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{{Spell
| mnemonic = PIERCEGAZE
| custdur = {{spellbox instant | }}
| span = [None
| type = Utility
| subtype = None
| skill = None
| components = None
| availability = All
| navigation = {{minor elemental navigation}}
}}
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<section begin=description /><noinclude>'''Piercing Gaze''' allows</noinclude><includeonly>Allows</includeonly> the caster to attempt to peer into, behind, or under all sorts of containers.<section end=description />

There are several factors that contribute to the spell's success, which includes: [[Perception]] skill ranks, [[Minor Elemental]] spell ranks, [[Intuition]] bonus, [[Logic]] bonus, and the spell [[Disarm Enhancement (404)]], which also takes [[Aura]] into account.

Be warned, many containers have a natural resistance to the spell due to the nature of the way the container was created or from the material it was created from, such as [[mithril]] or being enruned.

The spell of Piercing Gaze can trigger [[Traps#Glyph|Glyph]] traps, which warp the caster to an area which can be time intensive to escape. Triggering this trap does not physically harm the caster, or affect any other characters in the room. However, the glyph trap rift will eventually drain health, mana, and spirit, and has the potential to drop you out into a hunting area that may be dangerous. No other traps can be triggered by the casting of this spell.

==Lore Benefit==
Training in [[Elemental Lore, Water]] will provide a chance of{{mono| [[skill bonus]] ÷ 4 }}to show [[Unlock (407)]] and [[Disarm (408)]] success messaging (the messaging for Disarm to work will only be displayed if the caster has discovered the trap).

{| {{prettytable|1=text-align:center;}}
!align=right|Elemental Lore, Water ranks||1||4||8||18||30||60||100||140||180||200||252
|-
|align=right|% chance to show messaging||1%||5%||10%||20%||30%||40%||50%||60%||70%||75%||88%
|}
:''Not all thresholds shown.''

== Messaging ==
The lore benefit messaging corresponds to the following table for success chances, for both locks and traps. The chance is modified based on if [[Lock Pick Enhancement (403)]] or [[Disarm Enhancement (404)]] are active, respectively, although the benefits may not always be large enough to push the messaging past the tier threshold.
::{| {{prettytable}}
|-bgcolor="lightblue"
!Messaging||Probability
|-
|terrible
|0-9%
|-
|very poor
|10-24%
|-
|poor
| 25-39%
|-
|decent
| 40-59%
|-
|good
| 60-74%
|-
|great
|75-89%
|-
|excellent
| 90-99%
|-
|perfect
| 100%
|}

;Failure
<pre{{log2|margin-right=35%}}>
You gesture at a scratched thanot trunk.
You gaze at the trunk but your vision is obscured.
</pre>
;Success on a trapped box
<pre{{log2|margin-right=35%}}>
You gesture at a rotting haon coffer.
You gaze at the coffer and see. . .

A rotting haon coffer which contains:
Some silver coins (in)
An opal inset gold pitcher (in)
A blue spinel (in)

Peering through the haon coffer, you notice that the hinges have some springs incorporated into the design in an unusual fashion.
</pre>

;Lore benefit
<pre{{log2|margin-right=35%}}>
A plain gold trunk which contains:
Some silver coins (in)

Looking closely into the keyhole of the lock, you spy a small vial of liquid and a tiny hammer device which seems poised to shatter it if the lock is tampered with.
You detect that you have a poor chance of magically disarming the gold trunk, and ''a very poor chance'' of magically unlocking the gold trunk.
</pre>

==Resources==
* [[Popping boxes|Kaldonis's guide to Popping Boxes]]
* [[Elemental_lore_review_(saved_posts)#Piercing_Gaze_(416)|Elemental lore review (saved posts)]]

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