{Not sure if this should be in advice or rules.}
Trying to find the murderer.
Body has had jaw smashed so Speak with Dead doesn't work.
I wanted to use mending to fix the jaw. It is no longer a living creature, is not undead, and is not a construct.
Then use Speak with Dead.
GM wasn't sure if mending would work on a dead body so we flipped a coin. No good.
Do you think the mending should have worked on the dead body to allow the Speak With Dead spell to function?
no opinions?
I think that you should accept your GM's ruling. Also, be patient. You waited 2 hours for a response to a question.
At my table, I would have only allowed Mending to work if doing so didn't ruin the plot I was trying to develop. If having the deceased speak to the players didn't ruin all of the planning I had done for that adventure, then sure, I'd have let it work. If I had planned for my players to spend the evening looking for clues and hunting down the murderer (which it seems that your GM had planned) I would not let it work.
Heck, I probably wouldn't have even let Raise Dead work, since it has that handy clause about the soul needing to be willing to return.
Even if I had let Mending work, the answers you get from Speak With Dead are always going to be cryptic.
If this is for carrion crown, just roll with it. It'll be more fun.
As far as I know it should work on a corpse, although it would be fair to assume that some form of heal check would need to accompany the spell to ensure things are put into place properly.
If this is for carrion crown, just roll with it. It'll be more fun.
Don't have a serious problem with it.
Just trying to figure out for future reference.
I think that you should accept your GM's ruling...
I did accept his ruling. None of us were sure if it should have worked. Like I said he went with a flip of the coin. So I don't hink it was integral to his plot.
He often asks me to post these confusing questions on the board be cause he is rarely online.... Also, be patient. You waited 2 hours for a response to a question...
I usually find that if my question scrolls off the 10 most recent list in the section then I don't get any responses at all.