GMMichael
Guide of Modos
So, zombies and animated objects aren't creatures? They seem to count as "monsters."They key part of this text is creature. In DnD 5e, corpses and other (to use the wording in Clone) inert bodies are not creatures, they are objects.
I know the Clone spell calls it an "inert duplicate of a living, Medium creature" but that does not make it a creature, in the same way that Simulacrum creates a "duplicate of one beast or humanoid" that is neither a beast nor a humanoid (it is a construct). So, by my interpretation, the Clone spell creates an object until such time as it is inhabited by a soul, at which point it becomes a creature. Before then, I treat it as an invalid target for anything requiring a creature as the target.
I'd rule this one of three ways -
- The aging spell accelerates the already accelerated aging of the clone, which makes it a wrinkly, old shell that's, well, Yoda.
- The clone, aging rapidly, is already under the effect of an aging spell, so the two don't stack.
- The aging spell works as intended, but the caster warps 120 days into the future.