Detect Enhancement
Tech power · Level 1
power-typeTechlevel1concentrationtrue
Tweaked from 5eYou already know this as 5e Detect Magic — It's Detect Magic reskinned for tech—same 30-foot sense and identical barrier rules—except you detect 'enhancements' instead of magic and don't learn a school of magic. ✨
Sense enhanced items and powers within 30 feet; use your action to see their auras on visible creatures or objects.
Detection
●●○breadth · useful in gear-heavy encounters
TargetingSelf
Use whenyou suspect hidden enhanced gear or buffed enemies in the area
ScalingFlat — no higher-slot scaling.
!Concentration — blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of metal, lead sheet, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
divinationwarding
Pairs withloot-heavy campaigns · Engineer or Scholar archetype · dispel-focused caster
For the duration, you sense the presence of any enhancements within 30 feet of you. If you sense an enhancement in this way, you can use your action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or object in the area that bears an enhancement.
The power is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt.
- Casting Period
- 1 action
- Range
- Self
- Duration
- up to 10 minutes
- Concentration
- Yes