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'''Speak with Dead''' is a [[Spells#3rd Level Spells|Level 3]] Necromancy Spell. This spell allows spellcasters to grant a semblance of life to a corpse, allowing it to answer questions.
| name = Speak with Dead
| image = Speak with Dead.webp
| level = 3
| school = Necromancy
| ritual = yes
| classes = Bard, Cleric
| class learns at level 5 = Bard, Cleric
| granted by feats = Ritual Caster
| granted by items = The Amulet of Lost Voices:Long Rest, Necromancy of Thay
| other ways to learn = * Also granted to [[Warlock]]s who choose the [[Eldritch Invocation]] {{SAI|Whispers of the Grave}} at level 9+.
| summary = This spell allows spellcasters to grant a semblance of life to a corpse, allowing it to answer questions.
| description = Grant a semblance of life to a corpse, allowing it to answer questions.
| extra description = Skeletons and creatures killed with {{DamageType|Acid}}, {{DamageType|Fire}}, {{DamageType|Lightning}}, {{DamageType|Necrotic}}, {{DamageType|Radiant}} damage no longer have a mouth and can't be made to talk using this spell.


Doesn't work on Undead.
[[Category:Spells]][[Category:Level 3 Spells]][[Category:Necromancy Spells]]
| cost = action, spell3
 
| range =  
[[File:Speak with Dead Icon.png|thumb|240x240px|{{AbilityInfobox
| range m = 9
| title = <div style="font-size:105%; font-family:Georgia;">''"Grant a semblance of life to a corpse, allowing it to answer questions. Skeleton and creatures killed with <span style="color:#cccc00">acid</span>, <span style="color:#ff6600">fire</span>, <span style="color:#3366cc">lightning</span>, <span style="color:#66cc66">necrotic </span>, or <span style="color:#ffcc00">radiant</span>damage no longer have a mouth and can't be made to talk using this spell."''</div>
| range ft = 30
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| higher levels =  
<div style="text-align:center;">[[File:Action Icon.png|frameless|25px]] '''Action''' [[File:Spell Slot Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Level 3 Spell Slot'''</div>
| condition = Recast Speak with Dead
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| condition duration = Until Long Rest
| Range = 9m / 30ft
| notes = * Casting this spell also grants the ability '''Recast Speak with Dead''', which allows the spellcaster to recast the spell without expending a spell slot, until the next [[Long Rest]].
| School = Necromancy
* There's a high chance that the corpse will be unwilling to speak with the caster if they dealt the killing blow. This is not always the case, but can be circumvented by using the {{SAI|Disguise Self}} spell before casting it.
| Concentration = None
* For the list of NPCs you can cast this spell on see [[:Category:Available to Speak with Dead]].
| Condition = [[Condition#Recast Speak with Dead|Recast Speak with Dead]]
* If cast by a {{Class|Cleric}}, the spell should remain [[Spells#Prepared Spells|Prepared]]. If the spell is removed from the Cleric's Prepared Spells list, they will lose the ability to use Recast Speak with Dead until preparing and casting Speak with Dead once more, and applicable corpses will no longer have a green glow to indicate they can be spoken to. If cast with a [[Scroll_of_Speak_with_Dead|scroll]] or item, the caster does not need to keep this spell Prepared, and will be able to use Recast Speak with Dead until their next Long Rest.
| Duration = Until [[Long Rest]]
* The incantation for Speak With Dead is '''Cum Mortuus in Lingua Mortua''', Latin for "With dead in a Dead Language".
| Class = [[Bard]]
* Keeping a collection of corpses in your Traveler's Chest at camp can be a useful way to activate "Recast Speak with Dead" after each long rest, to get the green glow on "speak-able" corpses. Though this can only be done once per corpse.
}}]]
}}
 
== External Links ==
==Description==
* {{FRWiki|Speak with dead|long}}
Grant a semblance of life to a corpse, allowing it to answer questions.
 
Skeleton and creatures killed with <code><span style="color:#cccc00">Acid</span></code>, <code><span style="color:#ff6600">Fire</span></code>, <code><span style="color:#3366cc">Lightning</span></code>, <code><span style="color:#66cc66">Necrotic</span></code>, or <code><span style="color:#ffcc00">Radiant</span></code> damage no longer have a mouth and can't be made to talk using this spell.  
==Properties==
<code>[[File:Action Icon.png|frameless|25px]] Action + [[File:Spell Slot Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] Level 3 Spell Slot</code>
 
''Available to level 5 [[Bard]].''
*Range: {{C|[[File:Range Icon 2.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] 9m / 30ft}}
{| class="wikitable" role="presentation"
|[[File:Speak with Dead Icon.png|frameless|25x25px]]<b> Recast Speak with Dead</b>
|-
|[[File:Duration 50px.png|frameless|upright=0.1]] Duration: {{C|Until [[Long Rest]]}}
*Can recast Speak with Dead without expending a spell slot.
|}
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