Comprehend Written Messages
(Divination)(Cosmos)

Range:  5 yards
Components:  V, S
Duration:  1 round per level
Casting Time:  1 round
Area of Effect:  The caster
Saving Throw:  None

With this spell, the caster is able to understand any written message, in any language of the present or the past. The writing must be non-magical, so the caster cannot read magical runes for example. The message can contain any number of different languages or dialects at the same time; the caster can discern between them and understand them without difficulty.
The caster can read the equivalent of one page per round, so most texts can be read fairly easily. The caster fully understands the message, even if it contains concepts totally alien to his way of thinking (in that case, the closest thing will be formed in his mind). He is able to remember it, even after the expiration of the spell. This spell was designed for the Dark Sun campaign world. The spell was created by the thri-kreen earth druid Kll'Rkh.

