Clues of Ash

Casting this spell on a pile of ashes gives the caster a smoky vision of the scene before an item or creature was destroyed. The vision ends at the time the thing was ruined or killed and begins 1 round per level of the caster sooner. Thus, a 4th level priest sees the last four minutes of a destroyed object's existence. Clues of ash reveals whether the thing was an item or a living creature, and whether it was destroyed by fire or by defiling magic. If the caster is examining vegetable matter destroyed by defiling magic, there is a 10% chance the priest can identify the spell that destroyed it