Extract Knowledge

6th-level · Necromancy · Ritual

Casting Time 1 action

Range Touch

Components V, S, M (a blank page)

Duration Instantaneous

Classes Bard, Cleric, Warlock, Wizard

By touching a recently deceased corpse, you gain one specific bit of knowledge from it that was known to the creature in life. You must form a question in your mind as part of casting the spell; if the corpse has an answer to your question, it reveals the information to you telepathically. The answer is always brief—no more than a sentence—and very specific to the framed question. It doesn’t matter whether the creature was your friend or enemy; the spell compels it to answer in any case.

Source: Deep Magic 5e · OGL/Open