Distant Voice

Saving Throw: Not applicable.
P.P.E.: Ten

Effect

Distant Voice is a spell that allows two-way communication over great distances. Magic is used to create a doorway for sound between two points within the given range. Voices can pass both ways and be heard as if the speaker were only a few feet (a meter) away. The only real limits to this spell are that the spell caster must know the person he wishes to speak with (at least in passing or by his appearance) and that individual must be partially visible, even if only a speck on the horizon.

If they have never met, but the character is known to the mage by reputation and photograph, communication is still possible provided there is visual contact. Communication without visual contact can only be done between people who know each other extremely well, but has a very limited range of 500 feet (152 m) maximum, regardless of experience, and each needs some object that once belonged to the other.
Although limited, this form of magical communication can not be easily monitored or traced (no radio waves, electronics or conventional power source or means of transmission perfect for a group in hiding.
However, a hidden microphone will be sensitive enough to pick up both conversations.
Note: The Federation of Magic uses Distant Voice as its main form of communication.

Related School

Invocation.

Effect Duration

Five minutes per level of experience.

Effect Casting Time

1 action.

Range

2000 feet (610 m) per level of experience; line of sight.

Level

5