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Description and lore
A willing spirit receives the time and attention for several carefully chosen questions.
Commune has the atmosphere of an interview conducted across a profound distance.
The living questioner prepares not only what to ask but how to listen when an answer arrives as an impression.
At a glance
A willing spirit receives the time and attention for several carefully chosen questions.
Techniques and Spells · Alpha v44 reference
Requires: Casting Skill: Attune. Affinity: Spirit. Requirements: Spirit d10; Attune d10. one learned slot.
Use: 10-minute ritual · Touch · one remains, shrine, or object strongly associated with a dead spirit · Persistent · 3 Mana
Effect - Resolution: Attune Test TN 6 to establish contact.
Effect - Defense: a willing, available spirit may answer; unwilling spirit can refuse.
Effect: On success, ask up to three brief questions and receive its voluntary responses or impressions. The GM answers from that spirit’s knowledge and motives, not omniscience.
Duration: conversation up to 10 minutes after ritual.
Ending or recovery: one attempt per spirit per Full Rest.
Critical: none.
Exception: No guarantee that a spirit remains reachable, remembers accurately, or tells the truth.
A quiet passage opens between your awareness and a willing spirit.
You finish the first question and leave the silence open for a response.