Raise Dead (One)
Raise Dead [SRD5 OGL/CC-BY] [1] [2] (Spell)
Level: 5th-level spell
Class List: Bard, Cleric, Paladin
School: Necromancy
Casting Time: 1 Hour
Range: Touch
Components: V, S, M (a diamond worth at least 500 gp, which the spell consumes)
Duration: Instantaneous
Scales: False
You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 10 days. If the creature’s soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to life with 1 hit point.
This spell also neutralizes any poisons and cures nonmagical diseases that affected the creature at the time it died. This spell doesn’t, however, remove magical diseases, curses, or similar effects; if these aren’t first removed prior to casting the spell, they take effect when the creature returns to life. The spell can’t return an undead creature to life.
This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn’t restore missing body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs integral for its survival — its head, for instance — the spell automatically fails.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
Sources and Notes[edit]
- ↑ SRD5:
- Wizards RPG Team (6 May 2015). SRD-OGL v5.1. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL.
- Wizards RPG Team (9 May 2024). SRD-CC v5.1. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: CC-BY.
- ↑ class tags — WotC RPG Team (5 October 2023). UA 2023 Bastions and Cantrips. (Dungeons and Dragons One D&D) Wizards of the Coast.
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| Author | "Varied" + |
| Cast Time | 1 Hour + |
| Component | V +, S + and M + |
| Consumable Component | true + |
| Level | 5 + |
| Name | Raise Dead + |
| OneDnD Playtest | true + |
| Publication | "Varied" + |
| Range | Touch + |
| School | Necromancy + |
| SortText | Raise Dead (One) One + |
| Spell List | Bard +, Cleric + and Paladin + |
| Unearthed Arcana | true + |
| Valuable Components | true + |
