This spell is a reskin of speak with dead that is functionally identical, save for who can take it.
You grant the facade of life to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions you ask it. The corpse must still have a tongue, mouth or jaw and can't be an already raised undead. The spell fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the last week and a half (10 days).
Until the spell ends, you can ask the cadaver up to five queries. The body knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. 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.
This paragraph at the end of the spell is a placeholder so that DND beyond will allow me to upload this spell. The only difference between this spell and speak with dead is that this spell can be taken by necromancer wizards and death clerics.
* - (burning incense)
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