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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3092550" data-attributes="member: 18280">The argument wasn't about an animated skeleton; just a run-of-the-mill everyday collection of bones.The problem occurs with the spell description:&nbsp; &quot;You grant the semblance of life and intellect to a corpse....You can cast this spell on a corpse that has been deceased for any amount of time, but the body must be mostly intact to be able to respond.&nbsp; A damaged corpse may be able to give partial answers or partially correct answers, but it must at least have a mouth in order to speak at all.&quot;Is a skeleton a corpse or part of a corpse?&nbsp; Is it reasonably intact?&nbsp; Does it have a mouth?&nbsp; The argument raged for many pages and many posts.&nbsp; The illusion of a fully comprehensive ruleset breaks down when you examine the parts, and if you don't have a means to resolve conflicts chosen ahead of time (DM, group consensus, whatever) you can run into problems.Because I have a conflict resolution method spelled out for my table, I've never had these problems.&nbsp; However, that doesn't mean that others do not.RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 3092550, member: 18280"] The argument wasn't about an [i]animated[/i] skeleton; just a run-of-the-mill everyday collection of bones. The problem occurs with the spell description: "You grant the semblance of life and intellect to a [i][b]corpse[/b][/i][b][/b]....You can cast this spell on a corpse that has been deceased for any amount of time, but [i][b]the body must be mostly intact to be able to respond.[/b][/i][b][/b] A damaged corpse may be able to give partial answers or partially correct answers, but it [i][b]must at least have a mouth in order to speak at all[/b][/i][b][/b]." Is a skeleton a corpse or part of a corpse? Is it reasonably intact? Does it have a mouth? The argument raged for many pages and many posts. The illusion of a fully comprehensive ruleset breaks down when you examine the parts, and if you don't have a means to resolve conflicts chosen ahead of time (DM, group consensus, whatever) you can run into problems. Because I have a conflict resolution method spelled out for my table, I've never had these problems. However, that doesn't mean that others do not. RC [/QUOTE]

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