Speak with Dead Spell in Faerûn | World Anvil
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Speak with Dead

You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions you pose. The corpse must still have a mouth and can't be undead. The spell fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the last 10 days.   Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn't return the creature's soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can't learn new information, doesn't comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can't speculate about future events.
Material Components
A block of burning incense
Gestures & Ritual
Verbal, Somatic, Material
Related School
Necromancy
Effect Duration
10 minutes
Effect Casting Time
1 action
Range
10 feet
Level
3rd
Applied Restriction
Bard, Cleric, Wizard

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