:That makes sense: 

:Oh also sorcerers here can tap nodes but it's a bit of an unusual skill, people will definitely notice.:

:Noted. I will avoid doing it unless I really must: 

The next morning he casts Enchantment Sight so he can see whether lots of people here are going around under maybe-voluntary mind-affecting magic.

There are a couple, but definitely not 'lots'. 

:I suppose compulsions are much more expensive for wizards: Leareth admits. :He might have to prioritize it more tightly: 

:Is it not much of a power expenditure for your kind of mage?:

:No. It takes a great deal of skill and fine control, especially to do precise long-term compulsions of the kind needed for this, most mages are not capable of that, but the power needed is a tiny fraction of what a Gate requires: 

:Huh. Anything that requires lots of - detail, lots of parameters - in our world is also high-circle, there's only so much complexity you can fit into a first-circle spell. Did the experiments in the palace cover whether your enchantments show up to our enchantment sight, and whether you can see ours with your own senses for it -:

:Yes to both. It is interesting that power and complexity correlate so strongly with your spells! The geas spell, which is most similar to a standard compulsion, shows up as much more powerful than one. And my compulsions are very weak to Enchantment Sight; they also look odd, of course, but I am told they look about as powerful as 'Charm Person', a lower level enchantment spell: 

:Huh.: There's a little distaste in his mindvoice. :Probably very convenient for an operation like this where we are hoping to not have to kill a lot of people in Cheliax.:

:Yes: 

They head out to the site in Thuvia where Rahadoum has its war camp the next morning; lingering in Azir too long might be conspicuous and there's not much more to check, there. 

Divs generally try to make their way across the desert in small groups, camouflaged with illusions; Rahadoum has flying forces to point them out and then people can head over to stop them. Most of them, if they get the chance, can summon more of them, so it's not hard for a fight to get out of hand if you get behind in it, but Hagan and Mahdi are very competent at murdering things and Velgarth mages have a lot of advantages even if they're trying to behave normally.

Gates would sure be convenient for the heading-over part, but he doesn't. He sticks to fire and levinbolts and force-barriers, and of course he can shield the group. He watches the divs very curiously with mage-sight; do their illusions show up to his Sight the same way Velgarth ones do? 

Invisibility also is invisible to mage-sight! Mahdi is unsurprised by this - "Detect Magic can't see invisibility, that'd be pointless, you need See Invisibility specifically."

Another difference between their magic systems becomes apparent a few days in when a div with some teleporting abilities jumps right up to them and drives a spear straight through Hagan before they manage to kill it. 

"Damn! I guess we will check out that magical healing solution of theirs."

"Lemme finish the rest of these off and then I can teleport you."

Leareth is kind of alarmed! Hagan and Mahdi seem weirdly calm about this but still!

:Hagan, are you all right - we should hurry–: He knows some magical techniques meant to imitate Healing-Gift but he's certainly not proficient in that area, it wasn't a priority this lifetime. 

He looks nonplussed. 

:I'm totally fine, I would keep shooting them for you except they might actually have shit for magical healing in which case I'll regret moving too much until I've gotten it out. I think Mahdi's even got potions, in the bag, if I suddenly take a turn for the worse which seems super unlikely.:

:I do:, confirms Mahdi, and assists the summoned hippogriff that is chewing on their enemies with a lightning bolt that disrupts the remaining div's spellcasting. :Arguably you should carry it on your person, you know. Coulda been a Slaying spear or something.:

:These people are not carrying gear that good. Also that happened to me once and it wasn't even that bad. It'd kill you but you barely work out.:

:If you say so: Leareth is pretty confused, but he focuses on helping Mahdi with the fight until they're done and can teleport out. 

And Mahdi grabs both their hands and drops them back at the war camp, where people also seem very unconcerned by this. "Two Symbol of Healings," a woman who runs logistics here says, "tent on your left."

He yanks the spear out and steps in to be bathed in positive energy.

He's used to the instant healing of injuries part. It's the rest. 

"Are people in your world usually that - resistant to injury?" he asks Mahdi.