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A Black Glass Swizzle Stick.
Thought Sniffer
This curious necromantic device lets a wielder relive the experience of a deceased sentient target.
The wielder inserts the Thought Sniffer into the head of a creature that had Intelligence and Wisdom of at least 3 each while it was alive. The wielder then contemplates a question, inhales the vapors that exude from the puncture, and makes a CON saving throw.
For every partial multiple of 5, the wielder may experience 1 round of the target's life from the target's perspective. The total time does not have to be continuous from the target's perspective, but the entire experience is contiguous for the wielder.
The wielder has no ability to consciously access or even necessarily understand the target's thoughts, senses, languages, skills, powers, or spells for the duration enabled by their saving throw. They simply absorb the life experience of the target for that limited time. While under the influence of the Thought Sniffer, the wielder has no awareness of their own surroundings.
The Thought Sniffer will only work on any specific corpse once. If a target is ever brought back to life with anything less than a Wish, the experiences drawn out by the Thought Sniffer are completely lost to them.
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