions worse than no information at all.
On this page we walk divination's character, operational styles, and limits.
Core characteristics
The defining properties that set this category apart from others.
- Reveals hidden informationProduces information rather than action.
- Trace-freeTypically leaves no trace on the world being read.
- Interpretation-boundOutput is often ambiguous and demands interpretation.
- Question-shapedThe clarity of the answer depends on the clarity of the question.
How it differs from neighboring categories
Even within the same family, each category has a distinct character. Comparing side by side is the fastest way to grasp the differences.
Divination
Reveals hidden information about what is, has been, or may be.
Curse
Inflicts persistent harm.
Blessing
Grants persistent benefit.
Mind influence
Affects thought directly rather than producing information.
When divination shines
Best when the practitioner needs information no other source provides.
- InvestigationReading what has been done, by whom.
- ForesightReading lines of fate as they currently stand.
- Lost informationRecovering knowledge that has been forgotten or hidden.
- VerificationConfirming or denying claims through divination.
How divination sorcery splits
Inside the effect, several styles coexist.
Past-reading
Reading what has happened.
Present-reading
Reading what is currently hidden.
Future-reading
Reading lines of fate going forward — the most demanding style.
Limits of divination
Information comes with interpretation cost.
- Ambiguous outputDivination output rarely arrives in plain language.
- Counter-divinationOther sorcerers can mask or misdirect divination.
- Self-tanglingReading one's own future tangles the practitioner's own fate-line.
47 data item(s) in this category are currently available only in the Korean source. View the Korean dataset →
How divination sorcerers grow
Their career runs through learning to ask the right questions.
Beginner divination sorcerers learn simple past-reading and basic interpretation.
Mid-rank brings working past- and present-reading with reasonable interpretive accuracy.
High rank brings out signature future-reading operations.
Top-rank divination sorcerers can read fate-lines for entire regions or eras.
Reading divination
Sharpens alongside fate / time pacts.
Read alongside Fate / Time as the pact origin most divination uses.
Pair with Mind Influence to see how readings can be misled.
Return to Effect Types for the big picture.