Reveal the Past
Spell, Black Magic, level 6
Lets the caster question bone or tissue found in an area for an hour and learn truthfully what happened there; remains can even be planted for later surveillance.
From the book
Lets the caster find out everything that has happened within a 100x100x100 ft. area, provided the remains of at least one creature lie there. If even a scrap of bone or tissue can be found, the caster may question it for as long as an hour, and every answer it gives is true.
A caster who wants to keep watch over a place can leave skeletons, skulls and the like there on purpose, then use this spell later to question them.
At a glance
- Restricted to
- Necromancers and witchdoctors only
- Area
- 100x100x100 ft.
- Requires
- Skeletal remains or fragment of bone or tissue in the area
- Duration
- Up to 1 hour of conversation
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Non-variable
A scene
The necromancer Oyelaran has kept a human skull on the shelf of the old Hesperian watchtower above Pemba for five years, precisely for this purpose. Now he returns, sets it on the table, and speaks the words. The skull's jaw works stiffly. For the next hour it tells him everything that has happened in the tower and around it since he left: who has come and gone, what they searched for, what they whispered, where one of them buried a strongbox. Every word is true. Oyelaran takes careful notes.