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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 7421806" data-attributes="member: 19270">From AD&amp;D Necromancer's Handbook:Level 4 necromancySummon SpiritRange: 30'Components: V,MDuration: 1r/levelCasting Time: 1 minArea of Effect: 1 creatureSaving Throw: specialAllows you to call up spirit of the dead, must speak same language, and spirit may be uncooperative. Base chance of cooperation of 50% + 1% per wizard level + a long list of modifiers based on the caster being a necromancer, casting the spell at night, on a holy day, and how long the target has been dead (e.g. minus 5% if longer than 1 week, -30% if dead over 1000 years). If the spell fails, a 5% cumulative chance per casting hostile spirits will be attracted and attack (using a Summon Undead table). If success, the spirit gets a save if either different alignment or higher level. Get 1 question per 3 levels, and spirits have limited insight into future as if using Augury. Requires shallow pit filled with blood of a slaughtered ram to open a symbolic link to netherworld and lure the spirit back to the world of the living. The DM may, in her discretion, modify the spell so 1d20 spirits arrive and must be placated before the desired shade arrives.&nbsp; So unlike Speak with Dead, no body is required, questions are level based, and it's not auto-success. However, if you can pass the % check, it has to answer. It's not quite what you described as this spell tends to attract bad news, but no reason you can't house-rule a second player can be incorporated into the casting to ask questions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 7421806, member: 19270"] From AD&D Necromancer's Handbook: [I]Level 4 necromancy[/I] [B]Summon Spirit[/B] [B]Range:[/B] 30' [B]Components:[/B] V,M [B]Duration:[/B] 1r/level [B]Casting Time:[/B] 1 min [B]Area of Effect:[/B] 1 creature [B]Saving Throw[/B]: special Allows you to call up spirit of the dead, must speak same language, and spirit may be uncooperative. Base chance of cooperation of 50% + 1% per wizard level + a long list of modifiers based on the caster being a necromancer, casting the spell at night, on a holy day, and how long the target has been dead (e.g. minus 5% if longer than 1 week, -30% if dead over 1000 years). If the spell fails, a 5% cumulative chance per casting hostile spirits will be attracted and attack (using a Summon Undead table). If success, the spirit gets a save if either different alignment or higher level. Get 1 question per 3 levels, and spirits have limited insight into future as if using Augury. Requires shallow pit filled with blood of a slaughtered ram to open a symbolic link to netherworld and lure the spirit back to the world of the living. The DM may, in her discretion, modify the spell so 1d20 spirits arrive and must be placated before the desired shade arrives. [I]So unlike Speak with Dead, no body is required, questions are level based, and it's not auto-success. However, if you can pass the % check, it has to answer. It's not quite what you described as this spell tends to attract bad news, but no reason you can't house-rule a second player can be incorporated into the casting to ask questions.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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