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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 2235902" data-attributes="member: 18280">Actually, you are assuming that age directly relates to the condition of a body, which many examples (the Ice Man, peat bog mummies, etc.) can disprove.&nbsp; Therefore, the spell description is precise in saying that the condition, not the age, of the body is the critical issue.The source of the knowledge is also clear:This spell does not let you actually speak to the person (whose soul has departed). It instead draws on the imprinted knowledge stored in the corpse. The partially animated body retains the imprint of the soul that once inhabited it, and thus it can speak with all the knowledge that the creature had while alive.Assuming that the soul imprints on the entire body, then as the body degrades the imprint degrades as well.&nbsp; The spell description seems to bear out that assumption, as the condition of the body determines the amount of information that the soul imprint can impart.RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 2235902, member: 18280"] Actually, you are assuming that age directly relates to the condition of a body, which many examples (the Ice Man, peat bog mummies, etc.) can disprove. Therefore, the spell description is precise in saying that the [I]condition[/I], not the [I]age[/I], of the body is the critical issue. The source of the knowledge is also clear: [INDENT][COLOR=Red]This spell does not let you actually speak to the person (whose soul has departed). It instead draws on the imprinted knowledge stored in the corpse. The partially animated body retains the imprint of the soul that once inhabited it, and thus it can speak with all the knowledge that the creature had while alive.[/COLOR][/INDENT] Assuming that the soul imprints on the entire body, then as the body degrades the imprint degrades as well. The spell description seems to bear out that assumption, as the condition of the body determines the amount of information that the soul imprint can impart. RC [/QUOTE]

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