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<blockquote data-quote="EvilGM" data-source="post: 1703863" data-attributes="member: 4628">I'm the player Rocco is talking about.The spell description isn't very clear and is open to interpretation.&nbsp; The spell is meant to speak with the dead (any length of time dead) which the intact skeleton clearly was.&nbsp; By the rules, I can see going either way on this - loose descriptions like this are open to DM decision.&nbsp; It's not the decision I would have made, but it's his game.A couple things for DMs to think about...If one of your NPCs (bad guy trying to track the party, holy man looking for a murderer, etc.) casts this spell on a body in the same condition, would it work?&nbsp; Consistency is what I'm looking for here.The spell is Speak with Dead - which really has a narrow focus..&nbsp; If it doesn't, in fact, let me speak with the dead what's the point of taking it? &nbsp;Its not the end of the world.&nbsp; There are plenty of other 3rd level spells I can prepare... something more combat-oriented since it seems we aren't promoting role-playing aspects.<a href="http://www.fact-index.com/d/de/decomposition.html" target="_blank">Interesting info on decomposition</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="EvilGM, post: 1703863, member: 4628"] I'm the player Rocco is talking about. The spell description isn't very clear and is open to interpretation. The spell is meant to speak with the dead (any length of time dead) which the intact skeleton clearly was. By the rules, I can see going either way on this - loose descriptions like this are open to DM decision. It's not the decision I would have made, but it's his game. A couple things for DMs to think about... If one of your NPCs (bad guy trying to track the party, holy man looking for a murderer, etc.) casts this spell on a body in the same condition, would it work? Consistency is what I'm looking for here. The spell is Speak with Dead - which really has a narrow focus.. If it doesn't, in fact, let me speak with the dead what's the point of taking it? Its not the end of the world. There are plenty of other 3rd level spells I can prepare... something more combat-oriented since it seems we aren't promoting role-playing aspects. [URL=http://www.fact-index.com/d/de/decomposition.html]Interesting info on decomposition[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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