Mindtouch

Similar to the 2nd level wizard spell, ESP, a mindtouch allows the caster limited contact with the minds of nearby living creatures. Surface thoughts can be read, but no mental influencing or direct communication is possible. Unintelligent creatures will yield only emotions and instinctive thoughts.

Undead and creatures without minds (as we know them) cannot be contacted by this spell. Contact can be broken or initially foiled by any thickness of lead, two or more inches of any metal other than lead, or two or more feet of rock.

One creature per round can be probed: the priest can freely switch from one being to another. The priest can even engage in spellcasting or activities requiring intense concentration without ending the spell – but any round in which the priest does not concentrate on the thoughts of a being is a round wasted. While the spell continues for the entire duration, without the caster's concentration, nothing is read.

The caster can use the spell to help determine if a creature lurks in ambush; even if no thoughts can be read, the priest can detect the presence of a mind, and gain some idea of its current state (agitated, active, damaged, at rest, and so on). Even a clear thought-reading will not always reveal what sort of creature is being read.

The material component is the priest's holy symbol.