Psychometry

Psychometry is the ability to learn information about the history of an object or location through touching that object or being present in that location.

Psychometric magic was commonly used in Avalir during the Age of Arcanum, notably by the Eyes of Avalir. The Eyes of Avalir had a psychometric chamber in their hall that could be used to recreate rooms using the memory of objects placed inside the chamber. This allowed them to track changes in the room over time, though the objects could only remember other inanimate objects and not organic creatures moving through the room. Avalir's Architect Arcane Laerryn Coramar-Seelie's records on the Apogee Celestial Solstice are also "based on effectively arcane psychometry".

As a mechanical class, sufficiently high level blood hunters have an ability known as Grim Psychometry, which gives them advantage on History checks to learn about the "sinister or tragic history" of an item they touch.

Trivia

 * The Identify and Legend Lore spells, while not officially referred to as such, are forms of psychometry.