Corpse Quill

Wondrous item, rare

This small black quill is made from a crow feather. When placed on the grave or corpse of any dead creature, along with a sheet of parchment, you can use an action to speak the command word and activate it. The item remains active for 10 minutes. While active, you can ask the dead creature up to three questions, with the quill writing the answers on the parchment after each question. The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive.

Once used, this property of the quill can’t be used again until the next dawn.