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<blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 2167351" data-attributes="member: 17691">Once the corpse fails it's saving throw, it is compeled to answer the questions asked of it truthfully, though perhaps cryptically, within the limits of what it knew in life. Although the spell grants a corpse a &quot;semblance of life and intellect&quot; it isn't truly alive anymore and&nbsp; it can't seek to outwit foes or formulate lies in an attempt to deceive the caster, nor can it refuse to answer questions; it has no independant will anymore. It's also not going to be unhappy &quot;about giving up his allies&quot; since the body itself doesn't care about it's former allies anymore; it's just a dead corpse not the actual person it once was. It's soul has already moved on to its afterlife (probably in a lower plane somewhere). The proof that the corpse is lacking it's soul is that it can't answer questions about the afterlife, only about what it knew while alive.The lights are on, but no one is home. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ambrus, post: 2167351, member: 17691"] Once the corpse fails it's saving throw, it is compeled to answer the questions asked of it truthfully, though perhaps cryptically, within the limits of what it knew in life. Although the spell grants a corpse a "semblance of life and intellect" it isn't truly alive anymore and it can't seek to outwit foes or formulate lies in an attempt to deceive the caster, nor can it refuse to answer questions; it has no independant will anymore. It's also not going to be unhappy "about giving up his allies" since the body itself doesn't care about it's former allies anymore; it's just a dead corpse not the actual person it once was. It's soul has already moved on to its afterlife (probably in a lower plane somewhere). The proof that the corpse is lacking it's soul is that it can't answer questions about the afterlife, only about what it knew while alive. The lights are on, but no one is home. ;) [/QUOTE]

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