Speak with Dead

You call forth the target's memories, animating it enough to answer 5 questions. The corpse's knowledge is limited: it knows only what it knew in life and cannot learn new information or speak about anything that has occurred since its death. It speaks only in the languages it knew, and is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if it has reason not to. Answers might be brief, cryptic, or repetitive.

This spell does not return a departed soul, nor does it have any effect on an undead corpse, or one without a mouth.

Classes


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rangetouch

target_range_sort1

componentsV, S, M

requires_verbal_componentsYes

requires_somatic_componentsYes

requires_material_componentsYes

material

can_be_cast_as_ritualNo

duration10 minutes

requires_concentrationNo

casting_time1 action

level_int3

spell_level3

schoolNecromancy

dnd_classBard, Cleric

archetype

circles

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