Talking Dead

Talking Dead
Skill: divination/death 14
Backlash: 21
Difficulty. 12
Effect Value: 15
Bonus Number to: effect
Range: 5 (10 meters)
Duration: 18 (1 hour)
Casting Time: 18 (1 hour)
Manipulation: duration
With this spell, the mage uses the strength of her
spirit to contact a spirit of the dead in hopes of gaining information from
them. The mage must have something that belonged to the person that she wishes
to question. This object must have had some significance to the person in life.
Likely items would include a wedding ring, a pendant, a favored sword or other
weapon, or even a book. Throughout the casting, and then the questioning, the
mage must maintain physical contact with the item while maintaining strict
control over her mind. If her concentration ever fails, then the spirit will
find a way to break free from the mage and return to its eternal rest. After
the casting which includes meditation and chanting, the mage generates her
spell total. Compare the effect total to the Spirit of the spirit
summoned (usually in a range from10 to 15), and read the comparison on the
Power Push chart. The spell has a result point modifier of six. Read the result
points on the Interrogate column to find the spirit's reaction to the summoning
mage. The mage must still coax the information out of the spirit that she
summoned.