Crown of Summation (Magic Crown)

This ruby-studded crown is similar in function to the tore of craftsmanship. Instead of capturing skills, however, the crown absorbs the wearer's memories. If the item is placed upon the head of a character within one hour of his death, all of the character's thoughts from the previous 1d6 days are transferred into the gems. The crown may then be placed upon another head, and all recorded events are played out in detail for the wearer.
Should a living person put on the crown, 1d4 levels of experience are drained into the rubies. They may be regained by removing the crown and putting it on again, but the levels are otherwise lost and cannot be regained by any means short of a wish. If another creature puts on the crown after levels have been drained into it, the new wearer merely experiences the memories of a previous wearer as described above; lost levels of experience are not regained. Note that those absorbed levels also are lost if another person wears the crown-the drained character cannot regain lost levels if another creature puts on the crown before he or she does so again.
The second wearer experiences the memories of the first as if actually living them. The crown transfers senses and emotions to the wearer. Physical occurrences are experienced, but their effects are not translated into actual effects on the wearer. However, psychological experiences are lasting. For example, if the memory contains a failed horror check, the wearer experiences the effects of it even after removing the crown. All actions are displayed at the rate of one day's memories per round. The crown functions only once, and then it becomes a piece of common jewelry worth 1,000 gp. It cannot be recharged.
A lich might typically use such a device to determine how an infiltrator came to find its lair, who its comrades are, and by what means it arrived. The crown may also be used to become familiar enough with a person to affect a successful impersonation. 
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