You broach the vail of death, restoring intelligence and a modicum of life to speak to a corpse within your grasp, allowing it to answer the questions you pose. The corpse must still have a mouth and can't be undead. The spell fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the last 10 days.
Until the spell ends, you can compel the corpse to answer up to five questions. The corpse knows only what it knew in life but is able to speak in a language known to the caster. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy, the corpse may resist the spells compulsion to tell the truth with a Charisma saving throw. If the target succeeds the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer. This spell doesn't return the creature's soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can't learn new information, doesn't comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can't speculate about future events.
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