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<blockquote data-quote="Markn" data-source="post: 2236668" data-attributes="member: 21827">IMO, your last paragraph is a big assumption.&nbsp; Is it not reasonable to think that the designers of the spell would have said that skeletons don't work?&nbsp; If it was their intention to limit the spell this way then that is a huge omission, moreso than any other facet of the spell we have discussed.&nbsp; I do agree, in part, that the condition of the corpse is important and I recognize the difference between time and condition but since the spell does not provide example of ONLY humanoids that have been preserved then one must agree that age and condition CAN go hand in hand thus giving an end result of a skeleton.&nbsp; Now if the skeleton is whole then there can be no debate that it can answer any and all questions as opposed to partial answers.In terms of 'mostly intact', that would be DM's discretion.&nbsp; You could go with 1) body is not damaged in any way so regardless of age (meaning rotting flesh vs bone only) the skeleton would give all the answers it can 2) body is partly damaged (via combat, a fall or what have you) so it may or may not give complete answers.You have convinced me that 'body damage' is relevant, however I don't consider age to be damage and thus a skeleton would not be limited in any way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Markn, post: 2236668, member: 21827"] IMO, your last paragraph is a big assumption. Is it not reasonable to think that the designers of the spell would have said that skeletons don't work? If it was their intention to limit the spell this way then that is a huge omission, moreso than any other facet of the spell we have discussed. I do agree, in part, that the condition of the corpse is important and I recognize the difference between time and condition but since the spell does not provide example of ONLY humanoids that have been preserved then one must agree that age and condition CAN go hand in hand thus giving an end result of a skeleton. Now if the skeleton is whole then there can be no debate that it can answer any and all questions as opposed to partial answers. In terms of 'mostly intact', that would be DM's discretion. You could go with 1) body is not damaged in any way so regardless of age (meaning rotting flesh vs bone only) the skeleton would give all the answers it can 2) body is partly damaged (via combat, a fall or what have you) so it may or may not give complete answers. You have convinced me that 'body damage' is relevant, however I don't consider age to be damage and thus a skeleton would not be limited in any way. [/QUOTE]

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