Call the Past

You call forth a spirit linked to an artifact or corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions you pose. The spell fails if the spirit was the target of this spell in the last 10 days, or if it died within the last year.

If the target is an object, the caster chooses one of the creatures linked to it, such as the item’s creator, the individual the item was created for, or its last owner. If the spell’s caster does not choose a target in this way, a random spirit linked to the object is summoned.

Until the spell ends, you can ask the spirit up to 5 questions. The spirit knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. The answers are usually cryptic or brief, and the spirit is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognises you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only animating an item it once interacted with. Thus, the spirit can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events with the expectation of events foretold when they were alive.