Speak with the Dead
Spell, Black Magic, level 2
Lets the caster question a recently dead creature, getting one truthful answer per level.
From the book
Lets the caster talk with a dead individual or creature, as long as it died within the last 24 hours, extended by 24 hours for each level of the caster. The necromancer may ask one question per level of ability, and every answer given is truthful. Only necromancers and witchdoctors may learn this spell.
At a glance
- Restricted to
- Necromancers and witchdoctors only
- Limit
- Dead no longer than 24 hours (+24 hours per level)
- Effect
- 1 question per level of ability, answered truthfully
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Variable, as stated
A scene
The merchant was found face down in the Fountains of the Moon at dawn, and by evening his body lies on a slab in the Temple of Anu. The necromancer Neferhotep, who keeps the temple's accounts and its secrets, has been paid by the family to find out why. He sets a copper coin on each eye, speaks the words, and the dead lips move. He has four questions. The killer? His partner. The reason? The ledgers. Their hiding place? Under the third floor tile. Neferhotep hesitates over the last one, then asks whether it hurt.