This question came up in our game last night: if Gentle Repose is cast on a character within a minute of their death, can Revivify be used hours later? Here are the definitions for both spells...
Gentle Repose
You touch a corpse or other remains. For the duration, the target is protected from decay and can't become undead.
The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead.
Revivify
You touch a creature that has died within the last minute. That creature returns to life with 1 hit point. This spell can't return to life a creature that has died of old age, nor can it restore any missing body parts.
I'd lean toward yes, you can use the two in conjunction. By my reading Gentle Repose suspends them from the moment you cast the spell in their exact state and time essentially stops for them. This lasts 10 days so, if you caught them in the first minute after they died, then you have 10 days to cast Revivify.
I would rule that yes, as long as you cast Gentle Repose within one minute (which means not as a ritual) then Revivify should work on that body. Revivify is definitely a dead-raising spell covered by the description of Gentle Repose. The combined spell slot levels is the same for a ritual Gentle Repose + Raise Dead as for Gentle Repose + Revivify.
As long as you cast Gentle Repose within 10 rounds of the creature dying (you can't cast it as a ritual since it will take too long) then it should preserve the body sufficiently for the next 10 days for you to use revivify rather than raise dead.
Revivfy costs less than Raise Dead and restores the character to life with 1 hp and no other penalties so it makes sense for situations when you can't cast revivify right away. It also works if you aren't a high enough level to cast Raise Dead and might not have Revivify prepared or a 3rd level slot available.
Gentle repose isn’t a ritual spell. It just takes “1 action + 10 minutes” to cast. So no it won’t work with revivify as they would have been dead longer than a minute before you can cast it
You sir need to do more reading before you start commenting.
Gentle Repose has a casting time of 1 Action. And it is also a ritual.
you are correct, that is my bad. I misread it as it is not as cleanly written on DNDbeyond as it appears in the PHB, thank you for correcting me on that.
Gentle Repose: ... The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit of spells such asraise dead.
Raise Dead: You return a dead creature you touch to life...
Revivify: You touch a creature that has died within the last minute. That creature returns to life...
They did their reading (although it is a ritual spell) - the problem lies with DnDB - the casting time there in the spell lists (as seen under Known Spells for a Cleric when selecting their active spells) is listed as 1 action + 10 minutes. This differs for all the other ritual spells (which do not list the ritual casting time bump). Using that (incorrect listing) as a guide the normal casting time is 10 minutes and 6 seconds, not just 6 seconds.
They did their reading (although it is a ritual spell) - the problem lies with DnDB - the casting time there in the spell lists (as seen under Known Spells for a Cleric when selecting their active spells) is listed as 1 action + 10 minutes. This differs for all the other ritual spells (which do not list the ritual casting time bump). Using that (incorrect listing) as a guide the normal casting time is 10 minutes and 6 seconds, not just 6 seconds.
I just tried giving a character 3 Cleric levels and added Gentle Repose, and it's showing 1 action for me. What Cleric Domain is the character? Is there maybe something else the character has, like the Ritual Caster feat or levels in a different class? Note that Wizards also get access to Gentle Repose, and unless it's prepared, it'll show as Ritual with 1 action + 10 minutes just like you're seeing.
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This question came up in our game last night: if Gentle Repose is cast on a character within a minute of their death, can Revivify be used hours later? Here are the definitions for both spells...
Gentle Repose
You touch a corpse or other remains. For the duration, the target is protected from decay and can't become undead.
The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead.
Revivify
You touch a creature that has died within the last minute. That creature returns to life with 1 hit point. This spell can't return to life a creature that has died of old age, nor can it restore any missing body parts.
Yes. Gentle repose uses raise dead as an example, but it extends the time limit for revivify too, as well as the higher level revival spells.
I'd lean toward yes, you can use the two in conjunction. By my reading Gentle Repose suspends them from the moment you cast the spell in their exact state and time essentially stops for them. This lasts 10 days so, if you caught them in the first minute after they died, then you have 10 days to cast Revivify.
I would rule that yes, as long as you cast Gentle Repose within one minute (which means not as a ritual) then Revivify should work on that body. Revivify is definitely a dead-raising spell covered by the description of Gentle Repose. The combined spell slot levels is the same for a ritual Gentle Repose + Raise Dead as for Gentle Repose + Revivify.
Thanks for the feedback! Our cleric will also be happy to hear it.
As long as you cast Gentle Repose within 10 rounds of the creature dying (you can't cast it as a ritual since it will take too long) then it should preserve the body sufficiently for the next 10 days for you to use revivify rather than raise dead.
Revivfy costs less than Raise Dead and restores the character to life with 1 hp and no other penalties so it makes sense for situations when you can't cast revivify right away. It also works if you aren't a high enough level to cast Raise Dead and might not have Revivify prepared or a 3rd level slot available.
You sir need to do more reading before you start commenting.
Gentle Repose has a casting time of 1 Action. And it is also a ritual.
you are correct, that is my bad. I misread it as it is not as cleanly written on DNDbeyond as it appears in the PHB, thank you for correcting me on that.
A Dev also answrered this question on his twitter https://twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/786331826310684672
Gentle Repose:
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The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit of spells such as raise dead.
Raise Dead:
You return a dead creature you touch to life...
Revivify:
You touch a creature that has died within the last minute. That creature returns to life...
It's the same kind of thing.
They did their reading (although it is a ritual spell) - the problem lies with DnDB - the casting time there in the spell lists (as seen under Known Spells for a Cleric when selecting their active spells) is listed as 1 action + 10 minutes. This differs for all the other ritual spells (which do not list the ritual casting time bump). Using that (incorrect listing) as a guide the normal casting time is 10 minutes and 6 seconds, not just 6 seconds.
I just tried giving a character 3 Cleric levels and added Gentle Repose, and it's showing 1 action for me. What Cleric Domain is the character? Is there maybe something else the character has, like the Ritual Caster feat or levels in a different class? Note that Wizards also get access to Gentle Repose, and unless it's prepared, it'll show as Ritual with 1 action + 10 minutes just like you're seeing.
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