Detect poison

[northbrb]

if you use detect poison would the spell tell you that there is poison present in a dead body? like you find a dead man and there is poison in his glass but not in his body would the spell tell you this?

[Tom Baumbach]

northbrb wrote:

if you use detect poison would the spell tell you that there is poison present in a dead body?

Sure, a dead body is essentially an object.

[northbrb]

thanks, i am writing up a game for my players and wanted to know if one of my players could figure this out.