Talk:True Sight/@comment-86.253.189.21-20200201001837

Here's the AD&D 2 spell description from the Player's Handbook :

Simulacrum  (Illusion/Phantasm) 

Range: Touch

 Components: V, S, M [Verbal, Somatic, Material] 

Duration: Permanent 

Casting Time: Special

 Area of Effect: 1 creature

 Saving Throw: None

 By means of this spell, the wizard is able to create a duplicate of any creature. The <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 1011.95px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00164);">duplicate appears to be exactly the same as the original, but there are differences: The <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 1033.14px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00102);">simulacrum has only 51% to 60% (50% + 1d10%) of the hit points of the real creature, <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 1054.32px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00162);">there are personality differences, there are areas of knowledge that the duplicate does not <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 1075.51px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00124);">have, and a <span style="left: 227.167px; top: 1075.51px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00107);">detect magic <span style="left: 321.118px; top: 1075.51px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0009);"> spell will instantly reveal it as a simulacrum, as will a <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 111.709px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0009);">true seeing <span style="left: 186.105px; top: 111.709px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00092);"> spell. At all times the simulacrum remains under the absolute command of the <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 132.895px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00096);">wizard who created it. No special telepathic link exists, so command must be exercised in <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 154.467px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00261);">some other manner. The spell creates the form of the creature, but it is only a zombielike <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 175.654px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00105);">creation. A <span style="left: 225.633px; top: 175.654px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04375);">reincarnation <span style="left: 327.32px; top: 175.654px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00111);"> spell must be used to give the duplicate a vital force, and a <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 196.84px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.978407);">limited wish <span style="left: 228.756px; top: 196.84px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00096);"> spell must be used to empower the duplicate with 40% to 65% (35% + 5 to <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 218.027px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0011);">30%) of the knowledge and personality of the original. The level of the simulacrum, if <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 239.214px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.004);">any, is from 20% to 50% of that of the original creature. <span style="left: 157.359px; top: 260.786px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.003);">

<span style="left: 157.359px; top: 260.786px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.003);">The duplicate creature is formed from ice or snow. The spell is cast over the rough <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 281.972px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00105);">form and some piece of the creature to be duplicated must be placed inside the snow or <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 303.159px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00744);">ice. Additionally, the spell requires powdered ruby. <span style="left: 157.359px; top: 324.346px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00103);">

<span style="left: 157.359px; top: 324.346px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00103);">The simulacrum has no ability to become more powerful; it cannot increase its level or <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 345.532px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00097);">abilities. If destroyed, it reverts to snow and melts into nothingness. Damage to the <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 367.104px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00293);">simulacrum can be repaired by a complex process requiring at least one day, 100 gp per <span style="left: 138.869px; top: 388.291px; font-size: 18.4902px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00518);">hit point, and a fully equipped laboratory.

The spell we use should actually be a Conjuration spell targeted at our pre-made Simulacrum, I guess.