Extract Knowledge

Extract Knowledge is a 6th-level necromancy available to 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.

Mechanics

level:
6
range:
Touch
ritual:
true
school:
necromancy
classes:
Bard, Cleric, Warlock, Wizard
duration:
Instantaneous
casting time:
1 action
concentration:
false

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Sources

  • Deep Magic 5e·OGL-1.0a·© Deep Magic 5e. OGL-1.0a. Via Open5e (open5e.com).
Last updated 6/19/2026·Tags: spell, necromancy, bard, cleric, warlock, wizard, ritual