Soul Pendant (Patreon)

Soul Pendant
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

This mithral pendant holds a cleanly cut diamond at its center and hangs from a string of polished prayer beads. The pendant has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. When a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you dies while you're wearing this necklace, you can use your reaction to expend 1 of the pendant's charges and speak its command word. When you do, that creature's soul becomes trapped in the pendant for 24 hours or until you use this property of the pendant again as a reaction or you choose to release it as a bonus action on your turn. A nonliving creature or creature without a soul, such as a construct or undead, is immune to this effect. While a soul is trapped in the pendant, you gain a +2 bonus to Wisdom ability checks and Wisdom saving throws while you're wearing it.

In addition, you can use an action to telepathically ask the soul a question, as if by the speak with dead spell, regardless of what the form of its physical body was. Once a soul has been asked 3 questions in this way, it's released from the pendant.

While a creature's soul is trapped in the pendant, its body is under the effect of the gentle repose spell. If the creature is returned to life while you have its spirit trapped in this way, the spirit is released from the pendant and returned to its body.

"Oh what a cute soul! I wanna keep it and name it Cuddles!"

"But that's the spirit of Nat'ranguul the Accursed. You can't just change a malevolent spirit's n—"

"—Okay Cuddles, tell me: what's your favorite color?"