Ring of the Dead

Once a day this ring grants Speak with the Dead, the 2nd level Black Magic spell that lets the wearer question a creature dead no longer than a set time and always hear the truth. Rings come in many kinds and sizes, most made from 1/4 to 1 oz. of metal and often set with gems or engraved with arcane symbols and inscriptions.

As a greater magic item its magic is permanent and renews itself each day. Making one calls for the materials of a minor magic item and two months plus two weeks for each level of the spell it holds, with a 99% chance of success; one offered for sale usually costs at least twice its materials plus 2,000 G.P. per week of enchanting. Because Speak with the Dead belongs to necromancers and witchdoctors alone, casters of other professions may neither make nor use it. It counts toward the seven magic items a person may carry or wear at once; go past seven and none of them works.