Well how do i start this. My DM is trying to make a raven cast a shadow walk spell on a dead creature to take his body and prevent us from making anything to this one doesnt come back raised or something. Dont ask me how a reven cast it coz i dont know :S
The simple question is: Can you cast a spell on a dead body that has as a target "Creature". Or a dead creature is considered as an object and a creature or only as one of those options?.
I always had the thought that a dead body is always considered an object and when you die all your spells like buffs are dispelled. Pls gimme a reasonable answer with some rules because i think the DM is wrong.
Cheers
While indeed dead body is object and not creature unless animated in some way, "Raven" casting shadow walk can cast it on oneself (well, actually has to cast it on oneself, other targets are optional, if it was basic shadow walk spell and not altered variant or something similar mistaken for it) AND take the body with oneself as carried item.
Of course normal raven could not carry medium body but we already know that it isn't normal raven so it might be capable of such actionn (perhaps it was polymorphed or simply masked with illusion).
Also I remember 5th level spell in one of 3.0 or 3.5 rulebooks that opened temporary portal to shadow plane and could be used to throw th body to the other side.
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A corpse is an object. It counts as a dead creature to target spells, in the same way as a destroyed object still counts as pieces of the sort of object it was for the purpose of mending, but not as a creature for any other purpose.
When you die, spells cast on you that target creatures no longer have a valid target. A spell that can affect objects would remain.
Agreed that the raven could cast shadow walk on itself if it was able to carry the body.
Are you sure the creature was dead? Did you examine the body? If brought down between 0 and -CON hit points, it might only have been dying.