The corpse does not respond

[Enola Gay]

I had really hoped this would have been changed for release, where it would tell you if the corpse was talkable or not. as it's such a stupid waste.

Naturally most people will just save before using such a limited spell. making it pointless to even have such a restriction.

[TopBadger]

You can either save scum or you can play like it's D&D it's your choice.

[Aestrea]

The spell isn't limited though, you can keep recasting indefinitely on every single corpse you see.

[Enola Gay]

Originally posted by TopBadger:

You can either save scum or you can play like it's D&D it's your choice.

if it was like D&D every corpse would have something to say, it just wouldn't always be useful or relevant.

[Ghart]

the corpse you can talk to will glow green and like poster above said, it can recasted by clicking the spell at the most right hotbar

[Earl of Sandwich]

Everytime i wake up, i think the same?

[Enola Gay]

guess it's just another bug then that i can only use it once per rest

[Brian Sirith]

“The corpse does not respond”

Topic titles you find only in gaming forums 😂😂😂

Sorry for the off topic.

[BarcaS]

It's not a bug. You are just incompetent in seeing a plain-in-sight option and/or read.

[Enola Gay]

Originally posted by BarcaS:

It's not a bug. You are just incompetent in seeing a plain-in-sight option and/or read.

I am very happy then that if you never experience a bug your small mind believes it never exists for anyone else.

[somebodybond]

Originally posted by Enola Gay:

guess it's just another bug then that i can only use it once per rest

If you have the amulet that lets you cast the spell, the first time each day you cast it, it's in your Common section; recasting it after that, it's on the far right in its own special section (same place as dispelling Disguise Self, for example).

Once you've cast it for the first time in a day, any corpses with something to say will glow green, as others have said. I don't think they glow if you haven't cast it yet that day. They also might not talk to you if they remember you killing them (which is why it's ideal to hand that item to Shadowheart and let her Disguise Self before trying to talk to them).

[Anaheim]

It shouldn't let you cast it on corpses without anything to say. There was a murdered couple under a bridge late game with their child standing by orphaned and you'd think you could talk to the corpses to see what happened. Nope. Wasted 2 scrolls.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by TopBadger:

You can either save scum or you can play like it's D&D it's your choice.

Why would you save scum?

Speak With Dead is a Ritual spell, meaning it doesn't cost a spell slot, and its effects last until a Long Rest, so you can recast it as much as you want.

[Lord Adorable]

If you cast it once it will let you recast it for free. And it then higlights which corpses have anything to say.

[somebodybond]

Originally posted by GrandMajora:

Originally posted by TopBadger:

You can either save scum or you can play like it's D&D it's your choice.

Why would you save scum?

Speak With Dead is a Ritual spell, meaning it doesn't cost a spell slot, and its effects last until a Long Rest, so you can recast it as much as you want.

Some folks are casting it via scrolls, rather than as a known ritual spell or with the amulet.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by somebodybond:

Some folks are casting it via scrolls, rather than as a known ritual spell or with the amulet.

The scroll works the same way, though. It lets you recast the spell as much as you want until you take a long rest.