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Detect Evil and Detect Magic both have similar wording about checking the top of the location deck and looking for a particular type of card, then you may encounter it. The key word there is "may". I just want to confirm - can I choose not to encounter it and just put it back on the top of the location deck?
For instance, if Ezren casts Detect Magic and sees a divine spell on the top of the location deck, can he put it back and tell Kyra to come and get it? Or if Lem doesn't have any weapons or offensive spells in hand, so he wants to avoid a fight, can he use Detect Evil to scout the location deck before exploring, then choose to put the enemy back and not explore if there is a monster?
"May" means may, so it is optional.
The idea to use the spells, is to discover what lies ahead and then decide to go on forward or stop in your track to avoid a potential danger.
If you had to explore that particular card, the spell would have no meaning.
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Well, the spell would still have meaning. You could avoid cards of the type other than what you're detecting. ie You cast Detect Magic and encounter any magic that's there, but you can still choose not to encounter a non-magical card of any sort.
But I do prefer being able to choose not to encounter anything you want. That's what I thought, based on the word "may", but I wanted to make sure.