You focus your will upon the lingering echoes bound to a corpse, drawing forth the memories that cling to its remains. For a brief time, the spirit imprint animating the body stirs, allowing it to respond to your questions.
Choose the corpse of a creature that possessed a mouth in life and has not been destroyed. The body cannot be undead, and it must still retain its head. The corpse does not regain life, consciousness, or awareness, and it cannot move or act beyond answering you.
For the duration, you may ask the corpse questions. The corpse answers aloud, drawing upon memories it carried at the moment of passing. Its responses are typically brief, literal, and colored by the creature’s final perceptions. This magic bypasses the usual limitations of familiarity or allegiance. The corpse is compelled to answer to the best of its recollection and cannot deliberately deceive, though incomplete knowledge, personal bias, or misunderstanding may still affect its answers. The corpse is not obligated to be helpful beyond the scope of your questions.
Once this magic ends, the corpse becomes inert once more and cannot be affected by this spell again for 10 days.
* - (burning incense, cremated ashes)
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