Kreighton's Perusal
School: divination
Level: Arcanist 1, Wizard 1, Sorcerer 1, Magus 1, Bard 1, Skald 1, Cleric 1, Oracle 1, Warpriest 1
Casting Time: standard action
Components: V, S
Range: touch
Target: book touched (1)
Duration: instantaneous
Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless, object)
Spell Resistance: yes (harmless, object)
Source: Pathfinder Society Primer
Description
You gain a brief but incomplete understanding of one book's contents, equivalent to having skimmed its pages for 1 hour. This insight is not sufficient to translate unknown languages, decipher codes, or memorize text, but it does allow the caster to learn what topics the book discusses- invaluable to a Pathfinder who must make a snap decision when performing research or deciding whether or not to abscond with a volume. In addition, you instantly benefit from any bonuses or effects the book would normally grant to anyone who reads it for 1 hour (such as the bonuses gained from reading volumes of the Pathfinder Chronicles; see pages 26-27).
