Cleric Sphere - Divination

The Divination sphere governs divine magic concerned with knowledge beyond ordinary perception—sight that pierces distance, time, deception, and uncertainty. Through this sphere, clerics glimpse what is hidden, uncover what was lost, and sometimes perceive what has not yet come to pass. Its spells do not reshape the world directly; instead, they reshape understanding, altering the decisions that follow. In many traditions, Divination is regarded as the quiet hand behind great events, the whisper that turns kingdoms without ever lifting a blade.

Priesthoods that emphasize prophecy, fate, secrets, justice, or wisdom most commonly draw upon the Divination sphere. Its magic reveals lies, traces unseen forces, communes across planar boundaries, and interprets the echoes of the past. Yet divinatory knowledge is rarely complete or unambiguous. Answers arrive filtered through symbols, omens, riddles, and fractured visions, demanding interpretation as much as faith. For this reason, diviners are often trained as scholars and philosophers as well as priests, lest raw revelation be misunderstood with disastrous confidence.

Spiritually, the Divination sphere exists in constant tension with mortal free will. To know too much is to risk paralysis, fatalism, or hubris; to know too little is to wander blindly through divine design. Many faiths teach that the gods never reveal the full shape of what is to come, offering only fragments sufficient to guide, warn, or test. Thus, Divination remains both a gift and a burden—granting light enough to see the next step, but never so much that the path ceases to matter.