[...] You can observe a creature at any distance. [...]
This implies that you only get visual information with Scrying (but a caster using this spell could still be sightless. The image is mentally projected in the caster's conciousness).
Furthermore, the spell description says that you can only observe creatures, not places (thus you cannot use Scrying on a place). As to how many environmental information you get would be the decision of your GM.
I would allow any view angle that holds the target of the spell in focus. Thus you could "fly around" the target, getting environmental clues, but not roam around freely (this rule of thumb should also deny situations in which the caster wishes to "zoom out" too far, since he effectively looses sight of the spell's target).
This implies that you only get visual information with Scrying (but a caster using this spell could still be sightless. The image is mentally projected in the caster's conciousness).Furthermore, the spell description says that you can only observe creatures, not places (thus you cannot use Scrying on a place). As to how many environmental information you get would be the decision of your GM.
I would allow any view angle that holds the target of the spell in focus. Thus you could "fly around" the target, getting environmental clues, but not roam around freely (this rule of thumb should also deny situations in which the caster wishes to "zoom out" too far, since he effectively looses sight of the spell's target).
Um, what? Are we reading the same spell?
If the save fails, you can see and hear the subject and its surroundings (approximately 10 feet in all directions of the subject)
You can see and hear with scrying, and can see and hear what's going on within 10 feet of the subject but no more than that. Also, the sensor moves with the target, not at your discretion:
If the subject moves, the sensor follows at a speed of up to 150 feet.
ok, but what about the spells part? can I use something like message or dancing lights using the scry organ as the point of origin for the spell?
You can't use any spell or ability like that unless the individual scrying spell says you can.
Clairaudiance/clairvoyance doesn't allow any effect to pass through.
Scrying can:
As with all divination (scrying) spells, the sensor has your full visual acuity, including any magical effects. In addition, the following spells have a 5% chance per caster level of operating through the sensor: detect chaos, detect evil, detect good, detect law, detect magic, and message.
It depends on what spell you are using to scry on the target.