Summon Spirit

Information; Resisted by spirit’s Will 
Talk to the spirit of a dead person. The subject resists at -5 if he was a friend of the caster. If the spell succeeds, the subject will answer one question, to the best of his knowledge as of the time he died, and one more per minute he remains. 
If the spell fails, that caster (or ceremonial group) may not summon that spirit again for one year. A critical failure means the caster summoned a malign spirit, who lies deliberately.

Modifiers: -5 if you don’t know the subject’s full name. -1 if it has been more than a week since the subject’s death, -2 if more than a month, -3 if more than a year, -4 if more than 10 years, -5 if more than 50 years, and -6 if more than 500 years.

Duration: 1 minute. 
Cost: 20 to cast. 10 to maintain. Halve these costs if the spell is cast at the site of death or over the corpse of the person being contacted; quarter these costs if both conditions are met. 
Time to cast: 5 minutes. 
Prerequisites: Magery 2 and Death Vision.

Item 
Staff, wand, or jewelry. Usable only by mages. The item does not give the ability to cast the spell, but gives +2 to skill.  
Energy cost: 1,000.