Reveal Owner
(Divination)

Range:  0
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  1 round per level
Casting Time:  1 round
Area of Effect:  Item touched
Saving Throw:  None

The caster of this spell receives a mental impression of the most recent owner or owners of the recipient object. An "owner" is defined as an intelligent entity who was in direct physical contact (i.e., no gloves) with the object one hour, or who had the object upon his person for 24 hours. These time requirements may be divided by the wizard's level, and for every 4 levels of the wizard, one previous owner can be identified. Thus, an 8th-level wizard, for example, could determine the last two owners who carried the object for at least 3 hours each.
The information gained is sufficient that the wizard will recognise the owner on sight, and he can uniquely specify the owner for the purpose of such spells as legend lore. The material component of this spell is a handful of dust.

