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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 1704178" data-attributes="member: 20564">I think the spell should work.&nbsp; The idea that a skeleton can nod it's head without muscles but can't talk without vocal cords is a silly distinction that punishes the players.&nbsp; Either rule that a skeleton isn't &quot;mostly intact&quot; and that it won't work at all, or that it is mostly intact and let the spell work.&nbsp; If a teeth and jaws isn't &quot;a mouth&quot;, then a skeleton isn't &quot;mostly intact&quot;.Looking at the spell, I would think that by intent it would work.&nbsp; I read &quot;dead any length of time&quot; as recognizing that bodies decay, and &quot;having a mouth&quot; as stopping (a) creatures that never possessed a mouth and (b) bodies specifically mutilated to remove the mouth.This is a spell, allowing you to do things that you wouldn't be able to do without magic.&nbsp; If a necromatic spell can animate a skeleton, why not allow one to speak?&nbsp; After all, that's what the spell does &quot;speak with dead&quot;.Now, it is a language dependant spell as shown in the descriptor, so I hope they have a common language with the 5000 year old skeleton, but that's a different matter.Cheers,=Blue</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 1704178, member: 20564"] I think the spell should work. The idea that a skeleton can nod it's head without muscles but can't talk without vocal cords is a silly distinction that punishes the players. Either rule that a skeleton isn't "mostly intact" and that it won't work at all, or that it is mostly intact and let the spell work. If a teeth and jaws isn't "a mouth", then a skeleton isn't "mostly intact". Looking at the spell, I would think that by intent it would work. I read "dead any length of time" as recognizing that bodies decay, and "having a mouth" as stopping (a) creatures that never possessed a mouth and (b) bodies specifically mutilated to remove the mouth. This is a spell, allowing you to do things that you wouldn't be able to do without magic. If a necromatic spell can animate a skeleton, why not allow one to speak? After all, that's what the spell does "speak with dead". Now, it is a language dependant spell as shown in the descriptor, so I hope they have a common language with the 5000 year old skeleton, but that's a different matter. Cheers, =Blue [/QUOTE]

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