Echron

Spell Name: Speak with Dead (3rd Level) Casting Time: 1 Action Range: 10 ft. Components: V, S, M* (burning incense) Duration: 10 Minutes School: Necromancy Tags: Communication, Social Description: You animate a corpse within range to answer up to 5 questions. The corpse must have a mouth and not be Undead or previously affected by this spell in the last 10 days. It knows only what it knew in life and answers in brief or cryptic ways. It is not compelled to be truthful if it sees you as an enemy. This does not return its soul, only a semblance of awareness. The corpse cannot learn new things or comment on events after death or future ones. Available to: Bard, Cleric, Wizard Also Available to: Cleric – Knowledge Domain (PHB), Warlock – The Undead (VRGtR), Warlock – The Undying (SCAG)