Aura of Caution

This spell is a part of the Frightful Touch spell chain and is found in the Frightful Touch rune stone.

Not all warnings arrive with fanfare. Some come as the sudden prickle at the back of the neck. The chill that has no source. The inexplicable certainty that something is watching, that the air has changed, that the next step should be taken carefully. These are not imagination. These are Presence - the oldest, most honest expression of fear's protective instinct, doing exactly what it was always meant to do.

Aura of Caution is the timoramancer opening themselves to Presence and letting it breathe outward. Nothing dramatic occurs. There is no visible effect, no flash of power. Those within the aura simply find themselves more alert than they were a moment before - senses sharpened, instincts louder, the quiet certainty that nothing is going to catch them unaware. Their Insight and Perceive are bolstered by the timoramancer's Arcana as Presence lends its ancient awareness to those it has chosen to protect. And should anything attempt to strike from behind, Presence has already felt it coming - the back attack evade penalty does not apply within the aura's reach. However Presence doesn't know who or what is in its aura, it knows only of the timoramancer. Therefore anyone within the aura gains these bonuses, be they friend or foe. Presence simply lets known to the timoramancer what it knows, and through this spell, the timoramancer shares that knowledge.